342 ORDER LXV. CAPRIFOLIACF^E. 



ments. Fruit a dry purple berry, crowned with the calyx.— Pnrple. 



U. June— Aug. Upper dist. Car. 2—3 feet. 



*' 8 ir Horse Gentian. Feverwort. 



2. T. angustifo'uum, (L.) Stem erect, hairy Leaves scarcely con- 

 nate. i?Yo«K?r« solitary, on short opposite peduncles.— -YelLow. 2t. 

 June-July. Mountains. 2-3 feet. Dr. Tinker s Weed. 



Genus V.— VIBTJR'NTJM. L. 5—3. 



(The Latin name.) 



Calyx 5-toothed, persistent. Corolla campanulate, or rotate, 

 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Stigmas 3. Style none. Fruit an 

 ovate, 1 -seeded berry, crowned by the calyx. 



1 V. acerifo'lium, (L.) A small shrub. Leaves slightly cordate, 3- 

 lobed, acuminate, sharply serrate, pubescent beneath; petioles hairy. 

 Flowers in cymes, on long peduncles. Fruit oval, compressed, black.— 

 White. *>. May— June. Mountains. 4— 6 feet. Arrow-wood.- 



2 V denta'tum (L.) A shrub, nearly glabrous. Leaves orbicular, 

 ovate, on long petioles, with large serratures, plaited. Flowers m large 

 terminal cymes. Fruit nearly globose, blue, small— White. *. 

 March— April. Common. 8—15 feet. Arrow-wood. 



3 V lenta'go, (L.) A shrub, glabrous. Leaves broad-ovate, acu- 

 minate, sharply serrate, sometimes slightly cordate or oval. Fruit 

 black.— White. ^ . June. Banks of streams. 10— 20 feet. 



4 V prunifo'lium. (L.) A shrub, with glabrous, virgate branches. 

 Leaves obovate, acute, sometimes nearly orbicular or oval, glabrous, 

 sharply serrate. Flowers in large cymes, lateral. Fruit oval, dark-blue. 

 —White. ^ . April— May. Common. Black haw. Sloe. 



5 V nu'dum, (L.) A shrub, with virgate branches, the old ones gla- 

 brous, the young clothed with a ferruginous pubescence. Leaves oppo- 

 site oval glabrous on the upper surface, with veins beneath, pubes- 

 cent • petioles margined. Flowers in naked, terminal cymes, on jointed 

 peduncles. Calyx white. Corolla with obtuse segments. Fruit blue. 

 — White. ^. April— May. Common. 4— 12 feet. 



6 V obova'tum, (Walt.) A shrub, with virgate branches. Leaves 

 obovate, cuneate, crenulate, dentate, or entire, crowded near the sum- 

 mit the lower leaves broader than the upper. Flowers in sessile cymes. 

 Fruit nearly globular, black— White. *> . April— May. Common m 

 middle Car. and Geo. 4—8 feet, 



7 V cassinoi'des, (L.) A shrub, glabrous. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 the lower ones obovate, the upper lanceolate, the intermediate ovate, 

 margin slightly re volute ; petioles keeled, without glands. Berries 

 nearly black, in other respects resembles the preceding species. 



8 V ljsviga'tum, (Ait.) A small shrub, much branched ; branches 

 sprinkled with a brown dust. Leaves small, lanceolate, cuneate, nearly 

 sessile, upper ones dentate, shining on the upper surface the under 

 dotted with brown dust. Flowers in small cymes, nearly sessile.— 

 White. *2. March— April. Low country. 2— 4 feet. 



9 V nit'idum, (Pursh.) A low, glabrous shrub, with quadrangular 

 branches. Leaves linear-lanceolate, shining on the upper surface, en 



