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usually the largest. Cyme IJ to 3^ inches across, of numerous 

 branches, starting from the same point, and then again repeatedly 

 divided. Outer flowers pure white, -| to f inch across, without 

 stamens or pistils ; inner ones ^ inch across, cream-colour, widely 

 campanulate, with the segments of the corolla roundish, slightly 

 recurved. Stamens exserted. Eruit f inch long, slightly com- 

 pressed, pale transparent red. Plant nearly glabrous. Leaves 

 somewhat shining, paler beneath. 



Common Guelder-Bose. 



French, Viorne Ohier. German, Gemeine Schlinge, or Schneehcdl. 



The Guelder-Rose, so called from the country of its nativity, Gueldres, is not 

 remarkable for its beauty when in a wild state, but under cultivation it becomes one of 

 our most ornamental additions to the shrubbery. Its balls of white blossom contrast 

 charmingly with the bright flowers of the lilac and the rich clusters of laburnum among 

 which they are seen. Cowper describes the Guelder-Rose in a shrubbery as 



" Tall, 

 And throwing up into the darkest gloom 

 Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, 

 Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf 

 That the wind severs from the broken wave." 



The plant possesses similar properties to the Elder, and the fruit is eaten in 

 Sweden. Pallas informs us that in Siberia the berries are fermented with flour, and 

 a spirit distilled from them ; or made into a paste with honey and flour, and eaten as 

 food, though the pulp and juice of the berry have a very foetid odour. 



SPECIES II.— VIBURNUM LANTANA. Linn. 



Plate DCXL. 



Reich Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVII. Tab. MCLXXI. Figs. 1, 2. 

 Billot, Fl Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 246. 



Leaves very shortly stalked, without stipules, ovate-oval or 

 elliptical-oval, dentate-serrulate, deciduous, rugose, furfuraceous- 

 pubescent beneath, especially on the veins, at length nearly 

 glabrous. Elowers in a shortly-stalked compound corymbose 

 convex-topped cyme, with the branches stellately pubescent. Elowers 

 all equal, perfect. 



In woods, thickets, and hedges. Common in all the chalky 

 districts, and pretty generally distributed over the whole of the 

 South and middle of England ; not wild in Scotland. 



England, [Scotland.] Shrub. Early Summer. 



Stems 4 to 10 feet high or more, much branched, with brownish 

 bark, that of the twigs smooth, reddish, densely clothed with 

 scurfy pubescence. Leaves IJ to 5 inches long, frequently sub- 



