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smaller branches. Brown circular dots appear 

 on the upper surface of the leaf along the mid- 

 vein, and are scattered about on the under 

 surface. The leaf is usually ovate, with a blunt 

 tip. The teeth are fine and somewhat rounded, 

 or the margin is sometimes entire. 



Flowers. — The flower cluster is quite large 

 and full. The whitish flowers are small, perfect, 

 and five-parted. June. 



The shrub is rather straggling, and has an 

 ash-colored bark. The twigs are somewhat 

 scurfy and dotted. The slender last year's 

 growth is sometimes used in binding sheaves. 

 It is a swamp plant, and extends south to New 

 Jersey and west to Minnesota. 



LARGER WITHE-ROD 



Viburnum nudum Honeysuckle Family 



This is usually a larger species than Viburnum 

 cassinoides, and has a southern range extending 

 from New Jersey south to Florida. The leaves 

 are more prominently veined than in the preced- 

 ing, and sometimes scurfy above. The margin 

 is generally entire. 



