140 Honeysuckle (Caprifoliacece) 



(6) Soft Viburnum. V. molle, Michx. 



This species differs from the preceding chiefly in the 

 following items : 



Flowers, rather larger. Clusters, downy. 



Leaves, egg-shape to reverse egg-shape, downy beneath. 

 Young shoots and branchlets, downy. 



Fruit, larger and more pointed. Stones, rather less 

 deeply grooved. 



Found, from Martha's Vineyard southward. 



Fig. 6l. (7) Downy Arrow-wood. V.pubescens, Pursh. 



Flowers, rather larger than in V. denfatum. Clusters, 

 small and few-flowered. June. 



Leaves, egg-shape. Apex, pointed or long-pointed. Veins, 

 less marked than in V. denfatum. Leaf-stems, very 

 short, with two short, hairy, stipule-like appendages 

 at base. Leaves beneath and leaf-stem downy, at 

 least when young. 



Fruit, nearly black. Stone, flat and slightly grooved on 

 each side. 



Found, in dry woods and thickets from Georgia north- 

 ward. 



A straggling shrub about six feet high. 



Fig. 62. (8) Withe-rod. V. nMum, L. 



Flowers, in large clusters with a stem one to two inches 

 long. April, June. 



Leaves, variable, two to four inches long, oval to lance- 

 shape, edge entire or obscurely toothed, often slightly 

 rolled ; smooth, not shining, no stipule-like append- 



