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out. The under surface is soft with down. 

 Purple and red are the foliage colors of autumn, 

 which contrast with the dark berries. 



Floioers. — The abundant white flowers grow 

 in an open cyme. 



The sessile, or nearly sessile, leaves and their 

 soft pubescence are characteristics of this low 

 branching shrub of rocky woods. It extends 

 south along the Alleghanies to Georgia. It 

 ranges west to Minnesota and Iowa. 



WITHE-ROD 

 Viburnum cassinoides Honeysuckle Family 



Fruit. — The globose or ovoid drupes are 

 borne on red stems. The cluster presents a 

 most attractive appearance with light green, 

 pink, and blue-black fruits in various stages of 

 ripening. The dark drupes are covered with a 

 soft blue bloom. The minute calyx and stigma 

 persist at the tip. The flesh is quite abundant 

 and sweet. The stone is flat, with a slight hol- 

 low on one side and a convex surface on the 

 other. Late August, September. 



Leaves. — The thickish opposite leaves grow 

 on flattened petioles, which nearly encircle the 



