Caprifoliace^. 



173 VIBURNUM. 



fi. roseum; floicers all neutral, in globose cymes. This variety is the pop- 

 ular shrub so generally admired and cultivated as a companion of the Lilac, 

 Snowberry, Fhiladelphus, &.c. Its dense, spherical cymes are wholly made 

 up of barren flowers. Guelder Rose. SnoiciaU. 



* * Cymes not radiant. Flowers all siniliar and fertile. Leaves lobed or incised. 



3. V, acerifo'lium. 



Leaves subcordate, acuminate, 3-ribbed, 3-lobed, acutely serrate ; -petioles 

 without glands; cijitics on long peduncles. A shrub, 4—6 feet high, with 

 yellowish areen barlt, growing in woods. Leaves broad, rounded and some- 

 times cordate at base, dividedlnto 3 acuminate lobes with sharp serratures, a 

 form not very unlike that of the Maple leaf, the under surface, as well as the 

 younger branches a little downy. Branches straight, slender, very flexible, 

 ending with a pair of leaves and a long-stemmed, cymose umbel of white flow- 

 ers. Fruit oval, compressed. Stamens much exserted. Jn. 



DocLmackie. Muple-leaved Viburnum. 



4. V. PAUCIFLO'RUiM. P7jlaie. 



" Leaves roundish, slightly 3-lobed or incised at the summit, mostly 5-ribbed 

 from the base; cymes small and pedunculate, terminating the very short, lat- 

 eral hninches; filaments much shorter than the corolla. White Mis. N. H. 

 and Mansfield 'Mt. Vt." T. £,' G. A small shrub, nearly smooth in all its 

 parts. Flowers white. 



* * * Cymes not radiant. Flowers all fertile. Leaves undivided, toothed. 



5. V. Le'ntago. 



Leaves ovate, acuminate, acutely and finely serrate; petiole margined, un- 

 dulate. A common tree-like shrub, in rocky woods, llight 10 — 15 feet. 

 Leaves smooth, about 3 inches long and about half as broad, their stalks with 

 a curled or wavy, dilated border on each side. Flowers wliile, in broad, spread- 

 ing cymes, succeeded by well-flavored, sweetish berries of a glaucous black. 

 June. Swbet Viburnum. 



6. V. NUDUM. 



Smooth; leaves oval-ob!ong, revolute at the edge, subcronulate ; petioles 

 naked; cijmcs pedunculate. A shrub or small tree, 10 — 15 feet high, in 

 swamps. Leaves elliptical, punctate, coriaceous, the margin more or less 

 rolled, nearly entire, sniootli as well as every other part, and when full grown, 

 3 or 4 inches long. Cymes large, on peduncles an inch or two in length, with 

 caducous bracts. Flowers numerous, while. Berries dark blue, covered with 

 a glaucous blonrn, sweetish wlien ripe. Jn. Kaked Viburnvm. 



fi. cassinoidcs (V. pyrifolium. Lam.); haves ovate, somewhat acute, sub- 

 serrate ; cymes sub-pedunculate. Shrub 5 — 10 feet liigh, smooth. Leaves 

 with small, irregular serratures, generally ovate, but often oval and even 

 rhomboidal, generally ending in an obtuse point, but often acute, acuminate 

 and even emarL''iuale on the same twig. Cymes on peduncles an inch in 

 length. Fruit oblong-ovate, dark glaucous blue. 



7. V. prunifo'lium. 



Leaves smooth, roundish-obovate, acutely serrate, with uncinate teeth; pe- 

 tioles margined with straight, narrow wings. In woods and thickets. A shrub 

 or small tree, 10 — 20 feet high, the branches spreading, some of them often 

 stinted and naked, giving the plant an unthrifty aspect. Leaves about 2 inch- 

 es long and nearly as wide, on short petioles, slightly margined. Cymes rath- 

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