CAPRIFOLIACEiE. 172 VIBURNUM. 



Lat. samhiica, a musical instrument, said to have been made of the Elder, 

 Shrubs or perennial herbs, w)lh pinnate or bipinnate leaves. Floweis in 

 cymes. Cal. small. Cor. concave, the seg obtuse. Fil. lono- as cor. Stj'le 



0. Stig. obtuse, small, sessile. Berry globular. 



1. S. Canade'nsis. 



.S'<c7rt shrubby ; cymes ^y-parted ; /cffl?'e5 nearly bipinnate ; leaflets oh]ong-ova\, 

 acuminate, smooth. A common, well known shrub, 6 — 10 feet high, in thick- 

 ets and waste grounds. Stem filled with a light and porous pith, especially 

 when young. Leaflets in 3 or 4 pairs with an odd one, serrate, the lower ones 

 often binate or trifoliate. Petioles smooth. Flowers numerous, in very large, 

 level-topped cymes, white, with a heavy odor. Berries dark purple. May — 

 July. Common Elder. 



2. S. PUBENS. 



Stem shrubby; cymes paniculate or pyramidal; leaflets oval-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, in 2 or 3 pairs with an odd one, and, with the petiole, pubescent 

 beneath. A common shrub, in hilly pastures and woods, growing about 6 

 feet high, often more or less. Leaves simply and unequally pinnate. Leaf- 

 lets sharply serrate, very pubescent when young. Flowers in a close, ovoid 

 thyrsus or panicle. Corolla white. Berries scarlet, small. Jn. Panicled Elder. 



/3. leucocarpa, berries white. Catskill Mountains. T. <^ G. 



7. VIBU'RNUM. 

 Calyx 5-toothed; corolla 5-lobed; stamens 5; drupe 1-seeded. 



Lat. viere, to tie ; on occount of the pliability of the twigs of some of the 

 species. A genus of shrubs or small trees, several of them ornamental. 

 Leaves petiolate. Flowers cymose. Cal. minute. Cor. somewhat bell-shaped, 

 the segments obtuse. Fil. long as corolla. Style 0. 



* Cymes radiant, the marginal flowers much larger than the others and neutral. 



1. V. l.\ntanoi'des. 



Leaves orbicular-cordate, abruptly acuminate, unequally serrate; petioles 

 and veins -covered with a ferruginous down ; cywes sessile ; frvit ovate. A 

 shrub, very ornamental when in flower. It is rather common in the rocky 

 woods of N. Eng. and N. Y., which it adorns in early spring with its large 

 cymes of brilliant white flowers. Hight about 5 feet. Branches long and 

 crooked, often trailing and rooting. Leaves very large, covered with a rust)- 

 pubescence when young, at length becoming green, the dust and down re- 

 maining only upon the stalk and ribs. The radiant, sterile flowers of the 

 cyme are near an inch in diameter, from a greenish color becoming white, 

 flat, with 5, rounded lobes. Liner flowers much smaller, fertile. May. 



Hohble-hush. 



2. V. O'PULUS. L. V. O.xycoccus. P. 

 Smooth ; leaves 'i-\ohe A, 3-nerved, rather acute at base, the lobes divaricate, 



acuminate, toothed ; petioles glandular ; cymes pedunculate. A handsome 

 shrub, 8 — 12 feel high, in woods and borders of fields. Stems several from 

 the same root, branched above. Leaves with large, remote, blunt teeth, the 

 stalks with 2 or more glands at base, channelled above. Cymes bordered 

 with a circle of large, white, barren flowers, like the preceding species. Fruit 

 resembles the common cranberry in flavor, and is sometimes substituted for 

 it. It is red, very acid, ripens late, remaining upon the bush after the leaves 

 have fallen. June. Higti Cranberry. 



