CAPRIFOLIACEAE 225 



SYMPHORICARFVS— continued 



solitary or in few-flowered clusters. Berry I, white. California. (Fig. 

 71 D.) 

 S. occidentalis. Wolfberry. 3. June-July. D. Stiff" and upright. Ls. ov., 2, 

 entire. Fls. pinkish, with protruding style and stamens. Berry \, white. 

 North America. (Fig. 71 Dd.) 



Variety Heyeri. Ls. thinner and less distinctly veined below (Rehder), 



S. orbiculatus (S. parvifolius, S. vulgaris). Coral Berry. Indian Currant. 7. 



August-September. D. Stems thin, hairy. Ls. ov., i, hairy. Fls. very 



small, white, in dense clusters or spikes. Berry purplish red. North 



America. (Fig. 71 c.) 



Variety variegatus. Variegated form. 

 S. racemosus {S. albus). Snowberry. 10. June-July. D. Ls. nearly circular, 

 3, often lobed, hairless. Fls. ^, pink, bell-shaped. Berry \, white. North 

 America. (Fig. 34 j.) 



VIBURNUM. Ls. opposite, simpje. Fls. small, white or pinkish, in branched 

 clusters, K (5), C (5), A5, Gi. Fruit a berry. 



{a) Ls. palmately lobed 



V. acerifolium. Dockmackie. 6. June-July. D. Ls. ov., 4, 3-lobed, rounded 

 or heart-shaped base, scattered hairs above, softly downy with black 

 dots below. Fls. white, \. Berry red to black. East North America. 

 (Fig. 25 G.) 



V. Opidus. Guelder Rose. 15. June. D. Young stems ribbed. Ls. ov., 4, 

 3-5-lobed, coarsely and unevenly toothed, dark green above, downy 

 below. Fl. -cluster 3 across. Berry red. Europe (including Britain). 

 (Figs. 25 F and 26 A.) 



Variety sterile. Snowball Tree. Fls. in closely packed round heads. 

 (Fig. 26 B.) 



{b) Ls. ^-nerved, leathery, evergreen 



V. cinnamotnifolium. 20. June. Ls. ov., 5, nearly entire, hairless. Fls. white, 

 in loose clusters or panicles. Berry blue-black. China. 



V. Davidii. 2. June. Ls. ov., 6, nearly entire, hairless. Fls. white, in stiff 

 clusters. Berry blue. China. (Fig. 65 c.) 



(c) Ls. pinnately nerved, evergreen 



V. Burkwoodii. 5. April. See V. Car lesii under (e). 



V. coriaceum {V. cylindricum). 50. July-September. Branchlets warted, 

 hairless. Ls. ov., 8, long-pointed, distantly toothed in outer half, upper 

 surface covered with wax which shows white when 1. is folded or rubbed. 

 Fls. white, tubular, stamens lilac-coloured, protruding. Berry black. 

 Himalaya, China. (Fig. 63 b.) 



V. Harryanum. 8. July- August. Branchlets downy. Ls. roundish, i, en- 

 tire, hairless, nearly stalkless. Fls. white. Berry black. China. (Fig. 65 f.) 



V. Henryi. 10. June-July. Branchlets stiff, hairless. Ls. ov., lane, 5, finely 

 and distantly toothed, bluish green, hairless. Fls. in stiff pyramidal 

 panicles. Berry red to black. China. (Fig. 63 a.) 



V. macrocephalum, variety sterile. 20. May. Branchlets scurfy. Ls. ov., 4, 



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