318 PENTANDRTA. TRIGYNIA. viburnum. 



lobes spreading or reflexed ; cymes very sessile. 

 Berry 1- seeded. Gen, pi 503. Niitt. Gen. I. p. 

 202. Ju s s. p. 213. La m. III. t. CXI. Roem. 

 ^ Schult. Gen, 1225. Nat. Ord. Caprifolia 

 Juss, 



1. V. prunifoUum L. : smooth; leaves round-obovate, 

 acutely serrate; petioles margined. W il I d. Spec. I. p. 

 1487. Ait. Kew. 1. p. 371. Mich, Fl, I. p. 178. Pursh 

 FL 1. p. 201 . Elliott SL I. p. 365. Roem. ^ S chult, 

 VI. p. 631. 



A shrub or small tree, with spreading branches. Leaves oppo- 

 site, roundish-obovate, very smooth, about an' inch and a half 

 long, obtuse, or with a short abrupt acumination ; petioles half 

 an inch long, slightly margined. Cymes terminating the short 

 lateral brandies, spreading, about 3 inches in diameter. Calyx 

 with 5 obtuse teeth. Corolla white; segments olilong obtuse, 

 spreading. Stamens longer than the corolla ; filaments subu- 

 late ; anthers roundish, 2-celled. Stigmas sessile. Berries 

 oval, dark blue, eatable ; seed large, long, much compressed. 



Hab. In woods and hedges ; common. June. Biack-haio ov Sloe. 



2. V. pyrifolium Lam,: smooth; leaves ovate-oblohg, 

 acute, crenate-serrate ; petioles naked ; cymes subpeduncu- 

 late; fruit ovate oblong. Lam. Enc. VIII. p. 653. Pursh 

 FL Lp.201. Roem.ir Schult. VI. p. 631. 



A shrub 5—10 feet high. Leaves 2 inches long, somewhat acu" 

 miiiale, acute at the base, very smooth, with minute obtuse 

 serraiures ; petioles half an inch long, not margined. Cymes 

 large, spreading, on angular peduncles half an inch in length. 

 Berries red. 



Hab. On mountains near Williams College, Massachusetts. 

 Dewey. On the banks of rivers, Pennsylvania, New-Jer- 

 sey, 8cc. Pursh. 



2. V. Lenlago L. : smooth ; leaves broad-ovate, acu- 

 minate, acutely serrate ; petioles margined, undulate ; cymes 

 sessile. Willd. Spec. I. p. 1491. Jl it. Kew. I. p. 372. 

 M i c h, FL I. p. 178. Purs h Fl. I. p. 201. B ig. Bosl . 

 p. 70. Elliott Sk. 1. p. 365. IValt. Car^ p. 116, Roem. 

 & Schult. VJ. p. 637. 



A shrub 8 — 12 feet high. Leaves about 3 inches long, rounded 

 or subcordate at the base, smooth on both sides, acutely and 

 uncinately serrate ; petioles an inch long, undulate or crisped. 

 Ci/Twes closely sessde. i^ifowfr* small, if erries black. 



Hab. In rocky woods, along rivers and creeks. May. 



4. V. nudum L. : leaves oval-oblong ; margin revolute 



