Description of Native Shrubs 
5. Mountain Holly. (Nemopanthes mucronata.) 
LEAF: 1-2’, simple, alternate, entire or slightly serrate, ob- 
long, smooth, stem slender. FLOWER: p., white or greenish- 
white, small (petals 4-5, spreading, narrow), commonly single, on 
long stems; May, June. Fruit: red,largeas peas. Commoner 
northward ; 4°-8° high. 
6. New Jersey Tea. (Ceanothus Americanus.) 
LEAF: 3/'-3', simple, alternate, serrate, ovate, base often cor- 
date. FLOWER: p., white (petals 5 and hooded), calyx and 
flower-stem white, in long, dense clusters. July; root dark red ; 
1°-3° high, (PI. I.) 
7. Common Meadow-sweet. (Spirza salicifolia.) 
LEAF: 1%'-3', simple, alternate, serrate, lance-shaped, base 
tapering, almost smooth. FLOWER: p., white or rosy, minute, 
in erect dense clusters; July; lowshrub. (PI. I.) 
8. Birch-leaved Spirza. (S. corymbosa.) 
LEAF: 1'-2’, simple, alternate, serrate near apex, oval to ovate, 
smoothish. FLOWER: as in 7, but in large fat clusters; June. 
Mountains of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and west; low. (Pl. I.) 
g. Choke-cherry. (Prunus virginiana.) 
LEAF: 2'-3', simple, alternate, finely serrate, oval or obovate, 
apex abruptly pointed, thin. FLOWER: p., white (petals 5, round- 
ish), crowded in rather long terminal clusters; May; fruit dark 
red ; commoner northward ; tall. (PI. I.) 
10. Choke-berry. (Pyrus arbutifolia.) 
LEAF: 2’-3', simple, alternate, finely serrate, obovate or ob- 
long. FLOWER: p., white, reddish, or purplish (petals 5), usu- 
ally 10-12-clustered ; May, June; fruit red, purple, or black ; 
damp places; 2°-10° high. 
11, White Alder. Sweet Pepperbush. (Clethra alnifolia.) 
LEAF: 2'-3', simple, alternate, serrate (entire toward base), 
wedge-obovate, both sides green. FLOWER: p., white, fragrant 
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