CAPRIFOLIACEX. (HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY.) 171 
5. SAMBUCUS, Tourn. Exper. 
Calyx-lobes minute or none. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Froita 
globular baccate drupe, containing three 1-seeded nutlets. — Shrubs, with pinnate 
leaves, and white flowers, in ample terminal cymes. 
1. S. Canadensis, L. Leaflets 7-11, oblong, serrate, smoothish, acute, 
the lower ones often 3-parted ; cymes flat, 5-parted ; fruit black. — Low grounds, 
common. June and July. — Stem 49 - 16° high, the straight young shoots with 
large pith. 
2. S. pubens, Michx. Leaflets 5-7, oblong, serrate, pubescent beneath; 
cymes paniculate, pyramidal; fruit red. — Mountains of North Carolina, and 
northward, June, — Shrub 6°-10° high. Cymes smaller than in the last. 
6. VIBURNUM, L. Haw. Sror. 
Calyx minute, 5-toothed. Corolla rotate or somewhat campanulate, 5-lobed. 
Stamens 5. Ovary 1 - 3-celled, one of the cells containing a single ovule, the 
others empty. Drupe baccate, containing a single compressed bony nut.— 
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves lobed or undivided, the petioles sometimes 
winged. Flowers in terminal cymes, small, white; the marginal ones occasion- 
ally radiant and sterile. . 
..* Sterile and radiant flowers none. ~ — X ue 
+ Cymes sessile. ed 
l. V. prunifolium, L. Leaves thin, obovate or roundish, mostly obtuse, 
finely and sharply serrate, smooth and glossy, or the veins beneath and more or 
less dilated petioles rusty-pubescent ; cymes large, 4- 5-rayed ; drupe oblong- 
ovoid, black, — Dry rich woods, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. April 
and May. — A small tree. Fruit edible. 
2. V. Lentago, L. Leaves thin, ovate, acuminate, finely and sharply ser- 
rate, smooth above, the lower surface and dilated wavy petioles roughened with 
minute scales when young; cymes 4-rayed ; fruit oval, black. — Mountains of 
Georgia, and northward. May. — A small tree. 
3. V. Obovatum, Walt. Leaves small, thick, obovate, or obovate-oblong, 
»Slightly crenate or entire, smooth ; cymes 3-rayed; drupe ovoid, black. 
(V. levigatum, Ait.) — River-banks, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. 
April and May. — A shrub or small tree. Leaves }/—1 long. Cymes small - 
+ Cymes peduncled. d 
i ++ Leaves palmately lobed. 
4. V. acerifolium, L. Pubescent; leaves roundish or broadly ovate, 
rounded or cordate at the base, coarsely serrate, 3-lobed above the middle; = 
Bier T-rayed ; fruit oval, black. — Dry open woods, West Florida to Missis- 
“ippi, and northward. May and June. — A slender shrub, 2° -4° high. Leaves - 
-+ wide, becoming smooth above, sometimes almost entire. d 
