146 Trees with Simple Leaves. LBII 



Fig. 73. Sweet Viburnum, Sheep Berry, Nanny Berry. 



V. lentago, L. 



Leaves, SIMPLE; OPPOSITE; EDGE CLOSELY AND SHARPLY 

 TOOTHED. 



Outline, egg-shape. Apex, pointed. Base, rr,und. Quite 

 variable. 



Leaf-stem, winged on both sides with a wavy border ; 

 when young, sprinkled with brownish glands. 



Leaf, about three to four inches long, and half as wide or 

 more ; smooth. 



flowers, white, in flat, stemless clusters. May, June. 



Fruit, one half inch long ; oval ; sweetish ; red, becom- 

 ing almost black when ripe ; edible. 



Found, from Hudson's Bay through the Northern States, 

 southward to Georgia. Common in swamps and 

 rich, moist soil. 



A tree fifteen to twenty feet high, w'th hard, ill- 

 smelling wood. 



