228 THE F. OKA 



6. VIBURNUM. Viburnum. 



Calyx superior, small, persistent. Corolla rotate, limb 5-lobed, lubes 

 obtuse. Stamens 5. Stigmas 1-3, sessile. Fruit a stony nut covered 

 with soft pulp, that is, a. drupe. Shrubs and trees with simple leaves. 

 Flowers white, in compound flat cymes. 



Cymes radiant, the outer flowers sterile and showy. Lvs. etipuled Noe. 1, t 

 { Cymes not radiant, the flowers all alike perfect. ... (a). 



a Leaves 3-lobcd. pulmatcly 3-5-veined, with setaceous stipules. ...Nos. 3, 4 

 a Leaves not lobed, coarsely toothed, straight-veined. Cyme stalked.. Nos. 5-7 

 finely and sharply sernite. Cymes sessile. . . .Noe. 8, 9 

 entire or nearly so.... Nos. 10, II. Erotic,.... No. 12. 



1 V. lantanoi'des. Hobble llush. A handsome shrub some 3f. high, in rocky woods. 

 Shoots often reclined and rooting again. Leaves round-cor.late, serrate, downy on 

 the veins aria petioles. Cyme sessile. Drupes ovate. May. 



3 V. Op'ulus. High Cranberry. Shrub 8-12f., in borders" of woods, all smooth. Leaves 



3-lobed, 3-veined, rounded at base, lobes pointed. Cymes pcduncled. Fruit bright 

 red, very acid, often used in sauce. June. 



Variety, ro'seum. Snow-ball. Flowers all neutral, in globular cymes. Cult. 

 8 V. acerifo'lium. flockmackie. Leaves subcordate, 3-veined, lobes pointed, acutely den- 

 tate, downy beneath. Stamens exserted. Drupes purple. 4-Of. Woods. 



4 V. panciflo'rum. Lvs. 5-veined at base.. Stamens included. Drupes red. Mts. Rare. 



5 V. denta'tum. Arrow-wood. Shrub 8-12f., with straight shoots and branches, all 



smooth. Leaves round-ovate, acutely toothed, on slender petioles. Fruit blue, 

 with a concave-convex nut. Damp woods. June. 

 6V. pubes'cens. Leaves ovate, broad-dentate, hairy beneath. Shrub 2-3f. 



7 V. molle. Poison Haw. Powny throughout. Leaves broad-oval, acute, crenate- 



dentate. Fruit blue, nut grooved. In woods*, Ky. to Fla. lOf. May. 



8 V. Lenta'go. Sweet Viburnum. Tree 10-20f., in rooky woods. Leaves ovate and 



long-pointed, serrate ; petiole long, with wavy margins. Fruit at last glaucous- 

 black, oval, eatable when ripe, in Autumn. Flowers in June. 



9 V. prunifo'lium. lilack Haw. Sloe. Tree 10-20f., common in hedges and woods. 



Leaves shining, ova!, obtuse or barely acute, finely serrulate ; petioles short, 

 scarcely margined. Fruit oval, green, then scarlet, then blue-black, sweet. May. 

 Variety: ferrugin'enm, Possum Haw, has tasteless dn pes. Leaves rusty 

 beneath. Southern. 



10 V. nudnm. Leaves oval varying to oblong and lance-oval, not shining : petioles not 



winged. Cymes on short stalks. Drupes blue, eatable. 10-20f. April-June. 



11 V. obova'tum. Leaves small (!' or less), obovate, obtuse, subsessile, dotted. 



many, email, sessile. Fruit black. 12f. Kiver banks. S April. 

 W V. Tinus. Lau> isline. Leaves lance-ovate, entire, thick ami shining. China. 



