Description of Native Shrubs 



123. Leatherwood. Moose-wood. (Dirca palustris.) 

 LEAF : 3' '-4', simple, alternate, entire, oval to obovate, short- 

 stemmed. FLOWER : light yellow (no corolla, yellow calyx tubu- 

 lar, its edge wavy or slightly 4-toothed, 8 long stamens), 3-4- 

 clustered along branches before the leaves ; April. New England 

 to Pennsylvania and Kentucky, and north ; 2-5 high. 



124. Pond Spice. (Tetranthera geniculata.) 

 LEAF: 3' 4', simple, alternate, entire, oblong, hairy on mid- 

 rib beneath. FLOWER : almost identical with 121, but in simple, 

 2-4-flowered clusters, before the leaves ; April. Virginia. 



125. Common Barberry. (Berberis vulgaris.) 

 LEAF: i'-2', simple, alternate or fascicled, serrate (teeth 

 bristle-pointed), oval ; often replaced on branchlets by small 

 forked spines. FLOWER : p., yellow (petals 6, obovate, not 

 notched at apex, stamens 6), in drooping many-flowered clusters ; 

 May, June ; berries oblong, scarlet. Introduced, and now spon.. 

 taneous, chiefly in Eastern New England ; 3-8 high ; thorny. 

 (PI. VII.) 



126. American Barberry. (Berberis canadensis.) 

 LEAF : i'-2', simple, alternate, broad-round-toothed (less 

 bristly-pointed than in 125), oval. FLOWER : as in 125, but 

 petals notched at apex, and clusters few-flowered ; June ; berries 

 oval, scarlet. Mountains of Virginia ; i-3 high ; thorny. 



127. Witch-hazel. (Hamamelis virginica.) 



LEAF: 3'-$', simple, alternate, wavy-edged or broad- toothed, 



obovate to oval, oblique at base, a little one-sided. FLOWER : p., 



yellow (petals 4, long and narrow, stamens 8), instemless clusters 



along branch ; November ; damp woods ; 5-i2 high. (PI. VII.) 



128. St. Peter 's-wort. (Ascyrum stans.) 

 LEAF : about i', simple, opposite, entire, oval to oblong, 



thickish, black-dotted, slightly surrounding branch at base. 

 FLOWER: p., yellow (petals 4, obovate, stamens many), mostly 

 single, showy, almost stemless ; July, August. Long Island to 

 Pennsylvania, and south ; i-2 high, 



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