1 8^ CAPRIFOLIACE.E. 



stalk ^ to 54 inch. Corymbs of flowers flat-topped or 

 rounded much as in V. coriaceum : its branches green, 

 four-angled, sticky : bracteoles 1/5 inch, very conspicuous 

 in bud, then withering and at length falling : buds ^ inch 

 green, nearly sessile, densel}^ pubescent. Calyx-teeth 

 obsolete. Corolla tube ^ to ^ by 1/30 inch, greenish; 

 lobes very small, erect. Stamens five, exserted, attached 

 to the base of the corolla : anthers dorsifixed. Fruit 

 ellipsoid, % hy % inch, with the stylar point a little 

 to the dorsal side, black but not shining and with a little 

 yellowish powder. Seed one only in the posterior cell, 

 oval, with a sharp groove on the ventral side and two 

 shallow ones on the dorsal, and so in section a shallow 

 W-shape. t. 134. 



On the outskirts of shola along with V. erubescens. Nilgiris : 

 Ootacamund and below on the downs to Pykara, very common, 

 flowering March, but buds as early as June. Fyso7i 2004, 2451, 

 2873. 



Not elsewhere. 



Viburnum erubescens Wall., var wightiana Wall. PI. 

 As.Rar.u 293, Cat. 3729; F.B.I. 1117, in part III 15^; 

 a road-side or hedge-row shrub distinguished by its 

 laxly spreading forked white-barked branches, crimson 

 leaf-stalks and drooping racemes. Bark on the younger 

 branches a light pinky grey colour, smooth and shining, 

 but with obscure lenticels. Leaves one or two pairs only 

 as a rule, their stalks connected across, so that the leaf- 

 scars encircle the branch; stalks crimson, pubescent with 

 stellate hairs, as also are the nerves of the lower side : 

 blades broadly ovate or obovate, serrate except the broad 

 rounded base, with often a short triangular or cuspidate 

 point ; midrib pinkish, nerves about six on either side. 

 Flowers in open panicles of cymes, curving downwards 

 in bud, 2 inches long, when the flowers fully open with 

 pinkish or pale green branches. Pedicel or calyx- 

 tube, 1/16 to Ys inch dark green ; calyx of five minute 



