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6. L. oblongifolia, Muhl. (SWAMP FLY-HONEYSUCKLE). 

 A shrub with upright branches, and oblong leaves. Peduncles 

 long and slender, 2-flowered. Corolla deeply 2-lipped. 

 Berries united at the base. Swamps and low grounds. 



7. L. involuera'ta, Banks, is at once recognized by the 

 involucre of four leaf-like bracts under the two flowers. 

 Corolla yellowish, viscid-pubescent. Berries dark-purple. 

 Woods and banks of streams, Atl. Prov. and N. W. 



4. mi KVll I l, Tourn. BUSH-HONEYSUCKLE. 

 D. trif Ida, Moench. Rocky woods and clearings. 



5. TRIOS Ti; I II, L. FEVER-WORT. 



T. perfolia'tum, L. A coarse herb, 2-4 feet high, soft- 

 hairy. Leaves oval, narrowed at the base. Fruit orange- 

 coloured. Old clearings and thickets. 



6. SAMBU'CIJS, Tourn. ELDER. 



1. S. Canadensis, L. (COMMON ELDER.) Shrub 5-10 

 feet high, in clumps. Leaflets 5-11, oblong. Cymes flat. 

 Fruit black-purple. Open grounds, and along streams. 



2. S. raeemo'sa, L. (S. pubens, Michx.) (RED-BERRIED 

 ELDER,) may be distinguished from No. 1 by its warty bark, 

 brown pith, 5-7 leaflets, convex or pyramidal cymes, and 

 red berries. Rocky woods. 



7. YIBlTR'NUM, L. ARROW-WOOD. LAURESTINUS. 



1. V. Lenta'go, L. (SWEET VIBURNUM. SHEEP- BERRY.) 

 A small tree, with ovate finely-serrate pointed leaves, with 

 long and margined petioles. Cynie sessile. Fruit black. 

 Along streams. 



2. V. cassinoides, L. (WITHE-ROD.) A smooth shrub 

 with somewhat scurfy shoots and tall straight stems. Leaves 

 thickish, entire or wavy-toothed, dotted beneath. Cymes 

 with short peduncles, about 5-rayed. Fruit black. Cold 

 swamps. 



3. V. pubes'eens, Pursh. (DOWNY ARROW-WOOD.) A 

 straggling shrub, not more than 4 feet, high, with small ovate 



