64 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



(cymes), the outer flowers quite showy and with 

 neither stamens nor pistils; leaves broadly egg- 

 shaped, pointed, finely and sharply toothed. Low 

 woods. Spring, early summer. 



ARROW-WOOD (Viburnum dentatum). Honeysuckle 



family. 



Rather tall shrub; twigs smooth; flowers all with 

 stamens and pistils in flat clusters (cymes) ; leaves 

 egg-shaped, pointed, somewhat heart-shaped at 

 base, coarsely toothed. Moist places. Spring, early 

 summer. 



WITHE-ROD (Viburnum cassinoides) . Honeysuckle family. 

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

 leaves oval or pointed, with -fine rounded teeth, or 

 without teeth. Wet places. Early summer. 



SWEET VIBURNUM. NANNY-BERRY (Viburnum Lentagd). 



Honeysuckle family. 



Tall shrub, bark somewhat scurfy; flowers in flat 

 cluster; leaves broadly oval, with sharp points and 

 close pointed teeth ; leaf -stalks with margin. Spring. 



II. LEAVES WHORLED. 

 11. Leaves whorled, flowers few. 



CLEAVERS. BEDSTRAW (GaliumAparine). Madder family. 

 Stem delicate, length 2-5 ft.; stalks with 1-3 

 small flowers in axils on fine stalks; corolla 4- 

 (sometimes 3-) parted; leaves 68 in whorl, in- 

 versely lance-shaped, tapering at base, blunt - 

 pointed with rough edges; fruit a small double bur. 

 Shady places. Summer. 



SMALL BEDSTRAW (Galium trifidum). Madder family. 

 Ht. under i^ ft.; stems slender; 1-7 minute flowers 

 on fine stalks, axillary; leaves in whorls of 4 linear 

 or inversely lance-shaped. Wet ground. Summer. 



