138 Honeysuckle (Caprifoliacece) 



Fig. 59. ( 4 ) Dockmackie. Maple-Leaved Arrow-wood. 



V. acerifblium, L. 



Flowers, all perfect, in small, flat, terminal, long-stemmed 

 clusters. Stamens, extending beyond the corolla. 

 May, June. 



Leaves, two to four inches long, closely resembling in 

 shape the leaf of the red maple ; strongly three- 

 veined from the base, soft-downy beneath. Base, 

 rounded or heart-shaped. Bark, yellowish-green. 



Fruit, crimson, changing to dark-purple or black, dis- 

 agreeable to the taste. Stone, thin, of the shape of a 

 double convex-lens, scarcely grooved. 



Found, in cool woods from North Carolina northward and 

 westward. 



A shrub three to six feet high, the branches often 

 straight and slender, "arrow-like," and ending with a 

 pair of leaves and the flower-cluster. 



Fig. 60. (5) Arrow-wood. V. dentatum, L. 

 Flowers, perfect, clusters not sessile. June. 



Leaves, egg-shape to rounded, mostly smooth, coarsely 

 toothed. Veins, beneath prominent, straight, and 

 usually with downy tufts in their axils. Base, 

 sometimes slightly heart-shaped. Leaf-stems, rather 

 slender. Young shoots, mostly smooth. Bark, ash- 

 colored ; on old stems, nearly black. 



Fruit, about one quarter inch long, slightly lengthened, 

 dark blue. Stone, very deeply grooved. 



Found, in damp woods and thickets from Northern 

 Georgia northward and westward ; not uncommon. 



A shrub five to fifteen feet high, often with straight, 

 arrow-like shoots. 



