388 CAPRIFOLIACE At, ViruRNUM- 
or laciniated, with two stipules or glands at the base of the petiole. Corymbs 
or cymes terminal, sometimes flat-topped, sometimes thyrsoid. Flowers 
white, or occasionally reddish. 
1199. (1) S. Wightianus (Wall.:) stem herbaceous, smooth: stipules small, 
foliaceous: leaves pinnated ; leaflets 5-7, linear-lanceolate, sharply serrated, 
glabrous: corymbs 3-5-partite: flowers minute, moneecious ?— Wall.! L. n. 
6303 ; Wight! cat. n. 1252. 
We only possess one and a very indifferent specimen. 
II. VIBURNUM. Linn.; Gertn. fr. 1. t. 27; Lam. ill. t. 211. 
Limb of the calyx small, 5-cleft, persistent. Corolla rotate, somewhat 
campanulate, or tubular, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, equal. Style none or short. 
Stigmas 3. Berry by abortion 1-seeded, ovate or globose, crowned with the 
teeth of the calyx. Seed compressed.—Shrubs. Leaves opposite, petioled, 
entire or lobed. Corymbs terminal. Flowers white, or slightly reddish. 
$ 1. Flowers all equal and fertile: corolla rotate or scarcely somewhat campa- 
nulate : seed oval.—Lentago, DC. 
1200. (1) V. acuminatum (Wall.:) young branches, petioles, and peduncles 
dotted with small rusty-coloured scales : leaves elliptical, acuminated at both 
ends, coriaceous, quite entire with the margin slightly recurved, glabrous: 
upper side shining, under covered with minute shining rusty-coloured dots: 
corymb terminal, large, trichotomous, often larger than the leaves : stigmas 
=e Pid oval-oblong.— Wall.! L. n. 465; DC. prod. 4. p. 325; Wight: 
cat. n. E 
. 1201. (2) V. capitellatum (W. & A. :) free from scales, quite glabrous ex- 
cept in the axils of the nerves: leaves oval-lanceolate, with a few distant 
wavy teeth, attenuated at the apex into a rather fine point, under side with 
the axils of the nerves woolly: cymes compound, somewhat umbel-shaped, 
3-6-partite ; flowers umbellate, several together, nearly sessile at the extre- 
mity of the ultimate divisions: flower-buds viscous and shining: stigmas 
sessile: berries oval-oblong.— Wight ! cat. n. 1254. 
$ 2. Flowers all equal and fertile: corolla obconical or cylindrical-tubular : 
seed oval-oblong.—Solenotinus, DC. 
1202. (3) V. hebanthum (W. & A.:) branches, petioles, and general pe- 
duncles glabrous : leaves elliptical or obovate, shortly acuminated, obtuse or 
acute at the base, slightly sinuate-toothed on the lower half, coarsely 8° to- 
wards the apex, woolly in the axils of the nerves on the under side, other- 
wise glabrous: partial peduncles of the corymb pubescent: corolla tubular- 
campanulate, softly pubescent, limb very small, nearly erect, 4-5 times short- 
er than the tube: style very short and thick.— Wight! cat. n. 1255. 
1203. (4) V. Wightianum (Wall. :) branches, petioles, peduncles, pedicels, 
and flowers glabrous: leaves oval, shortly aeuminated, obtuse at the base, 
quite entire on the lower half, sharply serrated towards the apex ; Upper ^. 
glabrous ; under slightly puberulous when young, nearly glabrous when om —— 
the nerves densely pubescent and their axils woolly: corymb shortly Pr. a 
duncled, somewhat panicle-shaped: bracteas linear, pubescent and ciliated - 
corolla hypocrateriform ; limb spreading, conspicuous, about 4 times § orter 
than the tube: ovary linear: style very short and thick.—Wall./ L. n. 91> i 
Wight! cat. n. 1256.—N eelgherries. vier 
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