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latini the short lateral branches, spreading, about 3 inches broad, ra -stly with 4 

 principal divisions ; pedicels and flowers with minute bracts at base. Calyx-teeth 

 •btuse. Corolla white; lobes spreading, ovate-oblong, obtuse. Stamens \< :■..-■ 

 than the corolla \ filaments subulate ; anthers roundish, didymous, yellow. Stigma* 

 ie0sile« Drupe oblong-oval, compressed, about half an inch Ion?, and one third of 

 an inch wide, bluish black when mature / nut oval, much compressed, with a thin 

 ihell* Seed scabrous-punctate. 



ifab Fence-rows, and thickets : frequent. Fl. May. Fr. October. 

 0b<. The fruit, when mature, is sweetish and esculent. 



2, V. Lentako, L. Leaves knee-oval, or ovate, conspicuously acu- 

 ninate, acutely dentate-serrate, serratures subuncinute ; petioles with 

 undulate margins; cymes terminal, sessile. Heck, Hot. p. 156. 



Stan \o to 20 feet high, branched. Leaves 2 to 4 inches Ion*:, and 1 to 2 and a half 

 inches wide, mostly lance-ovate, sometimes broad-ovate, always with 3 conspicu- 

 ous acumination, slightly decurrcnt on the petiole, smooth, subcoriaceous, the scr- 

 ratures generally somewhat uncinate ; petioles half an inch to an inch long, most- 

 ly with an undulate margin, and more dilated at base. Cymes sessile, somewhat 

 corymbose, 2 to 3 inches broad, looser or more straggling than the prea ding. Co- 

 rolla white. Drupe vxi\], or obovoid-oblong, somewhat compressed, half an inch te 

 3 quarters in length, and one third to half an inch wide, bluish black when mature: 

 mU broad-oval, much compressed. Seed brownish, scabrous-punctate, or rather 

 i ovcrcd with small honeycomb-like cells. 

 [Tab, Chester Creek ; Wynn's meadows : not common. FL May. Fr. Oct. 



Obs. This is generally a larger shrub than the preceding; and although some- 

 what resembling it, is readily distinguished by its leaves. Muhlenberg calls it Pear- 

 led Virburnum; and in fact, when first observed, here, it was supposed to be 

 Ihe V '. pi/rifulium. It was detected on Chester Creek, in 1832, by 1>. Townsend, 

 Esq* and has also been found near Downingtown, by Mr. Joshua Hocpbs : but it is 

 rare in this part of the County. It is quite abundant at Wynn's meadows, near the 

 source of the Brandywine. The fruit of this is also sweet aud esculent, after the 

 action of frost. 



3. V. nudum", L. Leaves oblong-oval, or lance-oblong, acute or sub- 

 acuminate, with the margin somewhat rcvolute and nearly entire, fer- 

 ruginous-punctate beneath ; cymes terminal, on naked peduncles. 

 Beck, Bot. p. 156. 



Naked Vibuii>tx. 



Stem 4 to 6 or S feet high, slender, branched. Leaves 2 to 3 or 4 inches long, ani 

 ! to 2 inches wide, varying from lance-oblong to oval and obovate, slightly acumi- 

 aate, tapering at base, subcoriaceous, entire, or obsoletely re pand -toothed, with 

 tho margin slightly rcvolute, smoothish above, with ferruginous nerves and dots 

 •eneath ; petioles about half an inch long, and, with iho peduncles, covered with a 

 ferruginous scaly pubescence. Cymes on naked terminal peduncles 1 to 2 inches' 

 long. Flowers some what crowded. Corolla white. Drupe ovoid, acute at apex, 

 »>ne third of an inch long, and one fourth of an inch in diameter, deep blue whe* 

 mature, punctate with whitish scaly dots. 

 Bab. Nerth Valley Hill; near Gunklc's Mill : not commoa. Fl. May, June. Fr. Sept: 



Bbt. Collected by D. Towksbnd, Esq. in 1830. 



4. T. iixtatux, L. Leaves orbicular-ovate, coarsely serrate-dentate; 

 awrves prominent beneath, with pubescent tufts in the axils; cymes 



