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CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 



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ten, Cherry-wood, May Rose, Squaw-bush, Cramp-bark. In cultivation, the Snowball. June-July. 



3. Viburnum pauciflorum Pylaie. 



Few-flowered Cranberry-tree. 



(Fig. 3436.) 



Viburnum pauciflorum Pylaie; T. & G. Fl. 



N. .\. 2: 17. 1841. 

 I'ihurnuin Opulus var. eradiatum Oakes, 



Ilovcy's M.ig. 7: 1S3. 1841. 



A straggling shrub, 2°-6° high, with twigs 

 atid petioles glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 

 broadly oval, obovate, or broader than long, 

 5-ribbed, truncate or somewhat cordate at 

 the base, mostly with 3 rather shallow lobes 

 above the middle, coarsely and unequally 

 dentate, glabrous above, more or less pu- 

 bescent on the veins beneath, i ^'-3' broad; 

 cymes peduncled, short-rayed, J.i'-i'broad; 

 flowers all perfect and small; drupes glo- 

 bose to ovoid, light red, acid, 4"-5" long; 

 stone flat, orbicular, scarcely grooved. 



In cold mountain woods, Newfoundland to 

 Alaska, south to JIaine, New Hampshire, \'er- 

 mont, Pennsj'lvania. in the Rocky -Mountains 

 to Colorado, and to Wasliingtou. June-July. 



4. Viburnum acerifolium L. 



Maple-leaved Arrow- wood. 

 Dockmakie. (Fig. 3437.) 



V. acerifolium L. Sp. PI. 268. 1753. 



A shrub, 3°-6° high, with smooth 

 gray slender branches, and somewhat 

 pubescent twigs and petioles. Leaves 

 ovate, orbicular, or broader than long, 

 cordate or truncate at the base, pubes- 

 cent on both sides, or becoming gla- 

 brate, 2^-5' broad, mosth' rather deeply 

 3-lobed, coarsely dentate, the lobes acute 

 oracuniinate; petioles ^'-I'long; cymes 

 long-peduncled, I'-i'-i' broad; flowers 

 all perfect, 2"-3" broad; drupe nearly 

 black, 3"-4" long, the stone lenticular, 

 faintly 2 ridged on one side and 2- 

 grooved on the other. 



In dry or rocky woods. New Brunswick 

 to North Carolina, west to Ontario, Michi- 

 gan and Minnesota. May-June. 



5. Viburnum pubescens (Ait.) Pursh. 



Downy-leaved Arrow-wood. 



(Fig. 3438.) 



Viburnum dentalum var. pubescens Ait. Hort. 



Kew. I: 372. I78q. 

 V. pubescens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 202. 1S14. 



A branching shrub, 2°-5° high with straight 

 and slender gray branches. Leaves sessile, or 

 on petioles less than 3" long, ovate or oval, 

 rounded or slightly cordate at the base, acute 

 or acuminate at the apex, coarsely dentate, 

 i/i'-j' long, densely velvety-pubescent be- 

 neath, glabrous, or with scattered hairs above, 

 or rarely glabrate on both surfaces; cymes pe- 

 duncled, i}i'-2^2' broad, the flowers all per- 

 fect; drupes oval, nearly black, about 4" long; 

 stone slightly 2-grooved on both faces. 



In rocky woods. Quebec and Ontario to Mani- 

 toba, soutii, especially along the .\lleghanies to 

 Georgia and to Illinois, Iowa and Michigan. June- 

 July. -V form of this species, or a related plant, 

 with petioles ';' long or more, occurs in Missouri. 



