Hobble Bush.

Viburnum lantanoides, Mich. Fl. Amer. vol. i. p. 179. Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. vol. i. p. 202.—Pentandria Monogynia, Linn.

This species, which grows in the woods, from Canada to Virginia, is characterized by its large suborbicular, subcordate, unequally serrate, acute leaves, its dense cymes, and ovate berries, which are at first red, but ultimately black.