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6. Viburnum dentatum L, 



Viburnum dentatum L. Sp. PI. 268. 1753. 



A shrub with slender glabrous gray 

 branches, sometimes reaching a height 

 of 15 . Twigs and petioles glabrous; pet- 

 ioles 3 // -i2 // long; leaves ovate, broadly 

 oval or orbicular, rounded or slightly cor- 

 date at the base, acute or short-acumi- 

 nate at the apex, prominently pinnately 

 veined, coarsely dentate all around, \%. f ~ 

 3' broad, glabrous on both sides, or some- 

 times pubescent with simple hairs in the 

 axils of the veins beneath; cymes long- 

 peduncled, 2 / -3 / broad; flowers all per- 

 fect; drupe globose-ovoid, about 3" in 

 diameter, blue, becoming nearly black; 

 stone rather deeply grooved on one side, 

 rounded on the other. 



In moist soil, New Brunswick to Ontario, 

 south along the mountains to Georgia and to 

 western New York, Michigan and Minnesota. 

 Called also Mealy-tree. May-June. 



Arrow- wood. (Fig. 3439.) 



7. Viburnum molle Michx. Soft- 

 leaved Arrow- wood. (Fig. 3440.) 



Viburnum molle Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 180. 



1803. 



Similar to the "preceding species but the 

 twigs, petioles, rays of the cyme and lower 

 surfaces of the leaves more or less densely 

 stellate-pubescent; petioles short and stouter; 

 leaves usually larger, crenate or dentate, com- 

 monly somewhat pubescent above; drupe glo- 

 bose-ovoid, blue, 4" in diameter, its stone 

 similar to that of V. dentatum. 



Eastern Massachusetts to New Jersey, near 

 the coast, south to Florida and Texas. Said to 

 bloom later than V. dentatzim. 



8. Virburnum Demetridnis Deane 



& Robinson. Demetrio's Viburnum. 



(Fig. 344i ) 



Viburnum Demetrionis Deane & Robinson, 



Bot. Gaz. 22: 167. pi. 8. 1896. 



A shrub about 12 high, the older twigs ash 

 gray, or at length grayish black and rough 

 with lenticels, the bark exfoliating. Bud- 

 scales acutish, ciliolate; leaves broadly ovate 

 or nearly orbicular, short-acuminate at the 

 apex, cordate or truncate at the base, 3 / -5 / 

 long, coarsely dentate, glabrous and bright 

 green above, soft-pubescent and paler be- 

 neath, some of the pubescence stellate; peti- 

 oles 8 // -2o // long, channeled; stipules linear- 

 filiform, 2 // -5 // long; cymes terminal, pedun- 

 cled, 4-7-rayed, glandular-puberulent; calyx- 

 teeth ciliate; drupe oblong, obtuse at both 

 ends, about 5" long and 2) // broad, much 

 flattened, with 2 grooves when dry. 



Bluffs, Benton Co., Missouri. Flowers not "seen nor'described 



