258 CAPRIFOLIACEAE 



Distribution. — The Withe-Rod is a shrub of low, sandy 

 ground and swamps, which ranges from Newfoundland to 

 Manitoba and south to Alabama and Georgia. Its known 

 occurrence in Illinois is limited to two stations in the southern 

 part of the state, one near Ware in Union County, the other 

 near Dixon Springs in Pope County. 



VIBURNUM LENTAGO Linnaeus 



Nannyberry 



The Nannyberry, fig. 68, is an erect shrub 3 to 18 feet high 

 with a bushy top composed of smooth branches and branchlets 

 which bear ovate to orbicular, serrate leaves, the tips of which 

 commonly are drawn out into conspicuously long, entire points. 

 The leaf blades are rounded or narrowed at the base, sharply 

 and finely serrate on the margin, and smooth above and be- 

 neath, except that the lower surface is covered more or less 

 densely with reddish scales. The petioles are 14 to ^ inch 

 long. The white, sweet-smelling flowers, which open late in 

 May and continue through much of the month of June, are 

 produced in nearly sessile cymes which include 3 to 4 or, rarely, 

 5 sterile flowers. The fruit, which matures in September and 

 October, is black, bloom covered, edible, oblong, and about 1/^ 

 inch in length. It contains an oval to oblong stone, one surface 

 of which is flat, the other convex, but neither marked with 

 grooves or ridges. 



Distribution. — The Nannyberry is a shrub which prefers 

 low ground and bogs near lakes and ponds. It ranges from 

 Quebec to Manitoba southw^ard to West Virginia and Colo- 

 rado. In Illinois, it ranges throughout a great part of the 

 state, from the northern boundary south at least as far as 

 Franklin County, Giant City State Park in Jackson County, 

 and St. Clair County. It apparently does not range south of 

 the Ozarks. 



VIBURNUM RUFIDULUM Rafinesque 



Southern Blackhaw 



The Southern Blackhaw, fig. 68, is an erect shrub or some- 

 times a bushy tree 15 to 30 feet tall with thick, deeply furrowed 

 bark broken into short lengths and with branchlets covered 



