Viburnum. CAPRIFOLIACE^. 305 



dendr. Brit. t. 23 ; Guimp. Otto ^ Hayne, holz. t. 101 ;" Ell. sk. 1. p. 365 ; Torr. ft. 1. 

 p. 318 ; Hook. ft. Bor.-Am. I. p. 279 ; Beck, hot. p. 156 ; Darlingt.fi. Cest.p. 202 ; Torr. 

 4- Gr. fl. N. Am. 2. p. 14. V. pyrifolium, Poir. diet. 5. p. 658 ; DC. prodr. 4. p. 325. 



A shrub or small tree (8-15 feet high), with numerous spreading branches, and short 

 lateral spurs which are sometimes almost thorny. Leaves usually 1-2 inches long and 

 rounded, smooth on both sides : petiole about half an inch long. Cymes about 3 inches in 

 diameter, terminating the short lateral branches or spurs ; the primary divisions usually about 

 4. Fruit one-third of an inch long, bluish-black and slightly glaucous when mature ; the 

 nucleus much compressed. 



Woods and thickets ; rare north and west of the Highlands, but very common in the 

 neighborhood of New-York. Fl. May - June. Fr. September - October. 



3. Viburnum Lentago, Linn. Sweet Viburnum. 



Leaves ovate, conspicuously acuminate, finely serrate with sharp slightly uncinate teeth, 

 rather thin, smooth , the midrib and undulate margin of the petiole dotted with minute brown 

 scales when young ; cymes sessile ; fruit oval. — Linn. sp. 1. p. 268 ; Miclix. fl. 1. p. 178 ; 

 Ell. sk. 1. p. 365 ; Torr. fi. I. p. 318 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 116 ; Wats, dendr. Brit. t. 21 ; 

 DC. prodr. 4. p. 325 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 279 ; Beck, hot. p. 156 ; Darlingt.fi. Cest. 

 p. 203 ; Torr. ^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 2. p. 15. 



A tree 15-20 feet high. Leaves 2-3 inches long ; the upper ones usually broadly ovate; 

 lower ones narrower, acute at the base, or sometimes slightly cordate : the petiole 6-8 lines 

 long, distinctly margined. Cymes often 4 inches in diameter. Fruit rather larger than in the 

 preceding species, bluish-black, with a glaucous bloom ; the pulp thin and sweetish : nucleus 

 nearly flat on both sides. 



Woods and banks of streams, commonly in rich soils ; common, particularly in the interior 

 of the State. Fl. May. Fr. October. The fruit is rather palatable, especially after having 

 been frozen. 



4. Viburnum dentatum, Linn. Arrow-wood. 



Leaves roundish-ovate, coarsely and sharply serrate-toothed, mostly acute, appearing plicate 

 from the strong and nearly simple straight veins, smooth and somewhat shining above, pale 

 underneath, with tufts of villous hairs in the axils of the veins ; cymes pedunculate, nearly 

 smooth ; fruit small, globose-ovoid ; the nucleus deeply grooved or excavated on one side, and 

 obtusely ridged on the other. — Linn. sp. l.p. 268 ; Jacq. hort. Vind. 1. t. 36; Pursh, fl. 1. 

 p. 202 ; Torr.fl. 1. p. 219 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 116; DC. prodr. 4. p. 326 ; Hook.fi. Bor.- 

 Am. 1. p. 280 ; Beck, hot. p. 156 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 203 ; Torr. 4- Gr. fl. N. Am. 2. 

 p. 16. V. dentatum, var. lucidum. Ait. Kew. (ed. 1.) l.p. 372. V. dentatum, var. glabellum, 

 Michx.fl. 1. p. 179 (partly). 



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