. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. HYDRANGEA FAMILY. 231 I. Hydrangea arborescens L. Wild Hydrangea. Fig. 2187. H. arborescens L. Sp. PI. 397- i"53- Hydrangea vulgaris Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 'i: 268. 1S03. Hydrangea arborescens kanaxvhana Millsp. Bull. W. Va. Agric. Exp. Sta. 2: 363. 1891. A shrub, 4°-l0° high, the young twigs pubescent or glabrate. Peti- oles slender, 1-4' long; leaves ovate, thin,
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. HYDRANGEA FAMILY. 231 I. Hydrangea arborescens L. Wild Hydrangea. Fig. 2187. H. arborescens L. Sp. PI. 397- i"53- Hydrangea vulgaris Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 'i: 268. 1S03. Hydrangea arborescens kanaxvhana Millsp. Bull. W. Va. Agric. Exp. Sta. 2: 363. 1891. A shrub, 4°-l0° high, the young twigs pubescent or glabrate. Peti- oles slender, 1-4' long; leaves ovate, thin, 3'-6' long, acute or often acu- minate at the apex, rounded, cordate or rarely broadly cuneate at the base, sharply dentate, green both sides, or pale beneath, glabrous above, some- times pubescent beneath; cymes 2-5' broad; marginal sterile flowers usu- ally few or none, but sometimes numerous, or forming the entire in- florescence, capsule wider than long. On rocky stream or river banks, southern Xew York and New Jersey, very abundant in the valley of the Del- aware, to Iowa, south to Florida, Louisi- ana and Missouri. Ascends to 4200 ft. in North Carolina. June-July, some- times blooming again in Sept. Seven- barks. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York : Scribner
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