CAPRIFOLIACEA. —  SIBy 
E appears to be confounded with, and to be used for the 
@ purposes as Premna coriacea, Clarke, and other strong- 
ling Premnas which bear the Sanskrit names of Sriparna 
Jaya. How and when V. fetidum was introduced into 
India is unknown; ; ib seldom flowers and fruits here. It is 
+ customary for Hindu women who have been confined to hang 
a branch over the door of the room in which they lie, as a 
_ protection against evil spirits and post-partum hemorrhage. 
_ Another superstition is, that if seven pieces of the stem of this 
ly in menorrhagia daily, also in post-partum heemorrhage. 
tis remarkable that V. prunifolium, an American plant, is © 
Iso said to be useful in all uterine diseases characterised by 
OSs of blood and in prec abortion. ( Cf. beg Nouveaua 
Two of the Vibteniine are common garden shrubs in 
urope, V. Opulus and V. tinus, the former is probably the 
pavrados Of Theophrastus ; the fruit is edible. The cultivated 
ariety of this plant is the Gueldres Rose, in which the flowers 
orm a white ball. The latter is the well known Laurestine. 
'V. Opulus is said to have the same medicinal properties as 
prunifolium. (Purdy, On the use of V. Opulus in dysmenor- 
hea and uterine pain. New York Med. Journ., Nov. 1882.) 
Description.—A shrub, leaves variable, usually ovate- 
anceolate, serrated, length 13 to 2 inches, flowers small, 
enish white, berries small, ovoid, and of a vivid red colour. 
parts of the plant have a sai eer 
hat of Premna integrifolia, 
Chemical composition.—The viburnie 
btained from the bark of V. 
