62 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



8. Leaves opposite, stem not 4-sided, plant upright, flowers in 

 clusters, shrub, leaves lobed or compound. 



MAPLE-LEAVED VIBURNUM. DOCKMACKIE (Viburnum 



acerifolium) . Honeysuckle family. 

 Ht. several ft., straggly growth; flowers in flat clus- 

 ters (compound cymes); calyx 5 -toothed; corolla 

 5-lobed; leaves of 3 lobes, lobes pointed, irregularly 

 toothed; fruit a nearly black berry (drupe). Dry 

 woods. Spring, early summer. 



CRANBERRY-TREE (Viburnum Opulus). Honeysuckle 



family. 



Rather tall shrub, upright; flowers in flat clusters 

 (compound cymes); corolla 5-lobed; leaves 3- 

 lobed, broad, lobes sharply toothed; fruit bright 

 red berries (drupes). Low ground. Early summer. 



COMMON ELDER (Sambucus Canadensis) Honeysuckle 



family. 



Ht. few-io ft.; flowers in flat clusters (cymes); 

 leaflets 5-11, toothed, oblong; fruit a purple or 

 black berry (drupe). Rich soil. Early summer. 

 (See illustration in " Directions.") 



RED-BERRIED ELDER (Sambucus racemosa). Honey- 

 suckle family. 



Similar but flowers in pyramidal clusters (panicled 

 cymes) ; fruit a red berry (drupe) . Rocky woods. 

 Spring. 



9. Leaves opposite, stem not four-sided, plant upright, flowers in 

 cluster, shrub, leaves simple, and not lobed, petals 4. 



ROUND-LEAVED DOGWOOD (Cornus circinatd). Dog- 

 wood Family. 



Rather tall shrub ; flowers in flat clusters (cymes) ; 

 branches greenish; leaves round-oval, short pointed, 

 woolly beneath, short stalked. In shady places or 

 on rocks. Spring, early summer. 



