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5. SAMBUCUS, Tourn. ELDER. 



Calyx-lobes minute or none. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Fruit a 

 globular baccate drupe, containing three 1 -seeded nutlets. Shrubs, with pinnate 

 leaves, and white flowers, in ample terminal cymes. 



1. S. Canadensis, L. Leaflets 7-11, oblong, serrate, smoothish, acute, 

 the lower ones often 3-parted ; cymes flat, 5-parted ; fruit black. Low grounds, 

 common. June and July. Stem 4- 16 high, the straight young shoots with 

 large pith. 



2. S. pubens, Michx. Leaflets 5 - 7, oblong, serrate, pubescent beneath; 

 cymes paniculate, pyramidal ; fruit red. Mountains of North Carolina, and 

 northward. June. Shrub 6 - 10 high. Cymes smaller than in the last. 



6. VIBURNUM, L. HAW. SLOE. 



Calyx minute, 5-toothed. Corolla rotate or somewhat campanulate, 5-lobed. 

 Stamens 5. Ovary 1 - 3-celled, one of the cells containing a single ovule, the 

 others empty. Drupe baccate, containing a single compressed bony nut. 

 Shrubs or small trees. Leaves lobed or undivided, the petioles sometimes 

 winged. Flowers in terminal cymes, small, white ; the marginal ones occasion- 

 ally radiant and sterile. 



# Sterile and radiant flowers none. 

 *- Cymes sessile. 



1 . V. prunifolium, L. Leaves thin, obovate or roundish, mostly obtuse, 

 finely and sharply serrate, smooth and glossy, or the veins beneath and more or 

 less dilated petioles rusty-pubescent ; cymes large, 4 - 5-rayed ; drupe oblong- 

 ovoid, black. Dry rich woods, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. April 

 and May. A small tree. Fruit edible. 



2. V. LentagO, L. Leaves thin, ovate, acuminate, finely and sharply ser- 

 rate, smooth above, the lower surface and dilated wavy petioles roughened with 

 minute scales when young; cymes 4-rayed ; fruit oval, black. Mountains of 

 Georgia, and northward. May. A small tree. 



3. V. obovatum, Walt. Leaves small, thick, obovate, or obovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, slightly crenate or entire, smooth ; cymes 3-rayed ; drupe ovoid, black. 

 (V. Isevigatum, Ait.) River-banks, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. 

 April and May. A shrub or small tree. Leaves ' - 1' long. Cymes small. 



H Cymes peduncled. 

 w- Leaves palmatety lobed. 



4. V. acerifolium, L. Pubescent; leaves roundish or broadly ovate, 

 rounded or cordate at the base, coarsely serrate, 3-lobed above the middle; 

 cymes 7 -rayed ; fruit oval, black. Dry open woods, West Florida to Missis- 

 sippi, and northward. May and June. A slender shrub, 2 - 4 high. Leaves 

 2' - 3' wide, becoming smooth above, sometimes almost entire. 



++ Leaves undivided. 



5. V. nudum, L. Rusty-pubescent ; leaves varying from oval to lanceo- 

 late, entire or nearly so, thick, becoming smooth above, prominently veined be- 



