Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



60. Common Privet. (Ligustrum vulgare.) 



Leaf: 1-2', simple, opposite, entire, lance-shape to obovate, 

 thickish, smooth, dark green. Flower ; m., white, small (corolla 

 funnel-shaped, 4-lobed), in erect clusters ; June. Introduced for 

 hedges, but locally spontaneous in New England and Pennsyl- 



61. Tartarian Honeysuckle. (Lonicera tartarica.) 



Leaf : i'-2', simple, opposite, entire, ovate, base cordate, 

 somewhat glossy. Flower: m., white to purplish, small, fra- 

 grant, in pairs on a single stem (corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed) ; 

 April-June. Introduced, cultivated, locally spontaneous. 



62. Arrow-wood. (Viburnum dentatum.) 



Leaf : 2'-3', simple, opposite, coarsely serrate, ovate to round- 

 ish, base cordate, stem slender. Flower: m., white, all small 

 (corolla 5-lobed), in flat clusters ; June ; fruit ovoid, blue ; 5°-io° 

 high. (PI. V.) 



63. Soft Viburnum. (V. molle.) 



Leaf : much as in 62, but downy beneath, as also leaf- and 

 flower-stem and branchlets. Flower : as in 62, of which it may 

 be only a variety. Martha's Vineyard, and south. 



64. Downy Arrow-wood. (Viburnum pubescens.) 



Leaf : as in 62, but less serrate, apex sharp or tapering, downy 

 beneath, and very short-stemmed. Flower : as in 62 ; fruit 

 dark purple. Range : Vermont to New York, Kentucky and 

 "Wisconsin ; low, straggling. 



65. Marsh Elder. Highwater Shrub. (Iva frutescens.) 



Leaf: 2-4', simple, opposite; lower coarsely serrate, oval to 

 lance-shaped, thickish (upper narrow, entire, or mere bracts). 

 Flower : m., white or greenish- white, small (corolla tubular or 

 funnel-shaped), massed in small, flat "heads," pistillate and 

 staminate in each ; July-September. Massachusetts to Virginia ; 

 salt marshes near coast ; 3°-8° high. 



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