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5. SAMBUCUS, Tourn. ELDER. 



Calyx-lobes minute or none. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Fruit a 

 globular baccate drupe, containing three 1 -seeded nutlets. Shrubs, with pinnate 

 leaves, and white flowers, in ample terminal cymes. 



1. S. Canadensis, L. Leaflets 7-11, oblong, serrate, smoothish, acute, 

 the lower ones often 3-parted ; cymes flat, 5-parted ; fruit black. Low grounds, 

 common. June and July. Stem 4- 16 high, the straight young shoots with 

 large pith. 



2. S. pubens, Michx. Leaflets 5-7, oblong, serrate, pubescent beneath , 

 cymes paniculate, pyramidal ; fruit red. Mountains of North Carolina, and 

 northward. June. Shrub 6 - 10 high. Cymes smaller than in the last. 



6. VIBURNUM, L. HAW. SLOE. 



Calyx minute, 5-toothed. Corolla rotate or somewhat campanulate, 5-lobed. 

 Stamens 5. Ovary 1 - 3-celled, one of the cells containing a single ovule, the 

 others empty. Drupe baccate, containing a single compressed bony nut. 

 Shrubs or small trees. Leaves lobed or undivided, the petioles sometimes 

 winged. Flowers in terminal cymes, small, white ; the marginal ones occasion- 

 ally radiant and sterile. 



* Sterile and radiant flowers none. 

 *- Cymes sessile. 



1. V. prtmifolium, L. Leaves thin, obovate or roundish, mostly obtuse, 

 finely and sharply serrate, smooth and glossy, or the veins beneath and more or 

 less dilated petioles rusty -pubescent ; cymes large, 4 - 5-rayed ; drape oblong- 

 ovoid, black. Dry rich woods, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. April 

 and May. A small tree. Fruit edible. 



2. V. LentagO, L. Leaves thin, ovate, acuminate, finely and sharply ser- 

 rate, smooth above, the lower surface and dilated wavy petioles roughened with 

 minute scales when young; cymes 4-rayed ; fruit oval, black. Mountains of 

 Georgia, and northward. May. A small tree. 



3. V. Obovatum, Walt. Leaves small, thick, obovate, or obovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, slightly crenate or entire, smooth ; cymes 3-rayed ; drupe ovoid, black. 

 (V. laevigatum, Ait.) River-banks, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. 

 April and May. A shrub or small tree. Leaves ' - 1 ' long. Cymes small. 



<- Cymes peduncled. 

 -w Leaves palmately lobed. 



4. V. acerifolium, L. Pubescent; leaves roundish or broadly ovate, 

 rounded or cordate at the base, coarsely serrate, 3-lobed above the middle; 

 cymes 7 -rayed ; fruit oval, black. Dry open woods, West Florida to Missis- 

 sippi, and northward. May and June. A slender shrub, 2 -4 high. Leaves 

 2' -3' wide, becoming smooth above, sometimes almost entire. 



*+ *+ Leaves undivided. 



5. V. nudum, L. Rusty-pubescent ; leaves varying from oval to lanceo- 

 late, entire or nearly so, thick, becoming smooth above, prominently veined be- 



