J98 Order 67.— RUBIACE^. 



ulate appendages (stipular 7) at the base of the very short petiole. Cymea amaB, 

 few-flowered. Fls. rather larger than those of the foregoing species, white. Fr. 

 nearly black. . Jh. 

 p. MOLLE. Poisotr Haw. Soft, rusty, tomeutous throughout the stalks, Ivs, 



and cymes ; Ivs. rather acute ; fls. large. — Tenn. to Ga. (Misses Keen) and 



La. (Hale). (V. mollo Mx.) 



7 V. Lentigo L. Sweet Vibubnum. Iais. ovate and oval long-acuminate, acutely 

 and finely uncinate-serrato ; petiole with undulate margins. — A common tree-lika 

 shrub, in rocky woods. Can. to Ga. and Ky. Height 10 to 15f. Lvs. smooth, 

 conspicuously acuminate, about 3' long and | as wide, their petioles with a curled 

 or wavy dilated border on each side. Fls. white, in broad, spreaduig cj^mes, suc- 

 ceeded by weU-flavored, sweetish berries of a glaucous black. Jn. 



8 v. prunifolitim L. BL-iOK Haw. Sloe. Lvs. smooth, shining above, round- 

 ish obovaie or ovate, rather ohtuse, acutely serrulate, with uncinate teeth ; petiolee 

 slightly and evenly margined; cymes mostly sessile. — In woods and thickets, N. 

 T. to Ga. A shrub or small tree, 10 to 20f high, with handsome, glossy lvs. and 

 large cymes. Lvs. 2 to 3' long, ^ to J as wide, on short petioles, slightly mar- 

 gined. Cymes terminal. Fls. white, succeeded by oval, blackish berries which 

 are sweet and eatable. Jn. 



/?. FEERnsiNEUM. T. & G. Tcius and petiole beneath covered with reddish 

 brown wool; lvs. narrower. — S. "W". Ga. and Mid. Fla. Called ^^osswm haw, 

 the black drupes being insipid. 



9 v. ni!idum L. Smooth ; lvs. ovalrobkmg, or lance-oval, subrevolute at edge, entire 

 or subcrenulate, not shining, veiny and doited beneath ; petioles not winged; cymes 

 on short stalks. — Shrub or small tree, 10 to 20f high, U. S. Lvs. thick, and when 

 fully grown 3 to 4' long, mostly acute or even short acuminate. Gymes large, on 

 peduncles 1 to 2' in length, naked after losing their caducous bracts. Fls. white, 

 berries dark blue, covered with bloom, sweetish. Apr. — Jn. — Tery variable. 



/?. ANQUSTiFOLittir. T. & G. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate at 

 each end, margin obscurely repand-denticulate. — South (Pond, &c.) 



y. CASSnioiDES T. & G. Lvs. oval, obovate or oblong, obtuse, acute or short- 

 acuminate, margin nearly entire, veins not prominent — iSforth and South 

 (V. cassinoides L.). — Another variety ((5. ovale) has smaller, oval, obtuse, very 

 entire lvs. (South), &c. 



10 V. obovatum Walt. Lms. small, obovate, ohtuse, entire or nearly so, sub-pen- 

 sile, dotted beneath; cj/mes small, numerous, sassife. — Shrub 8 to 15f high, swampy 

 river banks, Va. to Ga. Branches straggling, some virgate ones, all covered with 

 a profusion of white cymes about IJ' diam. Lvs. at flowering time G to 8" long, 

 finally 10 to 18" Fr. black, shining, sweet. Apr., May. 



11 V. Tinus L. Laurestine. Lvs. coriaceous, lance-ovate, entire, their 

 veins with hairy tufts beneath. — A fine evergreen shrub, from Europe. Height 

 4 to 5f. Lvs. acute, thick but veiny, dark, shining green above, paler beneath. 

 Fls. white, tinged with red, very showy. Degrees of pubescence variable. 



12 V. odorati^imum Ker. Smooth; lvs. coriaceous, evergreen, eUiptic- 

 oblong, remotely repand-dentate ; fls. in paniculate cymes, white, very fragrant. — 

 f From China. 



Order LXVII. EUBIACE^. Mabderworts. 



Trees, shrubs and herbs. Lvs. opposite, somewhat verticillate, entire. Stipule* 

 between the petioles, sometimes resembhng the leaves. Calyx tube more or less ad- 

 ierent to the ovary ; limb 4 to S-cleft. Corolla regular, inserted upon the calyx 

 tube, and of the same number of divisions. Stamens inserted upon the tube of tha 

 corolla, equal in number and altomato with its segments. Ovaries 2 (rarely more)- 

 celled. Style single or partly divided. Fr. various. Seeds one, few, or many in each 

 celL (Fig. 183.) 



Genera S-'^O, specie-^ 2S00. It is generally divided into two pnborders, viz.. Steliatcm and Cln- 

 eliODejB, to wliich a tliird, Loganieffi (wliicli lias few representatives at ttie Nortli) is appended b.T 



