CAPRIFOLIACE^E HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



Viburnum venosum, Britton. 



Whitish 



Arrow-wood. 

 June-July 



Viburnum: the classical Latin name of unknown meaning. 

 Venosum: Latin for vein. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: border of thickets. 



THE SHRUB: three to six feet high or more, branched; the 

 young branches ashy with soft hairs; the bark grey-brown. 



THE LEAVES: opposite; elliptic-ovate to orbicular; about 

 two inches long and nearly as wide; above dark green and 

 hairless; beneath pale, with rusty brown hairs; sharply 

 saw-toothed; the veining prominent beneath. 



THE FLOWERS: small, in cymes. 

 THE FRUIT: a sub-globose drupe. 



A shapely bush, which at times reaches the height, if 

 not the stature of a young tree. The oval leaves are the 

 most distinctive part of the shrub. Clusters of yellowish- 

 white flowers suggesting those of the Elder (Sambucus 

 canadensis) , but slightly stiffer than these, in their season 

 soften the outlines of the bush; later, blue-black '" berries" 

 that seem to avoid notice, add a touch of mysteriousness 

 to the dark green foliage. 



CAPRIFOLIACE.E HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



Sambucus canadensis, L. 



Cream-white Common Elder, Elder-blow 



Elderberry, ' Sweet Elder, 



June- July American Elder, 



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