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jqual. Stigmas 3, sessile. Berry ovate or globose, 1-seeded, 

 crowned by the teeth of the calyx. 



* Leaves serrate or toothed. 



1. V. prunifolium Linn. : branches spreading, smooth ; leaves obovate, 

 nearly round and oval, very smooth, acutely serrate ; petioles winged ; 

 cymes sessile, lateral ; fruit oblong-ovoid. 



Woods. N. Y. to Geor. W. to Miss. June. Tj. Stem 8 15 feet high. 

 Flowers large, white. Fruit dark-blue. 



Plum-leaved Viburnum. Black Haw, 



2. V. pyrifolium Lam. : leaves ovate-oblong, somewhat acute, subser- 

 rate, smooth ; petioles naked ; cymes large, spreading, on angular pedun- 

 cles ; fruit ovoid. V. nudum t v&r. Torr. <$ Gr. 



Swamps. Can. and N. S. May, June. r}. Stem 5 10 feet high. Flowers 

 white, in large spreading cymes. Fruit red. Pear-leaved Viburnum. 



3. F. Lentago Linn. : smooth ; leaves broad-ovate or oval, acuminate, 

 sharply serrate ; petioles with waved margins ; cymes terminal, sessile ; 

 fruit oval. 



Rocky banks of streams. Can. to Geor. W. to Mich. May. r^. Stem 

 15 20 feet high. Flowers small, white, in spreading cymes. Fruit bluish- 

 black. Sweet Viburnum. 



4. F. nudum Linn. : leaves oval-oblong, slightly acuminate, smooth 

 above, veins and margins pubescent beneath, obsoletely crenulate ; petioles 

 naked ; cymes peduncled ; fruit ovoid. F. squamatum R. <$ S. 



Swamps. Can. to Flor. June. 17. Stem 8 12 feet high. Flowers small, 

 crowded, white. Fruit dark- blue, nearly black. Swamp Viburnum. 



5. F. lantanaides Mich. : branches flexuous and often procumbent ; 

 leaves orbicular-cordate, abruptly acuminate, unequally serrate ; nerves 

 and petioles puverulent-tomentose ; cymes closely sessile ; fruit ovoid. F. 

 Lantana,\ar. grandiflorum Ait. 



Rocky woods. Can. toVirg. May, June. Tj- Stem 4 8 feet high. Flow- 

 ers white, in flat, loose cymes, the sterile ones very large. Fruit red. black 

 when ripe. Large-flowered Viburnum. , 



6. F. dentalum Linn. : nearly smooth ; leaves on long petioles, orbicu- 

 lar-ovate, with coarse serratures, plaited ; axils of the veins pubescent be- 

 neath ; cymes terminal, pedunculate ; fruit nearly globose. F. dentatum, 

 var. glabellum Mich. 



Moist woods. Can. to Car. June, fj. SiemG 8 feet high. Leaves some- 

 times roundish-cordate or ovate, and pubescent beneath. Flowers white, in 

 large expanding cymes. Fruit dark-blue, small. 



Toothed Viburnum. Arrow- wood. 



7. F. pubescent Pursh. : pubescent ; leaves on very short petioles, ovate 

 or ovate-oblong, subcordate. acuminate, dentate-serrate, villous beneath; 

 cymes pedunculate ; fruit oblong. F. dentatum,var. semitomentosum Mich. 



High grounds. Can. to Car. June. \i.Stem 23 feet high, with strag- 

 gling branches. Leaves smoother when old. Cymes smaller than in the prece- 

 ding. Fruit small, reddish. Pubescent Viburnum. 



** Leaves lobed or incised. 



8. F. acerifolium Linn. : leaves roundish or broad-ovate, subcordate, 

 coarsely and acutely serrate, velvety pubescent beneath, 3-lobed ; lobes 



