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7. VIBUR'NUM, L. (Lat. viere, to tie; for the pliancy of the twigs?) 

 Calyx small, 5-toothed, persistent ; corolla rotate, limb 5-lobed, seg- 

 ments obtuse ; stamens 5, equal, longer than the corolla ; stigmas ses- 

 sile ; ovary 1 to 3-celled, 1-ovuled ; drupe, 1 -seeded. Shrubs or small 

 trees, with simple, petiolate Ivs., white fls. in cymes which are some- 

 times radiant. 



a Cymes radiant, the outer flowers sterile and showy Xos. 1, 2 



a Cymes not radiant, the flowers all alike, (b) 



b Leaves 3-lobed, palmately 3 to 6- veined ..Nos. 3, 4 



b Leaves not lobed, coarsely toothed. Cymes stalked Nos. 5, C 



sharply serrate. Cymes sessile Nos. 7, 8 



entire or nearly so. Species native Nos. 9, 10 



Species exotic Nos. 11, W 



1 V. lantanoides L. HOBBLE-BUSH. Lvs. orbicular, cordate, abruptly acumi- 

 nate, unequally serrate ; petioles and veins covered with a ferruginous down ; cyme 

 sessile; fr. ovate. A shrub very ornamental when in flower, common in the 

 rocky woods of N. Eng., N. Y. and Can. Height about 5f. Branches long and 

 crooked, often trailing and rooting. Lvs. very large, covered Vith a rusty pubes- 

 cence when 3'oung, at length becoming green, the dust and down remaining only 

 upon the stalk and veins. The radiant sterile fls. of the cyme are near l' diam.. 

 from a greenish color becoming white, flat, with 5-rounded lobes. Inner fls. 

 much smaller, fertile. May. 



2 V. Opulus L. HIGH CRANBERRY. Smooth; Ivs. 3-lobed, 3-veined, broader than 

 long, rounded at base, lobes divaricate, acuminate, crenately toothed; petioles 

 glandular; cymes pedunculate. A handsome shrub, 8 to 12f high, in woods and 

 borders of fields, N. States and Brit. Am. Sts. several from the same root, 

 branched above. Lvs. with large, remote blunt teeth, the stalks with 2 or more 

 glands at base, channeled above. Cymes radiate like the preceding species. Fr. 

 resembles the common cranberry in flavor, and is sometimes substituted for it. It 

 is red, very acid, ripens late, remaining upon the bush after the leaves have 

 fallen. Jn. (V. Oxycoccus Ph.) 



ft. ROSEUM. GUELDER ROSE. SNOW-BALL. Lvs. rather acute at base, longer 

 than broad, lobes acuminate, with acuminate teeth ; petioles glandular ; fls. 

 all neutral, in globous cymes. This variety is the popular shrub so generally 

 admired and cultivated as a companion of the Lilac, Snowberry, Philadelphus, 

 &c. Its dense spherical cymes are wholly made up of barren flowers. 



3 V. acerifolium L. DOCKMACKIE. Las. subcordate, acuminate, ^-veined, 3-lobed, 

 acutely dentate ; petioles without glands, cymes on long peduncles ; stam. ex- 

 serted. A shrub 4 to 6f high, with yellowish green bark, growing in woods, 

 Can. and U. S. Lvs. broad, rounded and sometimes cordate at base, divided into 

 3 acuminate lobes, with a form not very unlike that of the maple leaf, the under 

 surface as well as the younger branches a little downy. Branches straight, slen- 

 der, very flexible, ending with a pair of Ivs. and a long stemmed, cymous umbel 

 of white fls. Fr. oval, compressed. Jn. 



4 V. pauciflonim Pylaie. Nearly smooth in all its parts ; Ivs. roundish, with 3 

 short lobes at summit, serrate, mostly ^-veined from the base ; cymes small and 

 pedunculate, terminating the very short lateral branches ; stam. much shorter 

 than the cor. A small shrub with white fls., Mansfield, Mt., Vt, (Macrae), White 

 Mts., N. H. (Robbins), N. to Newfoundland. 



5 V. dentatum L. ARROW- WOOD. Nearly smooth ; Ivs. roundish-ovate, coarsely 

 dentate-serrate, petiolate, straight- veined ; cymes pedunculate. A shrub 8 to 12f 

 high, not uncommon in damp woods and thickets, Can. to Ga. It is called arrow- 

 wood from the long, straight, slender branches or young shoots. Lvs. roundish, 

 2 to 3' diam., the upper pair oval, the veins beneath prominent, parallel and pu- 

 bescent in their axils. Fls. white, succeeded by small, roundish, dark blue ber- 

 ries. Jn. Hardly distinct from the next. 



6 V. pubescens Ph. Lvs. ovate, acuminate, coarsely dentate-serrate, straight 

 veined, viUous beneath and somewhat hairy above, on short stalks; slip. 2, subulate; 

 cymes pedunculate, smoothish; fr. oblong. In dry, rocky woods and thickets, 

 Can. to Ga. A shrub about 6f high. Lvs. each with a pair of short, hairy, sub- 



