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CAPKIFOLIACE.E. 



VIBURNUM LANTANA (Wayfaring-tree, Mealy Guelder-rose). 



lobed, and cut; leaf-stalks with, glands at the upper 

 extremity. Moist woods and hedges, not uncommon. 

 Forming a shrub or small tree, with conspicuous snow- 

 white flowers ; the leaves assume a rich purple hue 

 "before falling, when they are very ornamental, as are 

 also the bunches of coral-red berries, which it is said 

 are sometimes fermented and eaten. This statement, 

 however, seems scarcely credible to any one who has 

 chanced to smell them. The bark is very acrid. In the 



