. 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. 12. Viburnum Lentago L. Nanny-berry. Sheep- or Viburnum. Fig. Lentago L. Sp. Pi. 268. 1753. A shrub, or often a small tree, some-times 7,0° high and with a trunk diameterof 10. Winter buds acuminate, gla-brous ; leaves slender-petioled, ovate,mostly rounded at the base, acuminateat the apex, 2-^ long, glabrous on bothsides, or rarely a little p
. 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. 12. Viburnum Lentago L. Nanny-berry. Sheep- or Viburnum. Fig. Lentago L. Sp. Pi. 268. 1753. A shrub, or often a small tree, some-times 7,0° high and with a trunk diameterof 10. Winter buds acuminate, gla-brous ; leaves slender-petioled, ovate,mostly rounded at the base, acuminateat the apex, 2-^ long, glabrous on bothsides, or rarely a little pubescent beneath,sharply serrulate; petioles often broad-ened and wavy-margined, g-i2 long;cyme sessile, several-rayed, 2-$ broad;drupes oval to subglobose, bluish-blackwith a bloom, sweet and edible, 5-6long; stone very flat, circular or oval. In rich soil, Quebec to Hudson Bay,Manitoba, New Jersey, along the Allegha-nies to Georgia, and to Indiana, Kansas andColorado. Wood orange-brown, hard;weight 45 lbs. to the cubic foot. ripe in October. Nanny-bush. Blackthorn or haw. Nanny-plum. Tea-plant(Wis.). Wild 274 CAPRIFOLIACEAE. Vol. III.
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