244 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS 



SWEET VIBURNUM. SHEEPBERRY 

 NANNY BERRY 



Viburnum Lentago Honeysuckle Family 



Fruit. The drupes are crimson, before ripen- 

 ing to a dark blue or black, and the two colors 

 often mingle in the fruit cluster. The fruits 

 are covered with bloom, are drooping, and the 

 clusters have slender red stalks. The calyx tube, 

 with the projecting stigma, is at the summit. 

 The fruit is rather large and edible. The stone 

 is flattened, has a blunt point, and is grooved on 

 both sides. September, October. 



Leaves. The broad oval leaves are sharp- 

 pointed, and are sharply and closely toothed. 

 The leaf stem is usually winged or margined. 

 In the fall the leaves are deep red or marked 

 with orange. 



Flowers. The small white flowers grow in 

 terminal cymes. The numerous yellow anthers 

 give the 'flower a yellowish appearance, May, 

 June. 



This small tree has rusty, scurfy, scale-like 

 bark, especially on the young shoots. Its foliage 

 is good, and the flower clusters large and showy. 



