Description of Native Shrubs 
123. Leatherwood. Moose-wood. (Dirca palustris.) 
LEAF: 3-4’, simple, alternate, entire, oval to obovate, short- 
stemmed. FLOWER: light yellow (no corolla, yellow calyx tudbu- 
lar, its edge wavy or slightly 4-toothed, 8 long stamens), 3-4- 
clustered along branches before the leaves ; April. New England 
to Pennsylvania and Kentucky, and north; 2°-5° high. 
124. Pond Spice. (Tetranthera geniculata.) 
LEAF: 3'-4', simple, alternate, entire, oblong, Zairy on mid- 
rib beneath. FLOWER: almost identical with 121, but in simple, 
2-4-flowered clusters, before the leaves; April. Virginia. 
125. Common Barberry. (Berberis vulgaris.) 
LEAF: 1-2’, simple, alternate or fascicled, serrate (teeth 
bristle-pointed), oval; often replaced on branchlets by small 
forked spines. FLOWER: p., yellow (petals 6, obovate, not 
notched at apex, stamens 6), in drooping many-flowered clusters ; 
May, June ; berries oblong, scarlet. Introduced, and now spon. 
taneous, chiefly in Eastern New England; 3°-8° high ; thorny. 
(ri. VII.) 
126. American Barberry. (Berberis canadensis.) 
LEAF: 1-2’, simple, alternate, broad-round-toothed (less 
bristly-pointed than in 125), oval. FLOWER: as in 125, but 
petals notched at apex, and clusters few-flowered ; June; berries 
oval, scarlet. Mountains of Virginia ; 1°-3° high; thorny. 
127. Witch-hazel. (Hamamelis virginica.) 
LEAF: 3-5’, simple, alternate, wavy-edged or broad-toothed, 
obovate to oval, oblique at base, a ttle one-sided, FLOWER: p., 
yellow (petals 4, long and narrow, stamens 8), in stemless clusters 
along branch ; November ; damp woods ; 5°-12° high. (Pl. VII.) 
128. St. Peter’s-wort. (Ascyrum stans.) 
LEAF: about 1’, simple, opposite, entire, oval to oblong, 
thickish, dlack-dotted, slightly surrounding branch at base. 
FLOWER: p., yellow (petals 4, obovate, stamens many), mostly 
single, showy, almost stemless; July, August. Long Island to 
Pennsylvania, and south; 1°-2° high. 
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