VIBURNUM LENTAGO, L, 169 



Winter Buds and Leaves. Leaf -buds long, narrow, covered 

 with scurfy, brown, leaf -like scales ; flower-buds muck longer, 

 swollen at the base, with two leaf-like scales extended into a 

 long, spire-like point. Leaves simple, opposite, 2-4 inches 

 long, upper surface bright green, lower paler and set with 

 rusty scales, ovate to oblong-ovate or orbicular, sharply and 

 finely serrate, smooth, taper or abruptly pointed ; base acute 

 to rounded or truncate ; stem slender, wavy-margined, chan- 

 neled above ; stipules none. 



Inflorescence. May or early June. Terminal, in broad, 

 flat-topped, compound, sessile cymes ; calyx-tube adherent 

 to the ovary, 5-toothed ; corolla white, salver-shaped, seg- 

 ments 5, oval, reflexed ; stamens 5, projecting, anthers yellow ; 

 pistil truncate. 



Fruit. Profuse, in clusters ; drupes i inch long, oval, 

 crimson when ripening, deep purple when fully ripe, edible, 

 sweet: stone flat, oval, rough, obscurely striate lengthwise. 



Horticultural Value. Hardy throughout New England ; 

 prefers a rich soil in open places or in light shade. Its 

 showy flowers, healthy foliage, and vigorous growth make it 

 a desirable plant for high shrub plantations, and as an under- 

 growth in open woods. Offered for sale by collectors and 

 occasional^ by nurserymen ; easily transplanted ; propagated 

 from seed or from cuttings. 



Plate LXXXVII. Viburnum Lentago. 



1. Winter buds. 



2. Flowering branch. 



3. Flower. 



4. Flower, side view. 



5. Flower with petals and stamens removed. 



6. Fruiting branch. 



