228 '^HE FLORA. 



6. VIBURNUM. Viburnum. 



Calyx superior, small, persistent. Corolla rotate, limb 5-lobecl, lobes 

 obtuse. Stamens 5. Stigmas 1-3, sessile. Fruit a stony nut covered 

 with soft pulp, that is, a drupe. Shrubs and trees with simple leaves. 

 Flowers white, in compound fiat cymes. 



§ Cj'mes radiant,— the outer flowers sterile and showy. Lvs. stipuled Nos. 1, 2 



§ C3'mes not radiant,— the flowers all alike perfect (a). 



a Leaves 3-lobed. palmately .3-5-veiued, with setaceous stipules Nos. 3, 4 



a Leaves not lobed,— coarsely toothed, straight-veined. Cyme stalked.. Nos. 5-7 



— finely and sharply serrate. Cymes sessile Nos. 8, 9 



—entire or nearly so Nos. 10, 11. Exotic, No. 12. 



1 V. lantanoi'des. Hobble Bush. A handsome shrub some 3f. high, in rocky woods. 



Shoots often reclined and rooting again. Leaves romid-cor.late, serrate, downy on 

 the veins and petioles. Cyme sessile. Drupes ovate. May. 



2 V. Op'ulus. High Cranberry. Shrub 8-12f., in borders of woods, all smooth. Leaves 



3-lobed, 3-veined. rounded at base, lobes pointed. Cymes peduncled. Fruit bright 

 red, very acid, often used in sauce. June. 



Variety, ro'seum. S}(OW-ball. Flowers all neutral, in globular cymes. Cult. 



3 V. acerifo'Iium. Dockmackie. Leaves subcordate, 3-veined, lobes pointed, acutely den- 



tate, downy beneath. Stamens exserted. Drupes purple. 4-(>f. \\^oods. 



4 V. panciflo'rum. Lvs, 5-veined at base. Stamens included. Drupes red. Mts. Rare. 



5 V. denta'tum. Arrow-wcod. Shrub 8-12f., with straight shoots and branches, all 



smooth. Leaves round-ovate, acutely toothed, on slender petioles. Fruit blue, 

 with a concave-convex nut. Damp woods. June. 



6 V. pubes'cens. Leaves ovate, broad-dentate, hairy beneath. Shrub 2-3f. 



7 V. moUe. Poison Haw. Downy throughout. Leaves broad-oval, acute, crenate- 



dentate. Fruit blue, nut grooved. In woods, Ky. to Fla. lOf. May. 



8 V. Lenta'go. Sweel Viburnum. Tree 10-20f., in rocky woods. Leaves ovate and 



long-pointed, serrate ; petiole long, with wavy margins. Fruit at last glaucous- 

 black, oval, eatable when ripe, in Autumn. Flowers in June. 



9 V. prunifo'lium. Black HauK Sloe. Tree 10-20f., common in hedges and woods. 



Leaves shining, ova"., obtuse or barely acute, finely serrulate ; petioles short, 

 scarcely margined. Fruit oval, green, then scarlet, then blue-black, sweet. May. 

 Variety : ferrugin'eum, Possum HaxL\ has tasteless drnpes. Leaves rusty 

 beneath. Southern. 



10 V. nudum. Leaves oval varying to oblong and lance-oval, not shining ; petioles not 



winged. Cymes on short stalks. Drupes blue, eatable. 10-20f. April-June. 



11 V. obova'tum. Leaves small (1' or less), obovate, obtuse, subsessile, dotted. Cymes 



many, small, sessile. Fruit black. 12f. River banks. S A'pril. 



12 V. Tinus. Lauristine. Leaves lance-ovate, entire, thick anci shining. China. 



