CAPRIFOLIACE^. l8l 



rust-coloured scales or glands ; as also the young parts : 

 veins few. Flowers in terminal, very regular, congested 

 corymbs with peduncles I to 2 inches, lenticelled : fruit- 

 ing corymbs more open. Drupe elliptic or oblong % 

 by 1/5 inch : seeds much compressed, obscurely grooved. 

 t. 132. Wight Ic. 1021 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. ccxvii. 



Nilgiris : Pykara 7,000 feet. Not Ootacamund. Pulneys : 

 at lower levels, not Kodaikanal. Nowhere else. Bourne 638, 

 639, 2615. 



Viburnum coriaccum Blume, var capitcllata Wight 

 Herb. Prop, as V. capitellata W.&A. ! ; F.B.L iii 6, III 9. 

 A small tree with, usually, much lobed outline. 



Twigs lenticelled. Leaves ovate-elliptic acuminate, 

 with almost acute base and waved or shallow-toothed 

 margin, glabrous except for tufts of hairs in the axils of 

 the nerves on the underside. Panicles rounded : pedun- 

 cles % to I inch, dividing into threes : cymes umbellate. 

 Flowers nearly sessile, buds glistening : ovary 1/16 inch : 

 corolla tube % inch ; lobes very small. Fruit /^ by /^ 

 inch compressed. Seed in cross-section a flat W-shaped. 

 t. 133. Wight Ic. t. 1022. 



On the margins of sholas. 



Pulneys : below and about Kodaikanal and above on 

 the downs, common. Nilgiris : at lower levels, Coonoor, etc. 

 Bourne 31. 



Gen. Dist. South India and Ceylon. 



Viburnum hebanthum Wight and Arnott ; F.B.I, iii 6, 

 III 10. A small spreading tree with rounded or lobed 

 outline distinguished from V. coriaceum by the brighter 

 green of its foliage and the very distinct linear bracteoles- 



Branches with smooth grey bark heavily lenticelled. 

 Leaves all erect in dense tufts at the ends of the 

 year's shoots, elliptic or obovate, hardly acuminate, with 

 sinuate or serrate margin, glabrous except for tufts of 

 hairs in the axils of the, rather few, nerves underneath ; 



