Description of Native Shrubs 



123. Leatherwood. Moose-wood. (Dirca palustris.) 

 Leaf : 3'-4', simple, alternate, entire, oval to obovate, short- 

 stemmed. Flower : light yellow (no corolla, yellow calyx tubu- 

 lar, its edge wavy or slightly 4- toothed, 8 long stamens), 3-4- 

 clustered along branches before the leaves ; April. New England 

 to Pennsylvania and Kentucky, and north ; 2°-5° high. 



124. Pond Spice. (Tetranthera geniculata.) 

 Leaf : 3'-4', simple, alternate, entire, oblong, hairy on mid- 

 rib beneath. Flower : almost identical with 121, but in simple, 

 2-4-flowered clusters, before the leaves ; April. Virginia. 



125. Common Barberry. (Berberis vulgaris.) 

 Leaf: 1-2', simple, alternate or fascicled, serrate (teeth 

 bristle-pointed), oval ; often replaced on branchlets by small 

 forked spines. Flower : p., yellow (petals 6, obovate, not 

 notched at apex, stamens 6), in drooping many-flowered clusters ; 

 May, June ; berries oblong, scarlet. Introduced, and now spon. 

 taneous, chiefly in Eastern New England ; 3°-8° high ; thorny. 

 (PL VII.) 



126. American Barberry. (Berberis canadensis.) 

 Leaf : 1-2', simple, alternate, broad-round-toothed (less 

 bristly-pointed than in 125), oval. Flower : as in 125, but 

 petals notched at apex, and clusters few-flowered ; June ; berries 

 oval, scarlet. Mountains of Virginia ; i°-3° high ; thorny. 



127. Witch-hazel. (Hamamelis virginica.) 



Leaf : 3'-5', simple, alternate, wavy-edged or broad-toothed, 



obovate to oval, oblique at base, a little one-sided. Flower : p., 



yellow (petals 4, long and narrow, stamens 8), instemless clusters 



along branch ; November ; damp woods ; 5°-i2° high. (PI. VII.) 



128. St. Peter 's-wort. (Ascyrum stans.) 

 Leaf: about i', simple, opposite, entire, oval to oblong, 



thickish, black-dotted, slightly surrounding branch at base. 

 Flower : p., yellow (petals 4, obovate, stamens many), mostly 

 single, showy, almost stemless ; July, August. Long Island to 

 Pennsylvania, and south ; i°-2° high. 

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