Description of Native Shrubs 
66. Hobble-bush. Am. Wayfaring-tree. (Viburnum lan- 
tanoides. ) 
LeaF: 4-8’, simple, opposite, serrate, roundish, base cordate, 
apex pointed, rusty-scurfy beneath and on stalks and branchlets. 
FLOWER: m., white (corolla 5-lobed), in flat clusters (no common 
flower-stalk), the marginal of each cluster much larger and showy, 
without stamens and pistils; May; fruit ovoid, dark red. 
RANGE: New England, to Pennsylvania, and south in mountains. 
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67. Cranberry-tree. High Cranberry Bush. (Viburnum 
opulus. ) 
LEAF: 3'-5', simple, opposite, serrate, 3-lobed, lobes serrate 
only toward their apex. FLOWER: as in 66, but on a common 
flower-stalk; June, July; fruit globular, bright red. RANGE: 
northerly, and in Alleghanies, near water ; 5°-10° high; in cul- 
tivation it is the ‘‘ snow-ball” or ‘‘ Guelder rose,” with a// the 
flowers large. (Pl. V.) 
68. Maple-leaved Arrow-wood. Dockmackie. (Viburnum 
acerifolium.) 
LEAF: 2'-4', simple, opposite, coarsely serrate, 3-lobed, round- 
ish, downy beneath, 3-ribbed. FLOWER: m., white, all small 
(corolla 5-lobed, stamens /omger than corolla), in small flat clus- 
ters; May, June; fruit blackish; 2°-6° high. (PI. V.) 
69. Common Elder. (Sambucus canadensis.) 
LEAF: pinnate, opposite; leaflets, 5-11 (usually 7), 2-4’ long, 
serrate, oblong, apex sharp, lower often deeply 2~-3-lobed. 
FLOWER: m., white, small (corolla spreading, 5-lobed), in large 
fiat clusters; June, July; fruit blackish; pith white or pimkish- 
white; 5°-10° high. (Pl. V.) 
70. Red-berried Elder. (Sambucus pubens.) 
LEAF: pinnate, opposite; leaflets, 5-7, serrate, short lance- 
shaped, downy beneath. FLOWER: as in 69, but in comvex or py- 
ramidai clusters; May; fruit red, occasionally white ; June; pith 
red or brown ; northerly, and south in mountains; 2°-10° high. 
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