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CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 



[Voi,. III. 



Viburnum cassinoides L,. Withe-rod." Appalachian Tea. (Fig. 3442.) 



Viburnum cassinoides L. Sp. PI. Ed. 



2, 384. 1762. 

 Viburnum nudum var. cassinoidesT. 



& G. Fl. N. A. 2: 14. 1 841. 



A shrub, 2-i2 high, with as- 

 cending gray branches, the twigs 

 somewhat scurfy, or glabrous. 

 Leaves ovate or oval, thick, pin- 

 nately veined, narrowed or some- 

 times rounded at the base, acute 

 or blunt-acuminate at the apex, 

 i / -3 / long, generally crenulate, 

 rarely entire, glabrous or very 

 nearly so ou both sides; pedun- 

 cle shorter than or equalling the 

 cyme; drupe pink, becoming dark 

 blue, globose to ovoid, 3 // -5 // long; 

 stone round or oval, flattened. 



In swamps and wet soil, New- 

 foundland to Manitoba and Minne- 

 sota, New Jersey and the mountains 

 of North Carolina. June-July. 



10. Viburnum nudum I,. Larger 



Withe-rod. (Fig. 3443.) 



Viburnum nudum L. Sp. PI. 268. 1753. 

 Viburnum nudum var. ClaytoniT. & G. Fl. N. 

 A. 2: 14. 1841. 



Similar to the preceding species, but usu- 

 ally a larger shrub, sometimes 15 high. 

 Leaves oval, oval-lanceolate, or obovate, en- 

 tire or obscurely crenulate, mostly larger 

 (sometimes 0/ long), narrowed at the base, 

 acute or obtuse at the apex, more promi- 

 nently veined, sometimes scurfy on the upper 

 surface; peduncle equalling or exceeding the 

 cyme. 



In swamps, Long Island 1o Florida, west to 

 Kentucky and Louisiana. Blooms a little later 

 than the preceding species. 



bic foot. Fruit sweet, edible. 



11. Viburnum Lentago L. 



Nanny-berry. Sheep-berry. Sweet 



Viburnum. (Fig. 3444.) 

 Viburnum Lentago L. Sp. PI. 268. 1753. 



A shrub, or often a small tree, some- 

 times 30 high, and with a trunk di- 

 ameter of io'. Winter buds acuminate, 

 glabrous; leaves slender-petioled, ovate, 

 mostly rounded at the base, acuminate 

 at the apex, 2 / -4 / long, glabrous on 

 both sides, or rarely a little pubescent 

 beneath, sharply serrulate; petioles often 

 broadened and wavy-margined, o/ / -i2 // 

 long; cyme sessile, several-rayed, 2 / ~5 / 

 broad; drupes oval, bluish-black with a 

 bloom, 5 // -6 // long; stone very flat, circu- 

 lar or oval. 



In rich soil, Hudson Bay to Manitoba, south 

 to New Jersey, along the Alleghanies to Geor- 

 gia, and to Indiana and Missouri. Wood 

 orange -brown, hard; weight 45 lbs. to the cu- 

 May. Fruit ripe'jn'.October. Called also Nanny-bush, Black Thorn. 



