Tap. 3382. 
VIBURNUM RruyripopnyLuumM. 
Western China. 
CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 
Visurnon, Linn.; Benth. et Hovk. f. Gen. Plant. vol, ii. p. 3. 
Viburnum rhytidophyllun, Jlems/. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. vol. xxiii. 
p. 855; J. H. Veitch in Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc, vol. xxviii. 1908, p. 68, f. 23 ; 
Gard. Chron. vol. xxxix. 1906, p. 418, e¢ vol. xlii. 1907, p. 220; species ex 
affinitate V. Lantanae, Linn., a quo differt imprimis foliis sempervirentibus 
oblongo-lanceolatis subacuminatis floribusque sessilibus. 
‘rutew vel arbor parva novellis tomentosis; rami florigeri crassi, rigidi, recti, 
internodiis quam foliis multoties brevioribus. olia opposita, petiolata, 
crassa, subcoriacea, rigida, oblongo-lanceolata, cum petiolo 10-25 cm. longa, 
2-6 cm. lata, sursum sensim attenuata, obtusa vel subacuta, basi rotundata 
vel brevissime auriculata, margine apicem versus obscure denticulata, supra 
glabra, subnitida, grosse rugosa, subtus dense albo- vel brunneo-tomenutosa, 
pilis bulbo-stellatis multo-radiatis; venae conspicuae, supra impressae, 
subtus elevatae. Jnflorescentia terminalis, composita, umbellato-cymosa, 
quaternatim ramosa, subhemisphaerica, quam folia brevior, usque ad 
15 cm. diametro, undique stellato-tomentosa. Bracteae squamiformes, 
inconspicuae ; bracteolae geminatae, lineares vel ovatae, calycem aequantes 
vel paulo excedentes. lores albi, subsessiles, 5-7 mm. diametro. Calyx 
tomentosus, lobis parvis ovatis obtusiusculis. Corol/a fere rotata, lobis 
oblongo-ovatis obtusis. Stamina 5, exserta, tilamentis filiformibus antheris 
oblongis luteis. Ovariwm inferum, uniloculare, uniovulatum; styli 3, 
brevissimi, connati, stigmatibus subcapitatis. Fructus oblongus, com- 
pressus, circiter 8 mm. longus, primum ruber, demum niger, nitidus. 
Semen unicum, pendulum, albuminosum; embryo minutissimus, in apice 
albuminis positus.—W. Borrinc HemsLry. 
Viburnum rhytidophyllum is one of the most remarkable 
shrubs which the recent exploration of Western China has 
given to gardens. It is perfectly evergreen, but of a type 
very distinct from any evergreen species in the genus, 
resembling more, in its excessively wrinkled leaves, the 
species of the “ Lantana” group. It is, however, absolutely 
different from those or any other Viburnum, and is, indeed, 
one of the best-marked of all shrubs in cultivation. — 
Introduced by Mr. E. H. Wilson for Messrs. Veitch in 1900, 
it has withstood, without any injury, all the frosts of the 
last decade. The plant from which our figure was prepared 
was purchased in 1906, and is growing against a south 
wall, [t does not need such protection as that position 
gives, but, so far at any rate, has flowered and borne fruit 
Juxy, 1911. 
