CAPRIFOLIACE^. (honeysuckle FAMILY.) 171 



5. SAMBUCUS, Tourn. Elder. 



Calyx-lobes minute or none. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Fruit a 

 globular baccate drupe, containing three 1 -seeded nutlets. — Shrubs, with pinnate 

 leaves, and white flowers, in ample terminal cymes. 



1. S. Canadensis, L. Leaflets 7-11, oblong, serrate, smoothish, acute, 

 the lower ones often 3-parted ; cymes flat, 5-parted ; fruit black. — Low grounds, 

 common. June and July. — Stem 4°- 16° high, the straight young shoots with 

 large pith. 



2. S. pubens, Michx. Leaflets 5-7, oblong, serrate, pubescent beneath , 

 cymes paniculate, pyramidal ; fruit red. — Mountains of North Carolina, and 

 northward. June. — Shrub 6° - 1 0° high. Cymes smaller than in the last. 



6. VIBURNUM, L. Haw. Sloe. 



Calyx minute, .5-toothed. Corolla rotate or somewhat campannlate, 5-lobed. 

 Stamens 5. Ovai-y 1 - 3-celled, one of the cells containing a single ovule, the 

 others empty. Drupe baccate, containing a single compressed bony nut. — 

 Shrubs or small trees. Leaves lobed or iindivided, the petioles sometimes 

 winged. Flowers in terminal cymes, small, white ; the marginal ones occasion- 

 ally radiant and sterile. 



* Sterile and radiant flowers none. 

 H- Ci/mes sessile. 



1 . V. prunifolium, L. Leaves thin, obovate or roundish, mostly obtuse, 

 finely and sharply serrate, smooth and glossy, or the veins beneath and more or 

 less dilated petioles rusty-pubescent ; cymes large, 4 - 5-rayed ; drupe oblong- 

 ovoid, black. — Dry rich woods, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. April 

 and May. — A small tree. Fruit edible. 



2. V. LentagO, L. Leaves thin, ovate, acuminate, finely and sharply ser- 

 rate, smooth above, the lower surface and dilated wavy petioles roughened with 

 minute scales when young; cymes 4-rayed ; fruit oval, black. — Mountains of 

 Georgia, and northward. May. — A small tree. 



3 v. obovatum, Walt. Leaves small, thick, obovate, or obovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, slightly crenate or entire, smooth ; cymes 3-raycd ; drupe ovoid, black. 

 (V. laevigatum, Ait.) — River-banks, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. 

 April and May. — A shrub or small tree. Leaves ^'- 1' long. Cymes small. 

 *- Cymes pedancled. 

 *+ Leaves pcdmately ldl>ed. 



4. V. acerifolium, L. Pubescent; leaves roundish or broadly ovate, 

 rounded or cordate at the base, coarsely serrate, 3-Iobed above the middle; 

 cymes 7-rayed ; fruit oval, black. — Dry open woods. West Florida to Missis- 

 sippi, and northward. May and June. — A slender shrub, 2° - 4° high. Leaves 

 2' - 3' wide, becoming smooth above, sometimes almost entire. 



++ ++ Leaves undivided. 



5. V. nudum, L. Rusty-pubescent ; leaves varying from oval to lanceo- 

 late, entire or nearly so, thick, becoming smdoth above, prominently veined be- 



