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310 PENTANDRIA. TMGYNIA. Viburnum. 



iEGOPO'DIUM. Fruit egg-oblong, scored, ta- 

 pering at each end. 



Podagra'ria. M. Upper leaves 3 together, lower ones in triple threes. 



Fl. dat?. 67Q-Riv. pent. 47, Podagraria~Ger. 848^J,fi. iii. 

 2, 145-Dod. 320. 2-Lob. obs. 398. 3, and ie. i. 700, 2- 

 Ger. em. 1001. 2-Park. 9±3-Pet. 25. lC-#. ox. ix. 4. 11. 



Upper leaves opposite. Linn. Root creeping. Umbels and 

 umbellule s, spokes 14. Blossom white. Relh. Leafits spear- shaped, 

 serrated. Mr. Woodward. 



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Orchards, gardens, and pastures, common, P. May.* 



TRIGYNIA. 



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VIBUR'NUM. Cat. with 5 divisions; superior: Moss. 



5-cleft : berry of 1 cell ; closed : seed 1 . 



Lanta'na. V. Leaves heart-shaped, serrated^ veined, cottony under- 



neath . 



•Jacq. austr. 341-M< 



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Leaves oval ; the down radiated, each hair consisting of seve- 

 ral rays diverging from a point. Flower leaves coloured. Bloss. 

 cloven half way down ; white. Summits so much united as to ap- 

 pear as one. Berries black. 



Pliant Mealy-tree. Way -faring -tree. Woods and hec w 



calcareous soil. [Herts, frequent. Mr. Woodward. — Rippl e 

 Field, Worcestershire, Mr. Ballard.] S f May«+ 



O'pulus, V. Leaves lobed : leaf-stalks set with glands, 



E. hot. 332-Fl. dan. 66l~Ger. 1236, 1-ZW. 846. \-Ger. 

 em. 1424. l-Park. 209. 5-Trag x \Q02-Mattk. 12(&- 

 y. B, i. 553. 



The neutral florets in the circumference of the umbel are the 

 first to expand. They have 5 minute imperfect stamens and 3 

 pistils, which are sometimes covered by small projecting scales, 

 of the same substance with the blossom, but the scales are not al f 

 ways present. These abortive parts of fructification drop before 



The leaves may be eaten early in the spring with other pot-herbs. 

 Cows, sheep, and goats eat it. Horses are not fond of it. 



+ The bark of the root is used to ma*e bird-lime. The berries are 

 drying and astringent. 



