Tas. $393. 
VIBURNUM Hewryt. 
China. 
CAPRIFOLIACEAE. Tribe SAMBUCEAE. 
Vinurnum, Linn. f.; Benth. et Hook, f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 3. 
Viburnum (Microtinns) Henryi, Hemsl. in Journ, Linn, Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 853; 
Gard. Chron. 1910, vol. xviii. p. 265 cum fig.; inter species sinenses 
affines foliis lanceolatis glabris subtus in axillis venarum primariarum 
‘  glandulosis et inflorescentia pyramidali distincta. 
Frutex ornatus usque ad 3-4 m. altus vel interdum supra rupes vagans (teste 
Henry), sempervirens, praeter perulas fere undique glaber, ramulis floriferis 
teretibus graciliuseulis, internodiis quam foliis brevioribus. Folia oppo- 
sita, petiolata, coriacea, oblonga, ovato-oblonga vel lanceolata, interdum 
angnste lanceolata, absque petiolo usque 15 ecm. longa sed saepius 
5-10 em. longa, utrinque attenuata vel basi plus minusve rotundata, 
calloso-denticulata, margine interdum rubescentia, glabra vel rarius 
subtus praecipue secus venas primarias pilis stellatis parcissime instructa, 
subtus in axillis venarum primariarum glandulosa, glandulis immersis; 
venae primariae utrinque 5-7, sat conspicuae; petiolus 1-3 cm. longus, 
surstim leviter dilatatus, subalatus. /V/ores inter minores, pallide Intei 
vel flavo-virentes, cymoso-paniculati, brevissime pedicellati ; paniculae 
terminales, pyramidales, 5-10 cm. longae. ramulis rubris, bracteatae bracteis 
linearibus cito deciduis inferioribus 2-3 mm. longis. Calyx brevissimus, 
jnaequaliter 5-dentatus, dentibus rotundatis. Cvorvl/a breviter campanu- 
lata, 6-7 mm. diametro, lobis rotundatis obscure denticulatis. Stamina 
quam corollae lobi breviora. Ovariwm 1-locvlare, l-ovulatum. Drupa 
rubra, fere sanguinea, demum nigrescens, ovoidea, circiter 1 cm. longa.— 
W. Borrine HEMSLEY. 
The Viburnum which is the subject of our illustration is 
a Chinese species which was originally described from 
specimens collected in the Patung district of Hupeh in 
Central China by Mr. A. Henry, by whom the plant was 
subsequently met with in Szechuan. The plant from 
which our plate has been prepared was introduced to 
cultivation in 1901 by Mr. E. H. Wilson for Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Son, in whose nursery at Coombe Wood it has 
since been grown without any protection. «It is, from the 
horticultural standpoint, distinct and striking on account 
of its paniculate inflorescence as contrasted with the flat 
corymbs of most of the species of Viburnum in our gardens. 
Its value as a shrub in collections is further enhanced by 
its evergreen habit, a character which is not common among 
Sertemper, 1911. 
