VIBUKNUM 



glabrous, 2-5 in. long: Ms. yellowi.sh white: ormes long- 

 pedunclfil, tevuiinal, 1'.^-:! in, bmail: fr. alnio.st lilai-k, 

 ovoid. Slay, .inne. New Bi-unswick to Minn., south to 

 N, ('. Em. 2:4U.-lt grows fairly well in drier situa- 



VICIA 



1927 



2fi64. Viburnum Opulus (\ ^4), 

 Single form of the common Snowball ns it grows in the wild. 



tions under trees. The foliage assumes a handsome 

 dark purple fall color. 



27. pauciflbrum, Raf. Straggling shrub, attaining 5 

 ft,: Its, orbicular to oval, coarsely dentate, with 3 short 

 lobes above the middle or often without, glabrous or 

 slightly piubescent beneath when young, 2-:)K. in. long: 

 cymes few-fid., small, on lateral, short, usually 2-lvd. 

 brauchlets: fr. scarlet, subglolmse. June. Labrador to 

 Alaska, south to Vt. and Colo, in the mountains. (I.F. 

 3:,T. — It does not usually succeed well in cultivation; 

 requires shade ami moist porous soil. 



28. 6pulus, Linn. ( I'. Amerir,), mm ,M\U. r. frilohinii. 

 Marsh. I'. o/iH/ob/cs, Jluhl. f.edide.Pui-ah. V. Oxii- 



Co'cfKS, Pursh. I. CRANBEKRY-BI'SH. HlfiH ("'R.i.NBE1!RV. 



Figs. 2664, 266.5. Shrub, attaining 12 ft., with rather 

 smooth light gray branches and stems: Ivs. broadly 

 ovate. 3-lobed, with coarsely ilentate-serrate, acumi- 

 nate lobes, pubescent or almost glabrous beneath, 2^ 

 in. long: Hs. white, in peduncled cvnies, 3-4 in. broad: 

 fr. subglobose to oval, scarlet. Jlav, .June. New Bruns- 

 wick to Brit, Col., south to N. .7. and Ore.; also in Eu. 

 and Asia. — Handsome native sljrub, very decorative in 

 fiiiit, which begins to color by the end of July, remains 

 on the branches and keeps its bright scarlet color until 

 the following spring. The berries :(re not eaten by Ijirds. 

 Var. nanum, .Jacr|. Avery 

 dwarf, couapact, small- 

 V, leaved form; flowers but 



/"^^l^— '1& very rarelv. Var. sterile, 



0>^Ai>)?S rSa DC. ( r. rosenm, and rosA- 



ei-iim, Hort,). Guelder 

 Re isE, Snow - b.a.ll. Fig. 

 2666. All fls. sterile, form- 

 ing large, globose heads, 

 Gng. 1:9. Gn. .56, p. 83.— 

 This is a very showy var., 

 but it lacks the decorative 

 fruits. There are also 

 variegated forms of the 

 type and (if the sterile va- 

 riety. The American Cran- 

 lierry-busb is considered 

 by some Ijotanists a dis- 

 tinct species ttnder tlte 

 name r. Anffru'/nniiu, 

 Mill., but differs little from 

 the European form, chiefly 

 by the more vigorous 

 growth, by the petioles 

 having a shalhjw rather broad channel and small glands, 

 and by" the shorter peduncles and shorter stamens. 



29. Sargentii, Koehne. Similar to the preceding, of 

 more upright, denser habit: liark of stems darker, fis- 

 sured and somewhat corky, young branchlets with prom- 



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2665, Fruits of Viburnum 



Opulus (:/ i_| ), 



luent lenticels: Ivs. of thicker texture, pubescent or 

 glalirous beneath, the upper Ivs. willi nincdi elongated 

 and usually entire middle lobe and siiudi, short, sjiread- 

 ing lateral lobes; petioles will: l.aige gl.-inds: slerile 

 lis. larger, sonudimes to 1 '., in. aci'oss; antbei's jiuriile: 

 fr. globose, in usiuilly upright i-ymi-s. N. China, .la|iau. 



— Introduced under the name I'ihu riiuiii Optilns from 

 I'ekin. It does not seeni to fi-uit as profusely as I'. 

 Opitlu.^. 



r, r,urrj,-vti,;,m, Hcnl. &- 1;..-.,] (V, Dnrfi,nmm, Herd.). 

 Suiulai- lo \ . baiUan.-i, Lv<. naia-owcv tow.'ird the liase, vena- 

 tioa like tlint ot V. in:ii lorc'iihalum: cyme ivitli .5 rays: fr. 

 pnikisli or .vellowisli, .\bcv, .Juno. Eastern .Siberia, Annirlaud 

 (it. 11::;k|.— r. ce,-,/,7V,/,„,„, Wall. .Similar to A', ulnifoliiun, 

 but cymes without radiant tls.: ]\s. narrow: l.looiiiiug lieforc 

 the Ivs. Hiiiial,-i.vas,-r. Z)«/i(>)-;,7(,(i, P.'ill, Sliriib. at l.aiiiinK 

 ti ft.: Ivs. broadly oviito to oval, lb,-'.!'., in.: lis. IJnutcl lonn, 

 111 short, smidl panicles: fr. tinallv lilark. Ii^ilmr toW < liina 



— V. densifldnini. rli:ii,ni. Closely allied to \ . acrilnlium. 

 Lower: Ivs. sundler, l-'J in, with mostly shorter Iidies or nmic: 

 cymes den.ser. W. F]:i.- V. plliptindii, Hook. Shrub, attain- 

 ing 5 ft., .allied to V. acaa-ibdimn, hut Ivs. not lobed, oval to el- 

 bptic-ohlong : fr. ehlone.nval. ;ilmo,st Vi in. long. Wash, to 

 Calif.— r. fureiitiiiii. Bliune. (Jo.sely allied to V. ahiifidium. 

 lint of upright Indiit and stamens shorter than eoroll.a. -Tap., 

 China.— r. Hanrri'iutdii , Max. Allied to V. tomeutosum: Ivs. 

 broader, with few teeth .above the middle. S. China. Tender. 

 .Seems not in cultivation. See No. 22.— r. orientale. Pall. Al- 

 lied to V. acerifolium: slirub, attaining 4 ft.: Ivs. wit.t simple, 

 not fascicled luiirs on the \eins beneath and not ghuidular 

 dotted beneath: t'r. red. Jane, .Inly. W.Asia, lit. 17:.'iI;T. 



Alfred Kehder, 





2666. Snowball — Viburnum Opulus, var. sterile (X li). 

 All the fertile flowers are ehan^'ed to sterile, showy ones. 



VlCIA fclas>;ical Latin name). Vetch. Tare. More 

 than 100 species of herlis, mostly climbing-, -with pinnate 

 foliage, closely allied to Lathyrus, Pisum and Lens, but 

 differing in minute floral characters: wings adhering to 

 the keel; style very slender, \yith beards or hairs all 

 around the upper part or only at the apex; pod flat. 2- 

 many-seeded, 2-\'alved and dehiscent, the seeds either 

 globular or flattish; stamens diadelphous (9 and 1). 

 Flowers mostly blue or violet, sometimes yellowish or 

 white. The Vicias are, widely spread in the northern 

 iiemisphere and some of them in South America. About 

 tw^o dozen species occur in North America, some of the 

 species introduced. Most of the Vicias are weed}' or in- 

 signiflcant looking plants, but a few are grown for the 

 bright flowers, others of late for green-manure crops 

 (see Corer-Crops)^ and uue ( I'. Fdba I is a garden bean. 

 The species are mostly cool-season plants of easy cul- 

 ture. The interest in the Vetches in this country is 

 mostly for their value as soil covers and for foliage. V. 

 .saf/v'i and 1'. rillosa are the important species here at 

 present. 



