342 ORDER LXY. CAPRIFOLIACEiE. 



ments. Fruit a dry purple berry, crowned with the calyx. — Pnrple. 

 %. June — Aug. tipper dist. Car. 2 — 3 feet. 



Horse Gentian. Feverwort. 

 2. T. axgustifo'lium, (L) Steyn erect, hairy. Leaves scarcely con- 

 nate. Flowers solitary, on short opposite peduncles. — Yellow. If. 

 June — July. Mountains. 2 — 3 feet. Dr. Tinker's Weed. 



GENU3 v.— VIBUR'XUM. L. 5—3. 

 (The Latin name.) 



Calyx 5-toothed, persistent. Corolla eampaniilate, or rotate, 

 5-lobecl. Stamens 5. Stigmas 3. Style none. Fruit an 

 ovate, 1-seeded berry, crowned by the calyx. 



1. V. acekipo'lium, (L.) a small shrub. Leaves slightly cordate, 3- 

 lobed, acuminate, sharply serrate, pubescent beneath ; petioles hairy. 

 Floicers in cymes, on long peduncles. Fruit oval, compjressed, black. — 

 White. "^ . May — June. Mountains. 4 — 6 feet. Arrow-wood. 



2. V. denta'tum, (L.) a shrub, nearly glabrous. Leaves orbicular, 

 ovate, on long petioles, with large serratures, plaited. Flowers in large 

 terminal cymes. Fruit nearly globose, blue, small. — White. ^. 

 March — April. Common. 8 — 15 feet. Arrow-wood. 



3. V. lenta'go, (L.) a shrub, glabrous. Leaves broad-ovate, acu- 

 minate, sharply serrate, sometimes slightly cordate or oval. Fruit 

 black. — White. ^ . June. Banks of streams. 10 — 20 feet. 



4. V. prtjnifo'lium, (L.) A shrub, with glabrous, virgate branches. 

 Leaves obovate, acute, sometimes nearly orbicular or oval, glabrous, 

 sharply serrate. Floivers in large cymes, lateral. Fruit oval, dark-blue. 

 — White. ^ . April — May. Common. Black haw. Sloe. 



5. V. nu'dum, (L.) A shrub, with virgate branches, the old ones gla- 

 brous, the young clothed with a ferruginous pubescence. Leaves oppo- 

 site, oval, glabrous on the upper surface, with veins beneath, pubes- 

 cent ; petioles margined. Flowers in naked, terminal cymes, on jointed 

 peduncles. Calyx v^\\\ie. Coro/?a with obtuse segments. Fruit hlne. 

 — White, ^, April — May. Common, 4 — 12 feet. 



6. V, obova'tum, (Walt.) A shrub, with virgate branches. Leaves 

 obovate, cuneate, crenulate, dentate, or entire, crowded near the sum- 

 mit, the lower leaves broader than the upper. Flowers m sessile cymes. 

 Fruit nearly globular, black. — White. ^ . April — May. Common in 

 middle Car. and Geo, 4 — 8 feet. 



7. V. cassinoi'des, (L.) A shrub, glabrous. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 the lower ones obovate, the upper lanceolate, the intermediate ovate, 

 margin slightly revolute ; petioles keeled, without glands. Berries 

 nearly black, in other respects resembles the preceding species. 



8. V. l^viga'tum, (Ait.) A small shrub, much branched ; branches 

 sprinkled with a brown dust. Leaves smSll, lanceolate, cuneate, nearly 

 .sessile, upper ones dentate, shining on the upper surface, the under 

 dotted with brown dust. Flowers in small cymes, nearly sessile. — 

 White. ^. March — April. Low country. 2 — i feet. 



9. V. nit'idum, (Pursh.) A low, glabrous shrub, with quadrangular 

 branches. Leaves linear-lanceolate, shining on the upper surface, en 



