Vermont Shrubs and Woody Vines 61 



37. Fruit with a more or less flattened stone; flowers 5-parted. 



Viburnum, p. 187 



37. Fruit witti a globular or ovoid, two-seeded stone; flowers 4- 



parted Dogwood, p. 144 



38. Berry snow-wliite with two seeds Snowberry, p. 178 



38. Berry reddish or bluish-black with several seeds. 



' Honeysuckle, Lonicera, p. 177 



39. Leaves palmately-veined 40 



39. Leaves pinnately-veined 41 



40. Flowers large, pink; fruit thimble-shaped. 



Flowering Raspberry, p. 104 



40. Flowers small, yellow, green or purple; fruit globose. 



Currant, Gooseberry, p. 87-89 



41. Leaves lobed, fragrant Sweet Fern, p, 66 



41. Leaves entire or toothed 42 



42. Leaves sharply spiny-toothed Barberry, p. 82 



42. Leaves not spiny-toothed 43 



43. Branches armed with sharp thorns Thorn-apple, p. 118 



43. Branches not as above 44 



44. Leaves and bark strongly aromatic when crushed. 



Spice-bush, p. 84 



44. Leaves and bark not aromatic 45 



45. Bark exceedingly thick, leathery and tough; buds hidden un- 



der the base of the leaf stalks Leatherwood, p. 142 



45. Bark and buds not as above 46 



46. Twigs and leaves clammy with resinous dots when young. 



Huckleberry, p. 155 



46. Twigs and leaves not as above 47 



47. Buds inclosed in a single scale; flowers and fruit borne in 



catkins Willow, p. 68 



47. Buds and flowers not as above 48 



48. Leaves distinctly one-sided or oblique, at the base, wavy- 



margined; yellow flowers in late autumn, fruit ripening the 



following season Witch Hazel, p. 90 



48. Leaves not distinctly one-sided at the base; flowers not yel- 



low; fruit maturing the same season 49 



49. Flowers in catkins 50 



49. Flowers not as above 52 



