140 History of Hingham. 



The Panicled Cornel ( Cornus paniculata, L'Heritier) grows at 

 Hockley, Stoddard's Neck, and on Lincoln Street. Its leaves, 

 liner and darker than in any other of our species, and its more 

 delicate growth, plainly distinguish it. The white flowers are 

 somewhat panicled, and the fruit white. 



The leaves of the preceding species are all opposite. Those of 

 the Alternate-leaved Cornel (Cornus alternifolia, L. f.) are 

 mostly alternate, and crowded at the ends of the branches, which 

 are also alternate, that is, not opposite each other on the trunk or 

 limbs. This is a shrub or small tree, of a very elegant appearance, 

 growing in all parts of Hingham. The white flowers arc in broad 

 cymes, the fruit deep blue. 



The Tupelo (JVyssa sylvatica, Marsh.) is very common. It is 

 in every way beautiful, its brilliant polished foliage, dark-green in 

 summer and of a rich red in autumn, rendering it conspicuous. 

 Either growing singly or in clumps, it is very noticeable, especially 

 after the fall of the leaves, for its peculiarity in having the numer- 

 ous branches start from the main trunk or limbs at a right angle, 

 and tend more or less downward. 



CAPRIFOLIACEiE. 



The Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens, Ait.), so 

 much cultivated for its beauty, grows wild in the woods on the 

 easterly slope of Old Colony Hill, and elsewhere, although it has 

 probably been introduced from more southern localities. 



Common Elder (Sambucus Canadensis, L.). This plant grows 

 everywhere in low grounds. Its large cymes of white fragrant 

 flowers are conspicuous in early summer, and later in the season 

 the blackish-purple fruit is no less showy in its way. 



The Red-berried Elder (Sambucus racemosa, L.), a beautiful 

 plant, is very rare in Hingham. The white flowers of this species 

 are in panicles, and are replaced by bright red berries. 



Sweet Viburnum (Viburnum Lentago, L.). This plant has 

 been found everywhere in damp situations and swampy woodlands. 

 It is, like all the viburnums, a beautiful shrub, with its bright 

 green finely serrate leaves, fragrant white dowers, and sweet edible 

 fruit. A specimen growing east of Old Colony Hill has attained 

 a diameter of trunk of five to six inches. 



Withe-rod ( Viburnum cassinoides, L.). This shrub grows in 

 the woody swamps of the south and west parts of Hingham, par- 

 ticularly in Lasell and Gardner streets, and is found also more 

 sparingly in other localities. This species is distinguished from 

 the other viburnums by having entire leaves, with wavy or revolute 

 edges, the others all having sharply serrate leaves. 



Arrow-wood (Viburnum dentation, L.). The Arrow-wood is 

 common in low grounds everywhere. Its very deeply toothed 

 leaves and long straight stalks distinguish it. The Indians were 

 said to use its twigs for arrows ; hence the name. 



