RED OR REDDISH PURPLE 135 



HOBBLE BUSH. WAYFARING TREE 



Viburnum alnifolium. Viburnum lantanoides 

 Honeysuckle Family 



Fruit, — The large ovate drupes are coral-red, 

 turning later almost black. Each contains an 

 oblong-oval nut, which is obtusely pointed and 

 grooved on both sides. The drupes grow in 

 scanty clusters. 



Leaves. — The leaves are large, light green, 

 heart-shaped, abruptly pointed, sharply toothed, 

 and have rusty wool on the veins beneath. 

 In the fall the leaves turn to red and orange 

 shades. 



Floivers. — ^The flowers are in broad, showy 

 cymes with larger, showy, usually sterile flowers 

 around the margin. May. 



The reclining branches of this shrub often 

 take root, making loops which "trip the way- 

 farer." "Hobble Bush" is a name which is 

 suggested by the appearance of the plant with 

 its looping branches. It grows in low, moist 

 woods from New Brunswick to Ontario and 

 south to Pennsylvania and in the mountains to 

 North Carolina. 



