398 Order 67.— RTJBIACEiE. 



ulato appendages (stipular?) at tho baso of the very short petiole. Cymes small, 

 few-flowered. Fls. rather larger than those of tho foregoing species, white. Pr. 

 nearly black. Jn. 

 p. iiolle. Poison Haw. Soft, rusty, tomentous throughout tho stalks, lva. 



and cymes; lvs. rather acute; fls. large. — Term, to Ga. (Misse3 Keen) and 



La. (Hale). (V. mollo Ms.) 



7 V. Lentago L. Sweet Viburnum. Lvs. ovate and oval, long-acuminate, acutely 

 and finely uncinato-serrate; petiole with undulate margins. — A common tree-lika 

 shrub, in rocky woods, Can. to Ga. and Ky. Height 10 to laf. Lvs. smooth, 

 conspicuously acuminate, about 3' long and 4- as wide, their petioles with a curled 

 or wavy dilated border on each side. Fls. white, in broad, spreading cymes, suc- 

 ceeded by well-flavored, sweetish berries of a glaucous black. Jn. 



8 V. prunifdlium L. Black Haw. Sloe. Lvs. smooth, shining above, round' 

 ish obovate or ovate, rather obtuse, acutely serrulate, witli uncinate teeth ; petioles 

 slightly and evenly margined; cymes mostly sessile. — In woods and thickets, X, 

 Y. to Ga. A shrub or small tree, 10 to 20f high, with handsome, glossy lvs. and 

 large cymes. Lvs. 2 to 3' long, ; ] to § as wide, on short petioles, slightly mar- 

 gined. Cymes terminal. Pis. whito, succeeded by oval, blackish berries which 

 cro sweet and eatable. Jn. 



p. feruugixeum. T. &, G. Veins and petiole beneath covered with reddish 

 brown wool; lvs. narrower. — S. W. Ga. and Mid. Fla. Called 2>ossummiiu, 

 the black drupes being insipid. 



9 V. nudum L. Smooth ; lvs. oval-oblong, or lance-oval, subrevolute at edge, entire 

 or suberenulate, not shining, veiny and dotted beneath; petioles not winged ; cymes 

 on short stalks. — Shrub or small tree, 10 to 2 Of high, U. S. Lvs. thick, and when 

 fully grown 3 to -1' long, mostly acute or even short acuminate. Cymes large, on 

 peduncles 1 to 2' i a length, naked after losing their caducous bracts. Pis. white, 

 berries dark blue, covered with bloom, sweetish. A pr. — Jn. — Very variable. 



ft. an'gustifoliuxi. T. & G. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminata at 

 each end, margin obscurely repand-dcnticulato. — South (Pond, &c.) 



y. cassixoides T. & G. Lvs. oval, obovate or oblong, obtuse, acute or short- 

 acuminate, margin nearly entire, veins not prominent. — Xorth and South 

 (V. cassinoides L.). — Another variety (5. ovale) has smaller, oval, obtuse, very 

 entire lvs. (South), <£c. 



10 V. obovaturn "Walt. Lvs. small, obovate, obtuse, entire or nearly so, subses- 

 sile, dotted beneath; cymes small, numerous, sessile. — Shrub 8 to 15f high, swampy 

 river banks, Va. to Ga. Branches straggling, some virgate ones, all covered with 

 a prolusion of white cymes about H' diam. Lvs. at flowering timo G to 3" long, 

 finally 10 to 18". Pr. black, shining, sweet. Apr., May. 



11 V. Tinus L. Laurestixe. Lvs. coriaceous, lance-ovate, entire, their 

 veins with hairy tufts beneath. — A fine evergreen shrub, from Europe. Height 

 ■4 to 5f. Lvs. acute, thick but vein}', dark, shining green above, paler beneath. 

 Fls. white, tinged with red, very showy. Degrees of pubescence variable. 



12 V. odoratissinmm Ker. Smooth; lvs. coriaceous, evergreen, elliptic- 

 oblong, remotely repand-dentatc ; lis, in paniculato cymes, whito, very fragrant. — 

 j- From China. 



Order LXVII. RUBIACEJS. Madderworts. 



Trees, shrubs and herbs. Lvs. opposite, somewhat vcrticillate, entire. Stipules 

 between the petioles, sometimes resembling tho leaves. Calyx tube more or less ad- 

 herent to the ovary ; limb 4 to 5-cleft. Corolla regular, inserted upon tho calyx 

 tube, and of tho same number of divisions. Stamens inserted upon tho tube of the 

 corolla, equal in number and alternate with its segments. Ovaries 2 (rarely more)- 

 oelled. Style single or partly divided. Fr. various. Seeds one, few, or many in each 

 oell. (Fig. 183.) 



Genera 380, species 2S00. It is generally divided into two suborders, viz.. Stellflteo nnd Cin- 

 «iu>ncx.>, to which a third, Loganiex- (whichhas few representatives at tho North) \a appended \>j 



