Description of Native Shrubs 



66. Hobble-bush. Am. Wayfaring-tree. (Viburnum lan- 



tanoides.) 



LEAF : 4'-8', simple, opposite, serrate, roundish, base cordate, 

 apex pointed, rusty-scurfy beneath and on stalks and branchlets. 

 FLOWER: m., white (corolla 5-lobed), in flat clusters (no common 

 flower-stalk), the marginal of each cluster much larger and showy, 

 without stamens and pistils ; May ; fruit ovoid, dark red. 

 RANGE : New England, to Pennsylvania, and south in mountains. 

 (PI. V.) 



67. Cranberry-tree. High Cranberry Bush. (Viburnum 



opulus.) 



LEAF: 3'-$', simple, opposite, serrate, 3-lobed, lobes serrate 

 only toward their apex. FLOWER : as in 66, but on a common 

 flower-stalk ; June, July ; fruit globular, bright red. RANGE : 

 northerly, and in Alleghanies, near water ; 5-io high ; in cul- 

 tivation it is the " snow-ball "or " Guelder rose," with all the 

 flowers large. (PI. V.) 



68. Maple-leaved Arrow-wood. Dockmackie. (Viburnum 



acerifolium.) 



LEAF : 2' '-4', simple, opposite, coarsely serrate, 3-lobed, round- 

 ish, downy beneath, 3-ribbed. FLOWER: m., white, all small 

 (corolla 5-lobed, stamens longer than corolla), in small flat clus- 

 ters ; May, June ; fruit blackish ; 2-6 high. (PI. V.) 



69. Common Elder. (Sambucus canadensis.) 

 LEAF: pinnate, opposite; leaflets, 5-11 (usually 7), 2' -4' long, 



serrate, oblong, apex sharp, lower often deeply 2-3-lobed. 

 FLOWER: m., white, small (corolla spreading, 5-lobed), in large 

 flat clusters ; June, July ; fruit blackish ; pith white or pinkish- 

 white ; 5-io high. (PI. V.) 



70. Red-berried Elder. (Sambucus pubens.) 



LEAF : pinnate, opposite ; leaflets, 5-7, serrate, short lance- 

 shaped, downy beneath. FLOWER : as in 69, but in convex or py- 

 ramidal clusters ; May ; fruit red, occasionally white ; June ; pith 

 red or brown ; northerly, and south in mountains ; 2-io high. 

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