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berries Klnndular-bristly ; these and the bruised herbage exhale an unpleasant, 

 skunk-lilic odor. , ., , »i. u i 



R rtlbrum, Rep C. Cult from Eu., also wiM on our northern borders ; 

 with 5tran-"iin- or rcclininjr stems, somewhat heart-shaped moderately 3-5- 

 lohed leaves, the lobes roundish, and droopinj; racemes from lateral buds dis- 

 tinct from the leaf-buds ; edible horries red, or a white variety. 



^_ ^ Leaves sprinkled with resinous dots : flouJ^s larger, with oblong-bell-shaped , 

 cali/x: berries larger, black, aromatic and spici], glandular-dotted. 



R. floridum, Wild Black C. Woods N ; leaves slightly heart-shaped, 

 sharply 3-.5-lobed and doubly serrate; racemes drooping, downy, bearing 

 many whitish flowers, with conspicuous bracts longer than the pedicels. 



R. nigrum. Garden Black C. Cult, from Eu. : like the preceding, 

 but has greener and fewer flowers in the raceme, minute bracts, and a shorter 

 calyx. 



» * Cultivated for ornament from far W. ■ the flowers higlilj/ colored 



R. sanguineum, Eed-fl. C, from Oregon and California : glandular 

 and somewhat clammy, with 3 - 5-lobed leaves whitish-downy beneath, nodding 

 racemes of roso-red flowers, the calyx-tube oblong-bell-shaped, the berries gland- 

 ular and insipid. ttt -.i 



R. atireum. Golden, Buffalo, or Missouri C. : from W. Missouri 

 to Oregon ; abundantly cult, for its spicy-scented bright-yellow flowers in early 

 spring'] smooth, with rounded 3-lobcd ,and cut-toothed leaves (which are rollal 

 up in the bud), short racemes with leafy bracts, and tube of the yellow calyx 

 very much longer than the spreading lobes ; the berries blackish, insipid. 



2. iTEA. (Greek name of Willow, applied to something widely different.) 

 I. Virginica, a tall shrub, in low pine-barrens from N. Jersey S., smooth, 



with oblong minutely serrate leaves, and racemes of pretty white flowers, in 

 early summer. 



3. DECUMARIA. (Name probably meaning that the parts of the flower 

 arc in tens, which is only occasionally the case.) 



D. b&,rbara. Along streams S. : a tall, mostly smooth shrub, with long 

 branches disposed to cl.mb, ovate or oblong shining leaves, and a comjjound 

 terniinal^ayme of small white odorous flowers.-in late spring. 



4. PHliilT!Et:^:dtrS, MOCK-ORANGE, SYRINGA (which is the 

 botanical name of the Lilac. The generic name is an ancient one, afterwards 

 applied to these shmbs for no particular reason). Ornamental shrubs ; na- 

 tives of the S. Atlantic and Pacific States, Japan, &c. ; the species mixed or , 

 much varied in cultivation. The following arc the principal types. 



P. eorontoius. Common Mock-Orange. Cult, probably from Japan. 

 Shrub with erect branches, smoothish oblong-ovate leaves having the taste and 

 smell of encumbers, and crowded clusters of handsome and odorous cream-white 

 flowers, in late spring. 



P. latifdlius, Broad-leaved M. Cult., unknown wild, has the erect 

 stems of the iirst, is robust, 6° - 12° high, with the ovate and toothed .'i-ribbcd 

 leaves hairy beneath, and large pure-white and nearly scentless flowers clus- 

 tered, in early summer. 



P. inod6ruS, Scentless M. Wild in upper districts S. : shrub smooth, 

 with spreading slender branches, mostly entire ovate-oblong leaves, rather small 

 flowers scattered at the end of the diverging branchlets, and calyx-lobes not 

 longer than the ovary. 



P. grandifldrus, Large-fL. M. Wild along streams from Virginia S., 

 and planted in several varieties : tall shrub, with long recurving branches, ovate 

 -ind ]iointed usually toothed smoothish or slightly downy leaves, and very large 

 pure-while scentless flowers, in early summer, either single or in loose clusters 

 at the end of the branches, tie slencfer-pointed calyx-lobes much longer than the 

 ovary. 



