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toothed. The flower-clusters are without a general 

 stem. The fruit is black. 



4. Sheep Berry. (V. Lentago, Linn.) — Found 

 only in the Mountains, 10 or 15 feet high. The 

 leaves are rather thin, 3 to 4 inches long, smooth, 

 with a tapering point, sharply toothed, their stem 

 and middle nerve beneath, together with the flower 

 branches, sprinkled with rusty atoms. The fruit is 

 first red, then bluish-black, and is eatable when fully 

 ripe. 



5. Arrow-wood. (V. dentatum, Linn.) — Grows 

 in low grounds of the Lower and Middle Districts, 

 but is not very common. It is 8 to 12 feet high, 

 with ash-colored bark, and by the flowers and fruit 

 would be at once recognized as belonging to the 

 same genus as Nos. 1 and 2. The leaves are round- 

 ish, 2 or 3 inches long, coarsely and sharply toothed, 

 thin and smooth, the lateral veins quite straight, and 

 deeply impressed above. The fruit is roundish and 

 deep blue, and slightly rough. The young straight 

 branches of this were used by the Lidians for mak- 

 ing arrows. 



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

 — Very similar to No. 5, but smaller, 3 or 4 feet 

 high, the underside of the leaves down}', and grow- 

 ing only in the rocky soil of the Mountains. 



7. Maple-leaved Arrow- wood. (V. acerifo- 

 lium, Linn.) — A shrub 2 to 5 feet liigh, found in the 

 Mountains and on rocky liills of the Middle District, as 

 low down as Orange, with leaves 3 or 4 inches long. 



