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9. Viburnum cassinoides L. Withe-rod. Appalachian Tea. (Fig. 3442.) 



Viburnum cassinoides h. Sp. PI. Ed. 



2, 3S4. 1762. 

 Viburnum nudum var. cassinoidesT. 



&G. Fl. N. A. 2: 14. 1S41. 



A sbrub, 2°-i2° high, with as- 

 cending gray branches, the twigs 

 somewhat scurfy, or glabrous. 

 Leaves ovate or oval, thick, pin- 

 nately veined, narrowed or some- 

 times rounded at the base, acute 

 or blunt-acumiuatc at the apex, 

 i'-3' long, generally crenulate, 

 rarely entire, glabrous or very 

 nearly so on both sides; pedun- 

 cle shorter than or equalling the 

 cyme; drupe pink, becoming dark 

 blue, globose to ovoid, 3"-5" long; 

 stone round or oval, flattened. 



In swamps and wet soil, New- 

 foundland to Manitoba and Minne- 

 sota. New Jersey and the mountains 

 of North Carolina. June-July. 



10. Viburnum niidum I,. I<arger 



Withe-rod. (Fig. 3443.) 



I /■/— -ff— Viburnum nudtini L. Sp. PI. 268. 1753. 



Ct f'Ct^pi^tCt • Viburnum nudum var. Clayloni T. & G. Fl. N. 

 A. 2: 14. 1841. 



Similar to the preceding species, but usu- 

 ally a larger shrub, sometimes 15° high. 

 Leaves oval, oval-lauceolate, or obovate, en- 

 tire or obscur'ely crenulate, mostly larger 

 (sometimes 9' long), narrowed at the base, 

 acute or obtuse at the apex, more promi- 

 nently veined, sometimes scurfy on the upper 

 surface; peduncle equalling or exceeding the 

 cyme. 



In swamps, Long Island (o Florida, west to 

 Kentucky and Louisiana. Blooms a little later 

 than the preceding species. 



II. Viburnum Lentago L,. 



Nanny-berry. Sheep-berry. Sweet 



Viburnum. (Fig. 3444.) 



Viburnum Lentago L. Sp. PI. 26S. 1753. 



A shrub, or often a small tree, some- 

 times 30° high, and with a trunk di- 

 ameter of 10'. Winter buds acuminate, 

 glabrous; leaves slenderpetioled, ovate, 

 mostly rounded at the base, acuminate 

 at the apex, 2'-^' long, glabrous on 

 both sides, or rarely a little pubescent 

 beneath, sharply serrulate; petioles often 

 broadened and wavy-margiucd, 9"-i2" 

 long; cyme sessile, several-rayed, 2'-5' 

 broad; drupes oval, bluish-black with a 

 bloom, $"-6" long; stone very flat, circu- 

 lar or oval. 



In rich soil, Hudson Bay to Manitoba, south 

 to New Jersey, along the .\Ueghanies to Geor- 

 gia, and to Indiana and Missouri. Wood 

 orange-brown, hard; weight 45 lbs. to the cu- 

 May. Fruit ripelin[October. Called also Nanny-bush, Black Thorn, 



bicfoot. Fruit sweet, edible. 



