JUNE. Sts 
PENTANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 
COROLLIFLORZ. CAPRIFOLIACEA. 
VIBERNUM. (Gus tprr Ross.) 
Generic Character. Calyx five-cleft. Corolla of one petal, 
five-lobed. Berry below the flower. Leaves simple. 
Visurnum Lantana. Mealy Guelder Rose, or Way- 
faring Tree. A large shrub, much branched, with the 
young shoots very downy. Leaves large, finely cut at the 
edges, veined, and downy beneath. Flowers in thick 
bunches, white. Berries red at first, then purplish-black. It 
likes a chalky or limestone soil, and is often found in hedges, 
where its flowers are. conspicuous. It has been called the 
Wild Hydrangea, from its general resemblance to that garden 
plant. In Kent it is called the Cotton Tree. 
VisuRNUM opuLus. Common Guelder Rose. This differs 
from the last in the shape of the leaves, which are three or 
five-lobed, and not so downy. ‘The flowers also distinguish 
it, the bunch being composed of fewer blossoms, those in 
the centre small, and those which are outermost, consisting 
of a large, flat; five-lobed petal, without either stamen or 
pistil. Flowers erect, berry drooping, the colour reddish- 
purple. It is a small tree, and not unfrequent in woods and 
coppices. 
