67. capbifoliacej-:. 349 



Sambucus Sieboldiana, Blume ex Miq. loc. cit. 



Sambucus nigra, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 126; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 33, 

 non Linn. 



Sambucus Williamsii, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5 me serie, v. p. 18 ; 

 Franchet, PL David, p. 148. 



Chihli : near Peking (Tatarinow ! Williams ! Bushell ! Bret- 

 schneiderl)'; Shingking: Moukden to Kirin (James !); KrAJVGSU: 

 Shanghai (Carles !) ; Hupeh : Nanto and mountains to the north- 

 ward (A. Henry !) ; Coeea : Soul (Carles I); Coeean Aeciu- 

 pelago : Port Hamilton (Oldham, 472!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. 

 Kew. 



North Europe through Central Asia to Japan and Kamtschatka, 

 and in North America. 



A flowering specimen of a Sambucus in the Kew Herbarium 

 from the summit of Mount Omei, Szechuen (Faber, GAS), may be 

 a new species, or possibly a variety of S.javanica. The one 

 perfect leaf has nine long, narrow, very acuminate, deeply and 

 sharply serrated leaflets, and the compact inflorescence is pedun- 

 culate. 



1. Viburnum (§ Opulus) arborescens, Hemsl, n. sp. 



Arbor 30-pedalis, floribus viridibus (Henry), ramulis floriferis 

 rigidis foliisque primum stellato-pubescentibus tum glabrescen- 

 tibus. Folia decidua (bene evoluta non visa), floribus coetanea, 

 breviter petiolata, papyracea, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, 1-1 \ 

 poll, longa, utrinque rotundata, minute serrulata, subtus dense 

 stellato-pubescentia, supra cito glabrescentia, venis primariis 

 lateralibus utrinque 4-5 subtus elevatis. Cymce terminales, sub- 

 sessiles, umbellatse, floribus paucisexterioribus neutris subcarnosis. 

 Flores glabri, fertiles brevissime pedicellati; calycis dentes breves, 

 ovati, obtusissimi ; corolla rotata, lobis rotundatis ; stylus brevis- 

 simus, stigmate magno capitato. Fructus deest. 



Hupeh : Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry, 

 3810 !). Herb. Kew. 



Apparently a very distinct species, nearest V. Hanceanum, from 

 which it is readily distinguished both by its foliage and its inflor- 

 escence. 



2. Viburnum (§ Euviburnum) brachybotryum, Hemsl., n. sp. 

 Frutex 10-pedalis (Henry), sempervirens ?, praeter inflores- 



centiam glaber vel citissimo glabrescens, ramulis brunueis lenti- 



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