Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
60. Common Privet. (Ligustrum vulgare.) 
LEAF: 1-2’, simple, opposite, entire, lance-shape to obovate, 
thickish, sooth, dark green. FLOWER; m., white, small (corolla 
funnel-shaped, 4-lobed), in erect clusters; June. Introduced for 
hedges, but locally spontaneous in New England and Pennsyl- 
vania. 
61. Tartarian Honeysuckle. (Lonicera tartarica.) 
LEAF: 1-2’, simple, opposite, entire, ovate, base cordate, 
somewhat glossy. FLOWER: m., white to purplish, small, fra- 
grant, in pairs on a single stem (corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed) ; 
April-June. Introduced, cultivated, locally spontaneous. 
62. Arrow-wood. (Viburnum dentatum.) 
LEAF: 2-3’, simple, opposite, coarsely serrate, ovate to round- 
ish, base cordate, stem slender. FLOWER: m., white, all small 
(corolla 5-lobed), in flat clusters; June; fruit ovoid, blue; 5°-10° 
high. (Pl. V.) 
63. Soft Viburnum. (V. molle.) 
LEAF: much as in 62, but downy beneath, as also leaf- and 
flower-stem and branchlets. FLOWER: as in 62, of which it may 
be only a variety. Martha’s Vineyard, and south. 
64. Downy Arrow-wood. (Viburnum pubescens.) 
LEAF : as in 62, but less serrate, apex sharp or tapering, downy 
beneath, and very short-stemmed. FLOWER: as in 62; fruit 
dark purple. RANGE: Vermont to New York, Kentucky and 
Wisconsin ; low, straggling. 
65. Marsh Elder. Highwater Shrub. (Iva frutescens.) 
LEAF: 2'—4', simple, opposite ; lower coarsely serrate, oval to 
lance-shaped, thickish (upper narrow, entire, or mere bracts). 
FLOWER: m., white or greenish-white, small (corolla tubular or 
funnel-shaped), massed in small, flat ‘‘ heads,” pistillate and 
staminate in each; July-September. Massachusetts to Virginia ; 
salt marshes near coast ; 3°-8° high. 
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