14 CAPRIFOLIACE^. Viburnum. 



tremlty of the fleshy albumen. — Shrubs or small trees, with petioled undi- 

 vided or lobed leaves. Petioles sometimes furnished with appendages ex- 

 actly similar to stipules. Flowers white, in terminal cymes; the marginal 

 ones sometimes sterile and radiant. 



§ 1. Flowers all similar and fertile : corolla rotate. — Lentago, DC. 

 * Leaves entire, serrat£, toothed. 



1. V. nudum (Linn.): leaves somewhat coriaceous, oval, oblong, or lan- 

 ceolate, dotted beneath -with brownish scales, glabrous above ; the margin 

 crenulate or entire ; petiole somewhat margined; cymes pedunculate ; fruit 

 ovoid. 



a. Clayloni : leaves broadly oval, oblong-nbovate, or oblong, obtuse or 

 slightly acuminate, entire or obscurely crenulate ; the veins rather prominent 

 beneath. — V. nudum, Linn. ! spec. 1. ^j. 268 (jjZ. Gronov. !) ; '■'■Mill. ic. t— 

 274 ;" Willd. ! spec. I. p. 1487 ; Michx. ! fl. 1. p. 178 ; Bot. mas. t. 2281 ; 

 Ell. sk. 1. p. 375 ; Torr. ! fl. 1. p. 319 ; Bigel.fl. Bast. ed. 2. p. 116 ; DC. ! 

 prodr. 4. p. 325 ; Darlingt.fl. Cest. p>. 203. V. squamatum, Wats, dendr. 

 Brit. t. 24 ? 



(i. an gusti folium : leaves lanceolate and oblong-lanceolate, often acute, en- 

 tire or obscurely crenulate-denticulate, the veins slightly prominent beneath. 

 — V. nitidum, Ait. Kew. {ed. 1) 1. p. 371.' V. pyracanthifolia, Schwein. ! 

 herb. 



y. cassinoides : leaves ovate, slightly obovate, or oblong, often abruptly 

 acuminate, the margins crenate-serrate or undulate ; the veins not prominent 

 beneath. — V. cassinoides, Linn. ! spec. ed. 2. p. 384 (excl. svn. except of 

 Duham.) ; Pursh,fl. 1. p. 202 ; DC. ! prodr. 4. p. 326 ; not oi Michx. V. 

 nudum, Hook.! fl,. Bor.-Am. \.p. 279. V. pyrifolium, Pursh, I. c. ; Torr. ! 

 fl. 1. p. 318; Bigel. I. c. ; not of Poir., Dcsf. S( DC. V. squamatum, 

 Willd. ! enum. 1. jJ- 327 ; " Wats, dendr. Brit. i. 24." 



Swamps, a. Massachusetts and Southern part of New York ! to Florida ! 

 and Louisiana. /3. North Carolina! to Georgia I and New Orleans! j. 

 Northern portion of Pennsylvania and New York ! to Canada ! Saskatcha- 

 wan, and Newfoundland ! May-June. — Stem 6-12 feet high ; the bark ash- 

 gray. Leaves variable in form, size &c. on the same individual, usually 

 2-4 inches long, turning blackish in drying ; the lower surface at first clothed 

 with scaly dots, the upper at length somewhat shining. C^^me as large as 

 in the Laurustina (V. Tinus) : peduncle 1-2 inches long. Fruit about 3i 

 lines long, slightly compressed, dark blue, with a glaucous bloom, pointed, 

 sweetish and edible when ripe ; the nucleus or stone (seed of some authors) 

 much compressed, slightly convex on one side, and with a shallow groove on 

 the other. — Our var. /?. is only a narrow-leaved form of V^. nudum: the more 

 northern plant (var. }'. which is the original V. cassinoides) appears some- 

 what different ; but we can find no permanent characters by which to dis- 

 tinguish it. 



2. V. prunifolium (Linn.) : leaves roundish-oval, broadly ovate or ob- 

 ovate, coriaceo-membranaceous, obtuse or with a slight abrupt point, finely 

 serrate witli appressed or uncinate teeth, glabrous ; jjetiole with a slight and 

 even margin ; cyines sessile ; fruit oblong-ovoid. — Linn. ! spec. 1 . ^j. 268 ; 

 Michx.! fl. I. p. 178 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 201 ; ''Duham. arb. (ed. not:) 2. t. 

 38; Wats, dendr. Brit. L 23 ;" Ell. sk. 1. p. 365 ; Torr. ! fl. \. p. 319, ; 

 Guimp., Otto, Sf Haijne, holz. t. 101 ; Hook. I. c. ; Darlingt. I. c. V. Can- 

 adense glabrum, Vaill. ! Y. ■pyrifoYmm, Poir. diet. b. p. QbS ; Desf. cat. hort. 

 Par. ed. 3. p. 404 ; DC. ! prodr. A., p. 325. Mespilus prunifolia Virginiana 

 &c. Pluk. aim. t. 46, f. 2. 



