398 Oedee et.— RUBIACBiE. 



ulate appendages (stipular?) at the base of the very short petiole. Cymes smal], 

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

 nearly black. Jn. 

 /8. MOLLB. Poisos Haw. Soft, rusty, tomentous throughout the stalk?, Iva. 



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



La. (Hale). (V. moUe Mx.) 



7 V. IientSgo L. Sweet YiBUENtJir. Lms. ovate and oval, long-acuminate, acutely 

 and finely uncinate-serrate ; petiole with undulate margins. — A, common tree-like 

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

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

 or wavy dilated border on each side. Hs. white, in broad, spreading cymes, suc- 

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



8 V. prunifolium L. Black Haw. Slob. Lvs. smooth, shining above, round- 

 ish obovate or ovate, rather obtuse, acutely serrulate, with uncinate teeth ; petioles 

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

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

 large e^-mes. Lvs. 2 to 3' long, ^ to f as wide, on short petioles, slightly mar- 

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

 are sweet and eatable. Jn. 



/3. FERRtrGiNEUM. T. & G. Tcins and petiole beneath covered with reddish 

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

 the black drupes being insipid. 



9 V. niiduni L. Smooth ; lvs. oval-oNong, or lance-oval, suirevolute at edge, entire 

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

 on short stalks. — Shrub or small tree, 10 to 2 Of high, TJ. S. Lvs. thick, and when 

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

 peduncles 1 to 2' in length, najced after losing their caducous bracts. Pis. white, 

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



p. asqustifoliuh:. T. & G. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, acute or aouriainate at 



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

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

 acuminate, margin nearly entire, veins not prominent. — North and South 

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

 • entire lvs. (Sputh), &o. 



10 V. obovatum Walt. I/es. small, obovate, obtuse, entu:e or nearly so, subset- 

 site, dotted beneath; cymes small, numerous, sessile. — Shrub 8 to 15f high, swampy 

 river banks, Ya. to Ga. Branches straggUng, some virgate ones, all covered with 

 a profusion of white cymes about IJ' diam. Lvs. at flowering time 6 to 8" long, 

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



11 V. Tiuus L. Laukestine. Lvs. coriaceous, lamce-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. odoratissimum Ker. Smooth; lvs. coriaceous, evergreen, eUipUc- 

 oblong, remoldy repamd-dentate ; fls. in paniculate cymes, white, very fragrant. — 

 f From China. 



Order LXVII. RUBIACEiE. Maddkkworts. 



Trees, shrubs and herbs. Lvs. opposite, somewhat vertioillate, entire. StipiiUa 

 between the petioles, sometimes resembling the leaves. Gaiyx tube more or less ad- 

 fierent to the ovary ; limb 4 to 6-oleft. Corolla regular, inserted upon the oalyi 

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

 corolla, equal in number and alternate 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 880, specie-i 2800. It is generally divided into two suborders, vis;.. Stellntem nnd Cln- 

 cboneis, to whicli a third, Loganieio (which lias few representatives at the North) is appended by 



