46 CAPRIFOLIACEAE 
and paler mice ie thin in texture, the younger leaflets —— short-pubescent becoming 
e, 8-15 
glabrate in a . long, one-half to one- spoke as broad, rather narrowly ovate- lanceolate, 
asd abrantly t aie a acuminate apex, rounded or cuneate at base aid usually Shleane. the oe 
coarsely and rather unevenly serrate; inflorescence Satay about 5-7 cm. high, 6-10 cm. broad, 
pei in outline ee openly bran che d; flowers cr white, da eam on drying corolla- era 
oval to oblong e fruit globose, about ay in pag black, w ithout bloo 
lakes ae Pista mainly in the Canadia n Zone; British Columbia _— in the se ‘cn and Blue Moun- 
tai Ara n and Washington and occurring rarely in the Siskiyou region and the Sierra Nevada of California 
as potty south as  Olancha Peak, Tulare County; also Idaho and el see ak ro northern Arizona and New Mex 
ico. Type locality: New Mexico. Collected by Fendler. June—Aug 
4. Sambucus pubens var. arboréscens Torr. & Gray. Coast Red Elderberry. 
Fig. 5032. 
Sambucus pubens y arborescens Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 13. 
Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens Torr. & Gray ex A. Gray, Syn. FI. N, Amer. 17: 8. 1884. 
Sambucus callicarpa Greene, Fl. Fran. 342. 1892 
moucus marit 
Sambucus leiosperma Leiberg, Proc. Biol. Soe. Wish. il: a Piri 
Sambucus racemosa var. maritima Jepson, School FI. 85. 
Sambucus racemosa var. callicarpa — Fl. W. Mid. Ae on" 1901. 
rub 2-5 m. high with smoo h bark, Pg a 5- pis! ay igic oe hig a lanceolate to oblong- 
ovate or sometimes oblan Eee acum 15 cm. long, ot n finely and sharply serrate 
to the apex, the teeth usually inc Giered,: paler beneati and in re or ape ess pu abe scent; inflorescence 
commonly broadly ovoid and dens e, the flowers cream- colored berries bright red or rarely chest- 
nut brown or yellowish, about 4 sod in niger sh ce without om. 
Stream banks and mud flats, ~aaee near the coast, Humid Transition and Canadi ian Zones; southern Alaska 
Pies Spe west of the Cascade Mountains to southern’ Oregon, where it alt to occurs in a Crater Lake r egion, 
and along coastal California to San “een County. Type locality : not given. April—-Jun 
5. Sambucus microbétrys Rydb. Mountain Red Elderberry, Fig. 5033. 
oe ee Rydb. Bull. ig 2 Club 28: 503. 1901. 
Sam nata Greene, Leaflet t. Obs. 2: 100. 1910. 
pe S$ racemosa var. microbotrys ge & Peeb. Journ. Wash. Acad. 29: 492. 1939, 
shrub 0.5-1.5(2) m. high, Be stems and herbage glabrous throughout. Leaves 5-7-folio- 
late, the leaflets 6-12 cm. long, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate at apex, rounded at 
base and equal or slightly eeetrcal sessile or short-petiolulat, coarsely serrate ot at the 
rather short- a tip, pale green; inflorescence ovoi road at the base and about 
as high, dense, the flowers cream-colored to pale yellow; fruit bright red, 4-5 mm. in diameter? 
out ‘aeons 
Rocky sinned mostly Canadian Zone; Sierra Nevada and San Bernardino Mountains, ioonak ictag east to 
Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. Type locality : Pikes Peak, Colored: Collected by Bessey. May-July 
2. VIBURNUM [Tourn.] L. Sp. Pl. 267. 1753. 
Shrubs or trees with toothed or lobed leaves, and white or pink flowers in compoun 
cymes, the outer flowers sometimes radiate and sterile. Calyx with an ovoid or turbinate 
tube and short, 5-toothed limb. Corolla rotate or deeply fences Hepes regular or the 
—— slightly aie 5-lobed. Stamens 5. i orolla-tube; anthers 
ong, exserted. Ovary 1-3-celled; style short, 3-lobed or 3- -parted ; Sales solitary i in each 
cell, pendulous. Frui & drape, with an ovoid, glo ose, or sometimes flattened stone: endo- 
sperm fleshy ; cahepe minute. [The ancient Latin n 
About 100 species of wide pa Samia i the ‘followlhe’ about 20 other species occur in 
North America. Type species, Viburnum tin 
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uit red; leaves more or less 3-lobed, sharply toothed. . edule. 
Fruit black; leaves crenate-dentate, not lobed. 2. V. ellipticum. 
1. Viburnum édule (Michx.) Raf. High Bush-cranberry. Fig. 5034. 
Viburnum opulus y edule Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 180. 1803. 
m paucifiorum La Pylaie ex Pi. © Griav Fl. N. fe 2: 17. 1841, 
Shrub 1-3 m. high; branches glabrous. Leaves 4-9 cm. long, 3-5-nerved from the base, broadly 
oval to orbicular or broa dly obovate, truncate or often subcordate at pom usually rather <a 
3-lobed above the imiddle, coarsely and unevenly dentate and usually rao br Soo yee at apex, 
glabrous or sparsely pilose beneath ; cymes peduncled, 1.5-3 cm. br mt fe yed; flowers small, 
all perfect; drupes light red, ei a to ovoid, 8-10 mm. eth stone ae ‘flat, obscurely 
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Mountain woods, Canadian and Hudsonian Zones; Alaska to Washington and south in the Cascade Moun- 
tains to central Oregon east to Colorado, tela a and Newfoundland. Type locality: Canada. June—July. 
