CAPRIFOLIACEAE 575 



i. Sambucus [Tourn.] L. 



Cyme convex; fruit purplish black. I. 5. canadensis. 



Cyme thyrsoid-paniculate, longer than broad; fruit red. 2. 5. pubens. 



1. S. canadensis L. In moist soil: B. N. and N. S. to Fla., Man., 



Kan. and Tex. 



Common throughout the range, except the pine-barrens, there 

 unknown. 



2. S. pubens Michx. In rocky places: N. B. to Alask., B. Col., 



Ga., Colo, and Cal. 



Conn. Rare along the coast, increasing northwestward. 



N. Y. Unknown on L. I. or S. I., rare and local in Westchester 



Co., increasing and becoming common northward. 

 N. J. Bergen, Hudson, Union, Hunterdon and Essex counties, 



increasing northward. 

 Pa. Pike, Monroe, Luzerne, Northampton, Lehigh, Schuylkill, 



Berks and Bucks counties. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, o: Older Formations increasing north- 

 ward. 117-189 days. Sea level-4,040 ft. 



5. Ebulus L. has been recorded as an escape from cultivation. I have seen no 

 specimens. S. laciniata Mill., a cut-leaved form of 5. nigra L., has been collected at 

 Cape May, N. J. 



2. Viburnum [Tourn.] L. 



Outer flowers of the cyme large, radiant; drupe red. 



Leaves doubly serrate, pinnately veined. I. V. almfolium. 



Leaves 3-lobed, palmately veined. 2. V. Opulus. 



None of the flowers radiant; drupe blue or black. 



Leaves palmately veined. 3. 1". acerifolium. 



Leaves pinnately veined. 



Leaves coarsely dentate, the veins prominent beneath. 



Leaves very short petioled, pubescent. 4. V. pubescens. 



Petioles 0.6-4 cm - long- 

 Leaves glabrous or with tufts of hair in the axils 



beneath, petioles glabrous. 5. V. dentaium. 



Leaves pubescent beneath, the pubescence more 

 or less stellate, petioles pubescent. 

 Leaves stellate-pubescent all over the under 



side. 6. V. venosum. 



Leaves stellate-pubescent only on the veins 



beneath. 7. V. Canbyi. 



Leaves entire, crenulate or serrulate, the veins not promi- 

 nent. 

 Cymes obviously peduncled. 



Peduncle shorter than the cyme; leaves crenu- 

 late. 8. V. cassinoides. 



