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 Viburnum rugosum. Canary Laurestine. 



Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Trigynia. 

 Generic Character. 

 Cat. 5-partitus, superus. Cor. 5-fida. Bacca 1-sperma. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Viburnum rugosum ; foliis lato-ovatis rugosis subtus hirtis, 

 involucro universali heptaphyllo. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 

 326, Bot. Reg. 376. 



Viburnum Tinus S. (strictum) foliis ovatis undique hirtis 

 rigidis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 167. 



It is justly remarked in the Botanical Register, that Per- 

 soon has wrongly quoted the variety «. hirta of the Hortusi 

 Kevvensis as a synonym of this plant instead of $. stricta, as is 

 proved by the specimens in the Banksian Herbarium, without 

 the aid of which it would not have been easy to decide, and 

 Persoon has himself marked his quotation as dubious. Vi- 

 burnum rugosum is a more robust growing plant than any 

 of the true varieties of Tinus, and has larger, harsher, and 

 more hairy leaves. 



It is also more tender, and is usually and we believe properly, 

 treated as a greenhouse shrub. The flowers are white both 

 within and without, but the stigma being of a bright rose 

 colour give them a lively appearance. 



Native of the Canaries. Introduced by Mr. Masson in 

 1778. Our drawing was taken from a plant communicated 

 by Messrs Barr and Brooke, of the Northampton nursery. 



