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the exterior flowers radiant, neutral ; drupes globose, or oval, 8-10 mm. in dia- 

 meter, red. very acid, translucent; stone orbicular, flat, not grooved. In low 

 grounds. X. 13. to Br. Col., jN\ J., Mich., S. Dak. and Ore. Also in Europe and 

 Asia. June-July. 



3. Viburnum paucifldrum Pylaie. Few-flowered Cranberry-tree. 

 (I. F. f. 3430.) A straggling shrub. 6-18 dm. high, with twigs and petioles glab- 

 rous or nearly so. Leaves broadly oval, obovate, or broader than long, 5 -ribbed, 

 truncate or somewhat cordate at the base, mostly with 3 rather shallow lobes, 

 coarsely and unequally dentate, glabrous above, pubescent on the veins beneath, 

 3-8 cm. broad; cymes peduncled, short-rayed, 1-2.5 cm - broad ; flowers all per- 

 fect and small; drupes globose to ovoid, light red, acid, 8-10 mm. long; stone flat, 

 orbicular, scarcely grooved. In cold mountain woods, Newf. to Alaska, Me., N. 

 H., Vt., Penn., Colo, and Wash. June-July. 



4. Viburnum acerifolium L. Maple-leaved Arrow-wood. Dockmakie. 

 (I. F. f. 3437.) A shrub, 1-2 m. high, with smooth gray branches, and somewhat 

 pubescent twigs and petioles. Leaves ovate, orbicular, or broader than long, cor- 

 date or truncate at the base, pubescent on both sides, or becoming glabrate, 5-13 

 cm. broad, mostly rather deeply 3-lobed. coarsely dentate, the lobes acute or acu- 

 minate; petioles I-2.5 cm. long; cymes long-peduncled, 3-8 cm. broad; flowers all 

 perfect, 4-6 mm. broad ; drupe nearly black, 6-3 mm. long, the stone lenticular, 

 faintly 2-ridged on one side and 2-grooved on the other. In dry woods, N. B. to 

 N. Car., Ont.. Mich, and Minn. May -June. 



5. Viburnum pubescens (Ait.) Pursh. Downy-leaved Arrow-wood 

 (I. F. f. 3438.) A shrub, 6-15 dm. high, with straight gray branches. Leaves ses- 

 sile, or with petioles less than 6 mm. long, ovate or oval, rounded or slightly cordate 

 at the base, acute or acuminate, coarsely dentate, 3-8 cm. long, densely velvety- 

 pubescent beneath, glabrous, or with scattered hairs above, or rarely glabrate on 

 both surfaces ; cymes peduncled, 3-7 cm. broad, the flowers all perfect ; drupes 

 oval, nearly black, about 8 mm. long; stone slightly 2-grooved on both faces. In 

 rocky woods, Quebec and Ont. to Manitoba, Ga., 111., Iowa and Mich. June- July. 



6. Viburnum dentatum L. Arrow-wood. (I. F. f. 3439.) A shrub with 

 glabrous gray branches, sometimes 5 m. high. Petioles 6-25 mm. long ; leaves 

 ovate, broadly oval or orbicular, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, acute or 

 short- acuminate, prominently veined, coarsely dentate, 3-8 cm. broad, glabrous on 

 both sides, or pubescent with simple hairs in the axils of the veins beneath; cymes 

 long-peduncled. 5-8 cm. broad; drupe globose-ovoid, about 6 mm. in diameter, 

 blue, becoming nearly black; stone rather deeply grooved on one side, rounded on 

 the other. In moist soil, N. B. to Ont., Ga., Mich, and Minn. May-June. 



7. Viburnum semitomentdsum (Michx.) Rehder. (I. F. f. 3440.) 

 Similar to the preceding species, but the twigs, petioles, rays of the cyme and lower 

 surfaces of the leaves more or less stellate-pubescent; petioles short and stouter; 

 leaves usually larger, crenate or dentate, commonly somewhat pubescent above; 

 drupe globose -ovoid, blue. 8 mm. in diameter, its stone similar to that of V. denta- 

 tum. S. Penn. ? ; Ky. to Fla. and Tex. {V. molle A. Gray not Michx.) 



8. Viburnum venosum Britton. Coast Arrow-wood. A shrub, 

 similar to the two preceding species. Twigs and lower surfaces of the leaves very 

 denselv steliate-tomentose; petioles stout. 1-2 cm. long; blades broadly ovate to 

 orbicular, 5-10 cm. long, coar-ely toothed, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs 

 on the upper surface; cymes 6-8 cm. broad; drupe orbicular or short-oval, about 7 

 mm. in diameter, the veins very prominent on the lower surfaces. E. Mass. to N. J. 

 Type collected by E. P. Bicknell on Nantucket Island. 



9. Viburnum mclie Michaux. Soft-leaved Arrow-wood. (I. F. f. 

 3441.) A shrub about 4 m. high, the older twigs ash-gray, or length grayish 

 black, the bark exfoliating. Bud-scales acutish, ciliolate ; leaves broadly 

 ovate or nearly orbicular, short-acuminate, cordate or truncate at the base, 8-13 

 cm. long, coarsely dentate, glabrous and bright green above, soft- pubescent and 

 pd-r beneath, some of the pubescence tioles 1.5-2 cm. long, channeled; 

 stipules linear-filiform; cyme- peduncled. 4-7-rayed. glandular-puberulent; calyx- 

 teeth ciliate; drupe oblong, obtuse at both ends, about 1 cm. long and 0.5 cm. 

 broad, much flattened, with 2 grooves when dry. Bluffs, and rocky woods. Ky., 

 Mo. and Iowa. {V. Demetrius md Robins 



