WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 
Cranberry-tree (Viburnum Opulus, var. americanum) . 
Honeysuckle family. June, July. 
A tall shrub bearing flowers in flat clusters, the central flowers 
in the cluster small (one-eighth inch), fertile, with five-lobed 
corollas, the outer flowers large (three-fourths inch) with irregu- 
lar white petals, and neutral, that is, with neither stamens nor 
pistils. The leaves are three-lobed, broad, the lobes sharply 
toothed. Fruit bright red berries (drupes). Low ground. 
Maple-leaved Viburnum. Dockmackie {Vihurnum aceri- 
foliurn). Honeysuckle family. May, June. 
A shrub several feet high, of straggling growth. The flowers, 
in flat clusters (compound cymes) at the end of the branches, 
are small, and have both stamens and pistils; calyx five-toothed; 
corolla five-lobed. The leaves have three pointed lobes, irreg- 
ularly toothed. Dry woods. 
To recapitulate: of the viburnums only Mountain Cran- 
berry and Hobblebush have both large and small flowers, the 
former distinguished by its three-lobed leaves. Of the small- 
flowered. Maple-leaved alone has leaves with lobes; of the 
others. Arrow-wood has coarse, Withe-rod yiw^, rounded teeth; 
Nannyberry and Black Haw have fine, pointed teeth;. of these 
two, Nannyberry is distinguished by its egg-shaped leaves, 
and winged leaf -stalks. 
Red-berried Elder (Sambticus racemosa). Honeysuckle 
family. April, May. 
This is similar to the common elder (next page) but bears 
its flowers in pyramidal clusters (panicled cymes). Fruit red 
berries (drupes). Rocky woods. Leaflets five to seven. 
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