VIBURNUM LENTAGO, L. 169 



Winter Buds and Leaves. Leaf-buds long, narrow, covered 

 with scurfy, brown, leaf -like scales ; flower-buds much longer, 

 swollen at the base, with two leaf-like scales extended into a 

 long, spire-like point. Leaves simple, opposite, 2-4 inches 

 long, upper surface bright green, lower paler and set with 

 rusty scales, ovate to oblong-ovate or orbicular, sharply and 

 finely serrate, smooth, taper or abruptly pointed ; base acute 

 to rounded or truncate ; stem slender, wavy-margined, chan- 

 neled above ; stipules none. 



Inflorescence. May or early June. Terminal, in broad, 

 flat-topped, compound, sessile cymes ; calyx-tube adherent 

 to the ovary, 5-toothed ; corolla white, salver-shaped, seg- 

 ments 5, oval, reflexed ; stamens 5, projecting, anthers yellow ; 

 pistil truncate. 



Fruit. Profuse, in clusters; drupes % i ncn l n g> oval, 

 crimson when ripening, deep purple when fully ripe, edible, 

 sweet: stone flat, oval, rough, obscurely striate lengthwise. 



Horticultural Value. Hardy throughout New England ; 

 prefers a rich soil in open places or in light shade. Its 

 showy flowers, healthy foliage, and vigorous growth make it 

 a desirable plant for high shrub plantations, and as an under- 

 growth in open woods. Offered for sale by collectors and 

 occasionally by nurserymen ; easily transplanted ; propagated 

 from seed or from cuttings. 



PLATE LXXXVII. VIBURNUM LENTAGO. 



^ 1. Winter buds. 

 ^-~ 2. Flowering branch. 

 y 3. Flower. 

 y 4. Flower, side view. 



y 5. Flower with petals and stamens removed. 

 y 6. Fruiting branch. 



