142 Honeysuckle (Caprifoliacece) 



ages. Shoots, branchlets, etc., often slightly scurfy- 

 dotted. 



Fruit, about one quarter inch long, slightly lengthened, 

 blackish, sweet. Stone, broadly oval or round, very 

 flat and even. 



Found, from New Jersey southward. 



A very variable shrub (or sometimes a small tree) ten 

 to twenty feet high. 



(9) Withe-rod. V. cassmoides, L. 



This species differs from the preceding (V. nudum) 

 chiefly in the following items : 



Flower-cluster, usually with a shorter stem. 

 Leaves, one to three inches long. 



Shoots, scurfy-dotted. 



Found, from New Jersey northward and westward. 



Fig. 63. (10) Black Haw. Sloe. Stag-Bush. V.prunifblium,L. 



Flowers, in rather large and flat three- to five-rayed sessile 

 clusters at the ends of the branches. May. 



Leaves, one to three inches long, smooth, shining above, 

 broadly-oval to broadly-reverse egg-shape, finely and 

 sharply toothed. Apex, rounded or pointed. Leaf- 

 stem, short and smooth, the edges slightly and evenly 

 winged ; variable. 



Fruit, oval, blackish, sweet and eatable. 



Found, in Connecticut and Southern New York, westward 

 to Michigan, and southward. 



A bush (or a small tree) ten to twenty feet high. 

 The bark is sometimes used as a tonic. 



