201 rilXTANDIUA TRIGYKIA 



terminal, pedunculate ; fruit subglobosc. Heck, Bot.p. 156. 



V. dentatum, var. glabcllum. Mx. Am. I. p. 179. var. lucidum. Ait 



Kew. 2. />. 167. 



D«TATB VllllRMM. YtllffO AlTOW-WOCxl. 



>'icm 8 to 10 or 12 feet high, branched, the young brandies Blender, straight anil 

 angular. Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, and generally as wide as long, r mn lish- ivate 

 rather acute, often a little cordate a base, e onetimes rather lanci - >vate and a u- 

 late, smoothish (or often sprinkled with hairs) ami shining green above, paler 

 beneath, with the nerves pr i tin nt, branching towards the margin of the leaf 

 slightly hispid, with lufta of pul>esc< nee in the axils, at the midrib > petioles about 3 

 fourths ofan inch 1 >ng, aad,wiih the peduncles, tomentose-pubescent with branch* 

 lag or fasciculate hairs. Cymes subumbel late, 2 to 4 inches broad, principal di- 

 \ isi >ns 5 to 7 ; common pedum le ab •>;: -2 inch* s long. Bra ts lance-oblong, ciltate 

 caducous. CalyX'lecih colored, rather acute. Corolla white. Drvpt sul i h 1 s 

 itiucronate, scarcely one fburth ofan inch in diameter, flarl blue, or bluish black* 

 when mature. Seed dark purple, roushish-tul » rculate, convex and obtusely ridc« 

 ed on one side, with a deep groove on the other, dividing It Into 2 lobes, ~ sometimes 

 with tico grooves, and a central ridge* 



flab. Low grounds; along rivulets : frequent. 77. June. /V.September. 



Obs. The young straight brandies, according to Marshall, were formerly muca 

 used by the Aborigines, for making their arrows. 



5. V. acbtutolicx, /,. Leaves Bubcordate, 3-lobed, unequally and 



somewhat angularly dentate-serrate, softly pubescent beneath ; petioles 

 without glands, hairy, with filiform-subulate pilose stipules at base ; 

 eymes suhumbellatc ; flowers not radiate ; fruit oval, compressed. Beck 

 Bot. p. 156. 



Ma.ple-lf.aved Viburnum. Vulgo — Arrow-wood. 



Stem 2 or 3 to 5 feet high) slender, S uuewhat branched. Leaves 3 to 5 inches it 

 length, and nearly as wide as long, subcordate at base, 3-ld ed al apex, lobes acu- 

 minate, the lateral ones shorter, diverging; petioles nearly an inch long, pilose 

 with 2 filiform stipules at base. Cymes 2 to 3 inches broad ; principal divi>i«.ns r 

 • r 8; common peduncles about 2 inches long, terminating the stem and branches. 

 Flowers all equal, or not radiate. Calyx-teeth colored. Corolla while, often ting- 

 ed with red, Drupe broad-oval, compressed, mucronate^ one fourth to one third of 

 an inch in length, and nearly as wide as long, black, or purplish black, when ma- 

 tare. Seed reddish brown, compressed, somewhat margined, with 2 obtuse ridges 

 •n one face, and 2 corresponding broad grooves on the other. 



Nab. Woodlands: vory common. Fl. May— June. Fr. September. 



Cos. This species, as well as the preceding, is known by the common name of 

 Arrew-wood. The slender stems, when the pith is removed, afford good/use-stit fo 

 f>r blasting rocks; and are often used for that purpose. Ten additional spec in 

 art tnameratea in the United States. 



158. SAMBUCUS. L. Mutt. Gen. 291. 



[&r Sambnke 9 a musical instrument; supposed to have been made of this shrub. • 



Calyx with the limb small, mostly 5-cleft. Corolla subrotate, 5-lobed; 

 lebee obtuse. Stamens equal, shorter than the corolla. Stigmas 

 seseile. Berry subglobosc, scared v crowned, pulpv, 1 -celled, 3 to 5- 



