2g 2 HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



Viburnum pauciflorum Rafinesque 1838 Squashberry 



A low straggling shrub, 0.7-2 m. high, bark grayish, young shoots red- 

 dish brown and ridged; leaves broadly oval or obovate, narrowed, truncate 

 or cordate at the base, mostly with three shallow lobes, dentate, glabrous 

 above, more or less pubescent on the veins beneath, 5-9 cm. long, 4.5-9.5 

 cm. wide, petioles 1-2 cm. long; cymes few flowered, 3-4 cm. li 

 about 2 cm. broad, flowers all perfect, 5-6 mm. broad, stamens shorter 

 than the corolla; drupe globose to ovoid, light red, acid, 8-10 mm. long, 

 stone ovate, pointed : pauciflorum, few flowered. 



In cold woods north of Lake Superior. Distributed from Newfound- 

 land to Alaska, south to Maine, N. H., Vt., Pa. and in the Rocky moun- 

 tains to Colorado. Blossoms in June, fruit ripe in August and September. 



Viburnum americanum Miller 1768 Highbush Cranberry 



Pembina 



A shrub, 1-3 m. high, branches nearly erect, smooth and grayish ; 

 leaves deeply 3-lobed, cuneate or rounded at the base, lobes taper-pointed, 

 coarsely and irregularly dentate or sometimes almost entire, glabrous above, 

 with a few scattered hairs along the veins beneath, 5-13 cm. long, 4.5-12 

 cm. broad, petioles 1.5-3 cm. long with 1-3 glands below the blade, 

 cymes flat-topped, 5-10 cm. in diameter, the outer flowers large and sterile, 

 1-2 cm. broad, the fertile ones very small, 2-3 mm. broad; fruit an ovoid 

 drupe, about 1 cm. long, stone round, flattened : americanum, Ameri- 

 can. 



In swamps and low ground, common throughout the northern half 

 of the. state and in the Big Woods, less frequent southward to Houston 

 county. Distributed from Newfoundland and Quebec to British Co- 

 lumbia, south to New Jersey, Pa., Mich, and northeastern Iowa. 



This species seems sufficiently distinct from the European V. o p u 1 u s 

 with which it has usually been identified. 



The fruit is used for making sauce and preserves, "Pembina, boras 

 first by a river, and then given to the town and county is stated by Keating 

 to be from the Chippewa word for this fruit, anepembinan, which 

 name has been shortened and corrupted into Pembina" (Narrative of 

 Long's Expedition). 



Viburnum Opulus Linn c var. sterilis D e C a n d o 1 1 e 1830 



Guelder Rose 



A shrub 2-3 m. high, with smooth grayish branches; leaves broadly 

 ovate, 3-lobed, lobes shorter than in the preceding species, coarsely and 



