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inches long, ^ to If inches wide, both surfaces glabrous or nearly 
so; penduncle shorter or somewhat shorter than the cyme; fruit a 
pink drupe which turns dark blue, globose to ovoid, f to b inch 
long; stone rounded or oval flattened. In swamps and moist 
places. Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Summit, Hocking. 
5. Viburnum lentago L. Sheepberry. A shrub or small 
tree; leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate and oval, acuminate, 
rounded at the base, sharply serrulate, glabrous or only slightly 
pubescent beneath, 2 to 4 inches long, \ to 2 inches wide; petioles 
widened often with a wavy margin; cyme several-rayed, 2 to 5 
inches broad; fruit an oval bluish-black drupe with a bloom, 
\ to f inches long, stone flattened, circular or oval. In rich fields 
and woods. Rather general. 
6. Viburnum prunifolium L. Black Haw. A shrub or small 
tree with reddish-brown pubescence, rather small flattened winter 
buds; leaves ovate to broad obovate, obtuse to somewhat acute, 
finely serrulate, usually glabrous, f to 3f inches long, \ to 2 inches 
wide; petioles usually not margined; cyme several-rayed, 2 to 4 
inches broad; fruit a bluish-black glaucous drupe, f to f inches 
long; stone flattened on one side, somewhat convex on the other, 
ovoid. In dry field and along roadsides. General. 
7. Viburnum lantana L. Wayfaring-tree. A shrub about 
12 feet high; branches densely stellate pubescent; leaves 1^ to 3| 
inches long, f to 2 inches wide, ovate, serrulate, upper surface 
dark green, glabrous or only slightly pubescent, lower surface 
lighter, more or less stellate pubescent beneath, base subcordate; 
petioles short and stout; cyme short peduncled, many flowered. 
Escaped in Lake County. 
8. Viburnum acerifolium L. Mapleleaf Arrow-wood. A 
shrub 3 to G feet high with smooth gray branches and pubescent 
twigs; leaves ovate, deeply 3-lobed, 2| to 4§ inches long, 2f to 4 
inches wide, lobes acute or acuminate, orbicular, base cordate or 
somewhat truncate, both sides pubescent when young later 
becoming glabrate, coarsely dentate; petioles \ to 1§ inches long, 
pubescent; cymes with long peduncles, 1| to 3 inches broad; 
flowers all bisporangiate, | to f inch broad; fruit an oval nearly 
black drupe about l inch long; stone lenticular, slightly two- 
ridged on one side, two-grooved on the other side. In dry woods. 
General. 
9. Viburnum opulus L. Cranberry-tree. A shrub some¬ 
times reaching 12 feet in height; branches smooth; leaves broadly 
ovate, glabrous above, more or less pubescent along the veins 
beneath, deeply three-lobed, 2\ to 3f inches long, l£ to 3| inches 
wide, the lobes acuminate, base truncate or cordate, 3-ribbed; 
margin coarsely dentate; petioles \ to 2\ inches long; cyme with 
sterile outer flowers, large, radiant, peduncled, 3 h to 4 inches 
