64 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



(cymes), the outer flowers quite showy and with 

 neither stamens nor pistils; leaves broadly egg- 

 shaped, pointed, finely and sharply toothed. Low 

 woods. Spring, early summer. 



Arrow-wood {Viburnum dentatum). Honeysuckle 

 family. 

 Rather tall shrub; twigs smooth; flowers all with 

 stamens and pistils in flat clusters (cymes) ; leaves 

 egg-shaped, pointed, somewhat heart-shaped at 

 base, coarsely toothed. Moist places. Spring, early 

 summer. 



Withe-rod (Viburnum cassinoides) . Honeysuckle family. 

 Rather tall shrub ; flowers in flat clusters (cymes) ; 

 leaves oval or pointed, with fine rounded teeth, or 

 without teeth. Wet places. Early summer. 



Sweet Viburnum. Nanny-berry (Vibtirnum Lentago). 



Honeysuckle family. 



Tall shrub, bark somewhat scurfy; flowers in flat 



cluster; leaves broadl}^ oval, with sharp points and 



close pointed teeth ; leaf-stalks with margin. Spring. 



II. LEAVES WHORLED. 

 11. Leaves whorled, flowers few. 



Cleavers. Bedstraw (Galium A parine). Madder family. 

 Stem delicate, length 2-5 ft.; stalks with 1-3 

 small flowers in axils on fine stalks; corolla 4- 

 (sometimes 3-) parted; leaves 6-8 in whorl, in- 

 versely lance-shaped, tapering at base, blunt- 

 pointed with rough edges; fruit a small double bur. 

 Shady places. Summer. 



Small Bedstraw (Galium trifidum). Madder family. 

 Ht. under ij ft.; stems slender; 1-7 minute flowers 

 on fine stalks, axillary; leaves in whorls of 4 linear 

 or inversely lance-shaped. Wet ground. Summer. 



