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VIBURNUM rugosum 

 Canary Laurestine. 



PEXTANDRIA TBIGYNIA. 



Nat. ord, Caprifoua, Jussieu gen. 210. Div. III. Calyx bractcatus. 

 Stylus nullus: stigmata 3. Cor, monopetala. 



VIBURNUM. CaL parvus 5*fidus, basi bracteolatus. Cor. parva, 

 campanulata 5-fida. Slant. 5, ejusdem laciniis alterna: stylus 0; siig, S. 

 Bacca 1-sperma, coronata in Tim (Tournef.), in casteris nuda. Fruttcesg 

 Jolt a opposita, basi nuda ; Jlores umbellato<orymbosi terminates, in Tino et 

 Viburno (Tournef.) hemaphroditi onines, in Opulo (Tournef.) ntarginahs 

 ncutri diffbrmes et multo majores. Juss. gem 213, 



Div, Foliis inlegerrimis* 

 V. rugosum, foliis lato-ovatis rugosis subttis hirtis, involucro unirersaK 7- 



phyllo. Persoon syn. 1. 326. (excluso synon. Hort. Kew. quoad varietaUm 



excitatarn). 

 Viburnum rugosum* Sweet hort, sub. lond. 60. 

 Viburnum Tinus. J,* striatum; foliis ovatis undique hirtis rigidis. Hort, 



Kexv. 1. 370- ed. 2. 2. 167. ' WiUd.sp.pl. L 1486. 



Caulis satis alt us , ratnis strictis, viridtbus subangulatis pilosis, Fol. rft- 

 stantia, divaricato*recurva, nunc deftexa, opaco-virentia 9 submembranacea, 

 rigida, hirta, lato~ovalia> utrinque attenuata v. acuminata fine obtusiuscuh 

 atque basi angustaia, grosse! rugosa, aspera nervo medio alios alternos adscen-* 

 denies subtus varicosos densiusque kirtos utrinque emittente, venosa, subtus 

 pallida , longiora semipedalia ultrhque, latitudine 4funciali: petiolt divaricati 9 

 j>luries breviores lamind, hirti, compresso'teretes, suprd canaliculati. Cym« 

 niveo-candica ntes, su bodoratae , ampla, congests, decomposite?, term in ales. 

 convexiusculce ; pedunculi pallide virentes, kirti, angulosO'Striati f stricti: 

 pedicein unjflori, brevissimi, basi ant in medio oppositO'bibracteati ; involu- 

 crorum foliola minima, appressa, herbacea, ovato-oblonga, obtusa ; partialium 

 quaterna. Cal. parvulus. brevis 9 herbaceus, extus pubescens 9 rotato<ampanw 

 latuSf dentibus 5 acutis apice rubentibus. Cor. nivea f campanxdato-rotata % 

 demumque recurva, rnultoties amplior calyce; tubo curto; hmbi laciniis ro- 

 tundatis. Germ- ovatum, album, fauce corolla inclusum: stigmata trina 

 sessilia pappilliformia, peripkarid rosed. Pollen ochroleucum. 



We know our plant to be the Viburnum Tinus. I. of the 

 Hortus Kewensis, from the inspection of the Banksian Her- 

 barium; where the specimen gathered in the Canaries by 

 Mr, Masson is preserved. The species was first instituted 

 by Persoon. It differs from the Common Laurestine in 

 having a somewhat membranous rigid hard-furred coarsely 

 wrinkled or embossed opaquely green leaf, from 3 inches 

 to half a foot in length and 4 inches in breadth. The in- 



