PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Celtis. 



libus ufrinque glabrinscalis : junioribns tantum pu- 

 bescentibus, pedunculis subtrifloris, Iructu soliiario. 

 On the banks of rivers : Maryland and Virginia, f^ • 

 May. V. V. A small straggling bush ; berries ovate, 

 black. 



201 



III. TRIG YNIA. 



260. VIBURNUM. Gen. pi 503. 



1. V. glabranra; ramis patentissimis, foliis subrotundis ere- prunifolium. 



nato-se'.ratis, petiolis laevibus, cyrais sessilibus, f'ructi- 

 bus rotundatis.— /■f^i//(f sp. pi I. p. 1847. 



Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 46. f. 2. Duham. 1. t. 38. 



Common in hedges and fields : New England to Caro- 

 lina. Vi . May, June. v. v. terries dark blue ; flow- 

 ers, as all the following species, white. 



2. V. glabrum ; foliis ovalis subacutis subserratis, petiolis pyrifolium. 



laevibus, fructibus ovato-oblongis cymis subpeduncu- 

 lalis. — Lam. encycl. 8. p. 653. 

 On the banks of rivers : Pensylvania, New Jersey, &c. 

 ^ . May, June. v. v. Resembles the former, but is 

 not so straggling in its growth ; berries black. 



3. V, glabrum j foliis lato-ovatis acuminatis uncinato-ser- Lentago. 



ratis, i^etiolis marginatis undulalis, cymis sessilibus. — 

 Willd.sp.pl. \.p.l4g\. 

 Frequent among hedges and on borders of woods : New 

 England to Carolina. Fj . July. v. v. Is more in- 

 clined to grow to a tree than any of the rest ; berries 

 black. 



4. V. glaberrimum ; foliis ovalibus margine revoluto sub- nudum. 



integerrimis, petiolis laevibus, cymis ebracteatis pedun- 

 cn\M\i—lVilU. sp. pi. I. p. 1487. 



Icon. Aim. ic. 274. 



In swamps, particularly on sandy soil : Canada to Geor- 

 gia. ^2 • ^^^y> June. V. V. Berries black j in the 

 Southern States it becomes an evergreen ; the young 

 branches are ferruginous and sometimes the leaves on 

 their under surface. 



5. V. glabrum j foliis obovatis crenato-dentatis seu integer- olovatum. 



rimis obtusis, umbellis sessilibus, fructibus ovato-sub- 

 rotandis.— La/rt. ejiajcl. 8. p. 058. IFalt.fl. car. II6. 



