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(jchii.), tlic stone as in No. 5, but less deeply excavated on tlic fare. (V. dcnta- 

 tum, var. scabrfllmn, To)r. <j- dr.) — Rich woods, Kentucky and southward. 



7. V. pub6scens, Pursh. (Downv a.) Leaves ovule or olJonc/ -ovale, 

 acute or tapcr-iiointcd, tiic veins and teeth fewer and less conspicuous than in 

 No. 5, the lower sitrfuce and very sitoit petioles soft-doivny, at least when young; 

 fruit dark-purple ; the stone plano-convex and 3-4-groovcd on tlie flat face. — 

 Kocks, &c., W. Vermont to New Jersey, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and nortliward, 

 June. — A low, straggling shrub. 



* * * Leaves coarseli/ toothed and someichat 3-lol>ed, rou7idish, the base mostly 



truncate or somewhat h(art-sha/j(d, 3 - b-ribbed from the base, the ribs and veins 

 prominent Imieath : stijiular appendayes bristle-shaped : cymes small, slender- 

 pi'dunclcd : fruit red ; the stone fattened. 



8. V. acerifdlium, L. (M.vi'lk-lkaved A. Dockmackie.) Leaves 

 sof -downy beneath, 3-ribbed, the pointed lobes diverging, unequally toothed ; 

 stamens cxserted ; fruit crimson turning purple ; the lenticular stone undulately 

 2-grooved on one face and 3-groovcd on the othci'. — Rocky woods : common. 

 May, June. Shrub 3° - 6° high. 



9. v. paueifl6rum, Pylaie. Leaves glabrous or loosely pubescent beneath, 

 t)-rilil)(d at /»/s , uncciually serrate nearly all round, with 3 short lol)es at the 

 summit ; cyme fcw-flowercd ; stamens shorter than the corolla ; fruit red, sour, glob- 

 ular ; the stone very flat and even. (V. Oxycoccus, var. eradiatum, Oahes.) — 

 Cold woods, Northern N. Hampshire, New York, Wisconsin, and northward. — 

 A low straggling shrub, most related to the next; the leaf-buds similar. 



§ 2. Marginal fuwers of the cyme destitute of stamens and jiistils, and with corollas 

 many times larger than tlie others, forming a kind of ray, as in Hydrangea : 

 stipular appendages conspicuous on the petiole. 



* Fruit spherical, pleasantly acid, bright red; the stone very flat, smooth and even, 



nearly orbicular : lenfbnds enclosed in one or two pairs of scales. 



10. V. Opulus, L. (CiJAxnERUY-TjiEE.) Nearly smooth, upright (5°- 

 10° high) ; leaves .'5 - .')-ril)bed, strongly 3-lobcd, broadly wedge-shaped or trun- 

 cate at the base, the spreading lobes pointed, mostly toothed on the sides, entire 

 in the sinuses; petioles bearing 2 glands at the apex, cymes ])cduncled. (V. 

 Oxyco'ccus and V. cdulc, Pursh.) — Low grounds, along streams: common 

 northward, and southward in the Alleghanics to the borders of Maryland. 

 June, July. — The acid fruit is a substitute for cranberries, whence the name 

 Uigh Cranberry bush, &c. — The well-known Snow-ball Tree, or Guelder- 

 RosE, is a cultivated state, with the whole cyme turned into showy sterile 

 flowers. (Eu.) 



* ♦ Fruit ovoid, red, turning darker ; the stone tumid, G-^/roorrd : Imds wholly naked. 



11. V. lantanoides, Michx. (Honiu-E-nrsu. A.MKUUAN Wavfar- 

 ING-TREE.) Leaves roimd-ovate, abru])t!y pointed, hcart-.sha])ed at the base, 

 closely serrate, pinnatcly many-veined ; the veins and veinlets underneath alonp 

 with the stalks and brancblets very rusty-scurfy ; cymes sessile, very broad and 

 flat. — Cold moist woods, New Knginnd to Pcnn. and northward, and southward 

 in the Alleghanics. May. — A straggling shrub ; the reclining branches often 

 taking root. Flowers handsome. Leaves 4' -8' across. 



