4 LXXIV. CAPRIFOLIACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Viburnum. 
Kuasia Mrs., alt. 5-6000 ft.; Moleem, Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 3402); Kala- 
Pani, H. f. & T.: Moflong, C. B. C. 
Leaves 24 by 1} in., acute, dentate, parallel-nerved. Corymbs often on short 
lateral branches. Flowers not seen, Drupe } by lin. compressed, ovate-oblong, 
bright red; seed dorsally convex shallowly 2-grooved, ventrally concave and 2- 
grooved close to the medial line. 
3. V. stellulatum, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 54, t. 169; Cat, 468; leaves 
shortly petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate toothed stellately pubescent 
rarely glabrate beneath, corolla small rotate. DC. Prodr. iv. 327; H. f. & T. 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 174; Brandis For. Fl. 258. V. Mullaha, Ham.; Don 
Prodr. 141; DC. 1. c. 
Temperate  HiMALAYA, alt. 6000-11,000 ft.; from KasuMIR to SIKKIM, 
common. 
A large shrub: branches puberulous. Leaves 3 by 14 in., base obtuse or cuneate, 
parallel-veined ; petiole à in. Corymbs terminal, in fruit divaricate, 3-5 in. diam., 
subglobose ; bracts } in., linear, membranous, caducous. Calya-tube stellately hairy ; 
lobes minute, ovate.  Corolla-lobes 4 in., round, pubescent in bud. Style short, 
stigma capitate. — Drupe } by žin., compressed, broadly oblong, yellow-red ; seed 2- 
grooved on both faces, hardly concave ventrally. 
Var. 1. involucrata, Wall. Cat. 458 (sp.); branchlets and leaves rufous-villous, 
corymbs densely villous, bracts lanceolate herbaceous persistent.—Nipal, Wallich; 
Kumaon, Edgeworth,—V. forma monstrosa, H. f. & T. l. e. 175. 
Van. 2. glabrescens ; corymbs with a few scattered hairs, leaves glabrescent except 
on the nerves beneath, bracts caducous ?—V. inyolucratum, H. AE 
4. V. Grifithianum, C. B. Clarke; leaves short-petioled elliptic or 
subobovate acute toothed villous beneath, corymbs densely villous umbellately 
4-7-rayed, calyx-tube glabrous, corolla very small rotate. V. foetidum, var. 
Griffithianum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 121. V. foetidum, var, 
grandifolium, Kurz For. Fl.ii.2. Viburnum sp., Griff. Notul. iv. 259; Ic, PT. 
Asiat. t. 480, fig. 1. 
Easr Assam; banks of the Kamyoon in the Naga country, Griffith (Kew Distrib 
3403). 
Branchlets stout, fuscous villous. Leaves 44 by 2 in., often unequal-sided, bas 
obtusely cuneate, nerves parallel, the lowest not uniting nor quite reaching the base o 
the leaf; petiole 4 in. Corymbs terminal, peduneled, 1-3 in. diam., dense even im 
young fruit; braets 0, or few, lanceolate, 4 in. Calyx-tube glabrous, viscid aná 
black in the young fruit; teeth broad.oblong.  Corolla-lobes 7; in., round,—Move 
nearly allied to V. stellulatum than to V. fætidum. \ 
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5. V. foetidum, Wall. Pi. As. Rar. i. 49, t. 61 ; Cat. 466 ; leaves oblong- 
rhomboid 3-nerved at the base remotely toothed nerves beneath stellately pubes- 
cent, corymbs subumbellate stellate-pubescent, calyx-tube glabrous. DC. Prodr. 
dv. 825; H. f. & T. in. Journ. Linn. Soc.ii. 175 ; Kurz For. Fi. ii. 2. l 
Kuasia Mrs. and Assam, alt. 3000-5000 ft., common.—DISTRIB. North Birma. , 
An erect shrub, 6-10 ft. ; branchlets stellate-hairy. Leaves 24 by 1} in., scarcely 
acuminate, base cuneate or rounded, axils of the primary nerves with tufts of hair, 
secondary transverse conspicuous beneath ; petiole A in. Corymbs terminal, 2-4 in, 
diam., 4-8-rayed, peduncled ; bracts and bracteoles from linear-oblong to spathulate- 
oblong, hairy. Calyx-teeth minute, triangular. ^ Corolla-lobes 4 in. diam., round 
white. Drupe} by à in., compressed, subacute, red. Seed. dorsally 2-grooved, wj 
trally 3-grooved and hardly coneave,— Specimens of this in Herb. Griffith. are ticketed 
as from Darjeeling, whither he sent a collector; but the colleetions from thence were ( 
so mixed with others that no confidence is to be placed in their habitats. 
Var. premnacea, Wall, Cat. 461 (sp.); bracts at the base of the umbel large leaf- ' 
