CAPRIFOLIACEX. 
in Reem. arch. 1. pt. 2. p. 20. Corymbs flat. Flowers white, 
but rose-coloured before expansion, and sometimes afterwards 
for a little time. Berries dark blue. The Laurestine or Lau- 
restinus is one of the most ornamental of evergreen shrubs, 
with shining leaves and showy white flowers, which appear during 
the winter months. The name of Laurestinus was given to 
the shrub by old authors, they supposing it to be a kind of 
bay or laurel. The berries are very hot, and inflame the 
fauces violently, like those of Mizereon; and they are also vio- 
lently purgative, according to Parkinson ; but some kinds of birds 
are said to eat them greedily. 
Var. a, hirtum (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 166.) leaves oval-oblong, 
hairy beneath and on the margins. h. H. Native of Portugal 
and Spain, and the country of Nice. V. Tinus, Mill. dict. no. 
4.—Clus. hist. 1. p. 49. no. 1. The flowers of this variety 
appear in autumn and continue all the winter. It is the 
most hardy and most common sort, called Hairy Laurestine. 
V. lucidum, Mill. Pers. and Schultes,—Clus. hist. 1. p. 49. 
no. ii, 
Var. B, licidum (Ait. 1. c.) leaves ovate-oblong, glabrous on 
both surfaces, shining. h.H. Native about Algiers and on 
Mount Atlas. The cymes as well as the flowers are larger than 
the common sort ; these seldom appear till the spring, and when 
the winters are sharp the flowers are killed, and never open 
unless they are sheltered. Called Shining Laurestine. 
Var. y, virgatum (Ait. 1. c.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, pilose 
on the margins as well as on the veins beneath. h.H. Na- 
tive of Italy, about Rome and Tivoli, &c.—Clus. hist. no. iii. 
with a figure. Called Common Laurestine. 
Laurestine. Fl. Dec. Mar. Clt. 1596. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
2 V. rucdsum (Pers. ench. 1. p. 326. exclusive of the syn. 
of Ait.) leaves broad, ovate, wrinkled, hairy, permanent ; uni- 
versal involucrum 7-leaved; berries ovate-oblong. h. F. 
Native of the Canary Islands, in woods. Ker, bot. reg. t. 376. 
Lodd. bot. cab. t. 859. Sims, bot. mag. t. 2082. V. Tinus ô, 
strictum, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 167. V. rígidum, 
Vent. malm. t. 98. Desf. arb. 1. p. 344. V. stríctum, Link. 
enum, 1. p. 288. Very like V. Tìnus, but differs in the leaves 
being larger, and hairy all over. Flowers white. 
Wrinkled or Large-leaved Laurestine. Fl. Dec. March. 
Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
3 .V~ TInoipEs (Lin. fil. supp]. pe 184.) leaves elliptic-gla~ 
brous, quite entire ; branches terete, and are as well as the 
corymbs hairy. h. G. Native of South America, where it 
was collected by Mutis. 
Tinus-like Laurestine. Fl.? Clt. 1820. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 
4 V. crasra‘rum (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
428.) leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, rounded at the base, 
quite entire, and very glabrous ; petioles naked ; branches canes- 
cent and powdery; corymbs involucrated. h.F. Native of 
South America, in woods on the Andes, about Popayan, at the 
altitude of 3000 or 4000 feet. V. glabrum, Willd. in Schultes, 
syst. 6. p. 639. Calyx bluntly 5-toothed. Flowers white. 
Smooth Laurestine. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 
5 V. Ayavace'nse (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
428.) leaves ovate, acute, cordate, quite entire, glabrous, shining 
above, but with the axils of the veins beneath furnished with 
stellate hairs, as well as the branchlets and corymbs; petioles 
naked. h.G. Native of Peru, near Ayavaca, in temperate 
places, at the elevation of 4000 or 5000 feet. Teeth of calyx 
roundish-ovate, acute, ciliated. Flowers white? Perhaps the 
Same as V., tinoides. 
Ayavaca Laurestine. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
6 V. INTEGE'RRIMUM (Wall. cat. no. 457. D.C. prod. 4. p. 324.) 
leaves oval, acute at the base, acuminated, quite entire, glabrous, 
rather coriaceous, dotless ; petioles, branchlets, and peduncles 
II. VIBURNUM. 439 
hairy ; corymbs loose, terminal; fruit oval, compressed. h. S. 
Native of the island of Pulo-Penang. This species agrees with 
V. Tinus on the one hand and V. punctdtum on the other. Ca- 
lycine teeth erect, exceeding the berries. 
Quite-entire-leaved Laurestine. Shrub 4 to 6 feet? 
7 V. Cuine'nse (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. p. 
190.) leaves membranous, broad-elliptic, acute, coarsely and 
unequally toothed, glabrous above while young, puberulous and 
dotless beneath ; corymbs terminal, pubescent. h. G. Native 
of China. 
China Laurestine. Shrub. 
8 V. euncra‘rum (Hamilt. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 142.) 
leaves oval-oblong, quite entire, mucronulate, glabrous on both 
surfaces, beset with dots beneath; corymbs terminal, smooth, 
spreading, sessile. kh. H. Native of Nipaul, at Suemba, 
where it is called Hemu-swa by the Nawar people. Teeth of 
calyx obtuse. Flowers white. 
Dotted-leaved Laurestine. Shrub. 
9 V. acumina‘rum (Wall. cat. no. 465. D.C. prod. 4. p. 
325.) leaves elliptic, acuminated at both ends, glabrous, coria- 
ceous, dotted beneath ; branchlets, petioles, and peduncles beset 
with scurfy dots; corymbs terminal, trichotomous, shorter than 
the leaves; berries oval-oblong. h. H. Native of the East 
Indies, on the Nellighery Mountains, where it was collected by 
Notan. Very nearly allied to V. punctdtum. 
Acuminated-leaved Laurestine. Shrub. 
10 V. premna‘ceum (Wall. cat. no. 461, D.C. prod. 4. p. 
325.) leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, glabrous above and 
dotless beneath, and downy along the nerves, having 1-3 coarse 
serratures on each side; petioles short, and are as well as the 
branchlets and peduncles clothed with villous tomentum ; co- 
rymbs terminal, with 5 main branches, involucrated by 5 elliptic 
leaves. h. G. Native of the East Indies, on the Pundua 
mountains. Leaves 3-34 inches long, and 13 inch broad, feather- 
nerved; but the 2 lower lateral nerves rise from the base and 
give the leaf the appearance of being 3-nerved. 
Premna-like Laurestine. Shrub 5 to 7 feet. í 
11 V. nervosum (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. p. 
190.) evergreen; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous, acute at 
the base and apex, dotless beneath, with a few serratures to- 
wards the apex on both sides; nerves impressed above, but 
prominent beneath, glabrous in the axils, and with numerous 
transverse conspicuous veins between them; peduncles and 
petioles short and glabrous; corymbs terminal. h.G. Na- 
tive of China. This is closely allied to V. premndceum, Wall. 
in which plant is observed, besides the character given by D. C. 
that the axils of the leaves are furnished with a tuft of short 
hairs, which is totally absent from the present species. 
Nerved-leaved Viburnum. Shrub. 
12 V. Coresrookea num (Wall. cat. no. 460. D. C. prod. 4. 
p- 325.) leaves elliptic, acuminated, hardly obtuse at the base. 
regularly serrate-toothed, glabrous, dotless : petioles, branches, 
and peduncles scurfy from stellate down; corymbs axillary, 
pedunculate, without any involucra. bh. G. Native of the 
East Indies, on the Pundua Mountains. The corymbs are not 
truly axillary, but are borne on short leafless, axillary branchlets 
or peduncles, which are furnished with 2 leaves at the base. 
Flowers white. 
Colebrooke’s Laurestine. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
13 V. ra@'tipum (Wall. cat. no, 466. D. C. prod. 4. p. 325.) 
leaves elliptic-oblong, cuneated at the base, coarsely and sinu- 
ately toothed, glabrous above, but villous along the nerves be- 
neath; petioles, branchlets, and peduncles villous; corymbs 
terminal, pedunculate, of 6 main branches, without any invo- 
lucra; fruit almost sessile, oval. kh. S. Native of the Bur- 
man Empire, on Mount Taong-Dong, near Ava. Leaves 2 
