Description of Native Shrubs 



5. Mountain Holly. (Nemopanthes mucronata.) 

 Leaf : 1-2', simple, alternate, entire or slightly serrate, ob- 

 long, smooth, stem slender. Flower: p., white or greenish- 

 white, small (petals 4-5, spreading, narrow), commonly single, on 

 long stems ; May, June. Fruit : red, large as peas. Commoner 

 northward ; 4°-8° high. 



6. New Jersey Tea. (Ceanothus Americanus.) 

 Leaf : l^^'-a', simple, alternate, serrate, ovate, base often cor- 

 date. Flower: p., white (petals 5 and hooded), calyx and 

 flower-stem white, in long, dense clusters. July ; root dark red ; 

 i°-3° high. (PI. L) 



7. Common Meadow-sweet. (Spiraea salicifolia.) 

 Leaf: iyi'-3\ simple, alternate, serrate, lance-shaped, base 

 tapering, almost smooth. Flower : p., white or rosy, minute, 

 in erect dense clusters ; July ; low shrub, (PI. L) 



8. Birch-leaved Spiraea. (S. corymbosa.) 

 Leaf : i'-2', simple, alternate, serrate near apex, oval to ovate, 

 smoothish. Flower : as in 7, but in large Jlat clusters ; June. 

 Mountains of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and west ; low. (PI. I.) 



9. Choke-cherry. (Prunus virginiana.) 

 Leaf : 2-3', simple, alternate, finely serrate, oval or obovate, 

 apex abruptly pointed, thin. Flower : p., white (petals 5, round- 

 ish), crowded in rather long terminal clusters ; May ; fruit dark 

 red ; commoner northward ; tall. (PI. I.) 



10. Choke-berry. (Pyrus arbutifolia.) 

 Leaf : 2-3', simple, alternate, finely serrate, obovate or ob- 

 long. Flower : p., white, reddish, or purplish (petals 5), usu- 

 ally io-i2-clustered ; May, June ; fruit red, purple, or black ; 

 damp places ; 2°-io° high. 



II. White Alder. Sweet Pepperbush. (Clethra alnifolia.) 



Leaf : 2-3', simple, alternate, serrate (entire toward base), 



wedge-obovate, both sides green. Flower : p. , white, fragrant 



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