Genus VIBURNUM, L. (Haw and Viburnum.) 



Fig. 72. Black Haw, Stag Bush. V. prunifblium, L. 

 Leaves, SIMPLE ; OPPOSITE ; FINELY AND SHARPLY TOOTHED. 



Outline, broadly oval, or broadly reverse egg-shape. 

 Apex, rounded, sometimes pointed. Base, rounded, 

 sometimes slightly pointed. Quite variable. 



Leaf-stem, short and smooth, the edges slightly winged, 

 the wings straight. 



Leaf, about one and a half to two inches long ; smooth ; 

 shining above. 



Flowers, white, in rather large and flat, stemless bunches 

 at the ends of the branches. May. 



Berries, oval, blackish, sweet and edible. 



Found, in Connecticut and Southern New York to 

 Michigan and southward. 



A small tree fifteen to twenty feet high, or oftenest 

 at the North a low, much-branching shrub. Usually 

 with some of its branches stunted and bare. 



The tonic bark is sometimes used medicinally. 



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