320 PENTANDRIA. TRIGYNfA. viburnum. 



7. V. pubescens Ph. : leaves on very short petioles, ovate, 

 acuminate, dentate-serrate, villous beneath ; cymes peduncu- 

 late ; fruit oblong. Pursh FL I. p. 202. R o e m. S/ 

 S c hul i. VI. p. 632. V. dentntmn ^. ptibcscens A i I, Kew. 

 I. p. 168. Witld. Spec. I. p. 1468. V. dentatum (3. semi- 

 tomenfosnm M i c h. FL L p. 179, V. tomentosum R af. in 

 Med. Rep, XI. p. 360. V. villosum Ejvsd. in D e sv. Jounu 

 Bot. I. p. 228. V, Rofinesq(daniim Ro em, ^ S chult, VI. 

 p. 630. 



A shrub about 6 feet high ; branches obscurely angular. Leaves 

 smaller than in the preceding species, and less acutely toothed, 

 villoustomentose beneath, cor'^late ; petioles 2 — 3 lines long. 

 Cyines small, on a peduncle three-fourths of an inch long, 

 spreading. The fruit I have not seen. 



Hab. On mountains and in rocky woods; rare. In the High- 

 lands of New- York. Fairfield, N. Y. Hddley. Cam- 

 bridge, N. Y. Stevenson, Near Albany. Beck and 

 Tr a cy. Sec. June. 



This appears to me quite a distinct species from V. denta- 

 tu7n. It is readily known by its short petioles and pubescent, 

 leaves. 



8. V. ocerifolium L.: leaves subcordate, 3-lobed, acutely 

 serrate, pubescent beneath ; lobes acuminate ; petioles with- 

 out glands, hairy ; cymes on long peduncles. fVilld. Spec. 

 1. p. 1489. Fent. Hort. Cels. t. 72. Pursh FL 1. p. 

 203. Big. Bost. ^.11. Elliott Sk.l.p, 36^. Roem. 

 i.^ Schuit. VI. p. 634, 



A shrub 4 — 6 fefit high ; branches smooth, straight, slender. 

 Leaves broad-subcofdate, with spreading lobes ; serratures 

 coarse ; petioles nearly an inch long, with subulate bracts at 

 the base. Cymes on a long naked peduncle. Berries almost 

 black, oval, compressed ; pulp thin ; seed cartilaginous, flatten- 

 ed, with an obtuse elevated ridge on one side, and two ridges 

 on the other. 



Hab. In rocky woods; particularly on mountains; common. 

 May — June. 



D, V. Oxycoccus Ph. : leaves 3-l6bed, acute at the base, 

 3-nerved ; lobes divaricate, acuminate, remotely and obtusely 

 dentate; petioles glandular; cymes radiate. Pursh FL 

 I. p. 203. Roem. <^ Schuit. VL p. 635. V. Opulus .8. 

 americana A i t. Kew. 1. p. 373. V. Opulus /3. Pimina Mich. 

 FL I. p. 180. V. Opidoidbs MuhL Cat. p. 32. V. trilo-^ 

 bum Marsh. Arb. ^. 162. Cold. Noveb. 104. 



A small shrub with smooth spreading branches. Leaves verj 

 broad-pubescent beneath ; serratures coarse and obtuse. Ufn- 

 bsls on a long peduncle ; the large flower abortive and very 



