CHAP. LXIII. CAPRIFOLIA CER. VIBU/RNUM. 1039 
B. Half-hardy Species of Vibirnum belonging to the Section Vibiirnum. 
V. odoratissimum Ker, V. sinénse Zeyh., Coffea mono- 
spérma Hook, et Arn. (Bot. Reg., t.456.; and our fig. 791.) The E 
leaves are evergreen, glabrous, and coriaceous ; and the flowers o 
white, with the scent of those of O‘lea fragrans. The berries 
are red when they begin to ripen, but at length they become 79) 
blackish and shining; they are 1-seeded, and crowned by the i 
lobes of the calyx which are erect. It isa native of China, 
whence it was introduced in 1818, and flowers in February. 
It thrives against a wall, where the soil is dry, and sufficient 
protection is given during winter. Plants have stood out in 
Colvill’s Nursery, King’s Road, at Kew, at Syon, and in the 
Horticultural Society’s Garden, for several years ; and, though 
their branches are frequently injured by the frost, they never 
fail to spring up vigorously with the return of summer. 
V. villosum Swartz., Don’s Mill, iii. p.441., has the leaves 
ovate, acuminated, quite entire. It is a shrub, growing to the 
height of 5 ft. or 6 ft., a native of the south of Jamaica, on the pee 
mountains ; and introduced in 1824. This species agrees with pa 4) 
V. Tinus in the leaves being entire, and in the tomentumgé¢77 YY 
with V. Lantana. Z 
V. monogynum Blum., Don’s Mill., iii. p. 442., has the leaves 
elliptic-oblong, attenuated at both ends, glandularly denti- ( 
culated above the base, paler beneath. Corymbs divaricate, | Y 
terminal, downy, Flowers monogynous, A shrub, a native 
of Java, in woods on the mountains, said to be nearly allied to z 
V. erdsum, 

§ ii. O’pulus Tourn. 
Identification. Tourn. Inst., t. 376.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 328. ; Moench Mcth., p. 605. 
Sect. Char. Outer flowers of the corymbs radiant and sterile, much larger 
than the rest, which are fertile. Seed obcordate. (Don’s Miil., iii. p. 442.) 
Leaves mostly 3-lobed, and deciduous. 
v 15. V. O’putus L. The Guelder Rose. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 384. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 328.; Don’s Mill., 3, p.442.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. V. \obatum Lam. Fi. Fr., 3. p. 363.; O’pulus glanduldsus Maench Meth., p.505.; O/pu- 
lus Rati Syn., 460., Du Ham. Arb., 2. t.16.; Sambucus aquatica Bauh. Pin., 456., Trag. Hist., 
1002., Math. Valgr., 2. p. 607.; Marsh Elder, Rose Elder, Water Elder; Viorne-Obier, l’Obier 
d’Europe, Fr. ; Schwalkenbeer Strauch, Wasserholder, Schneeball, Ger. 
Derivation. Altered from Populus, the poplar, from some supposed resemblance between the 
leaves of the plants, and those of the poplar. 
Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 332.; Hayn. Term., t. 32. f4.; Du Ham. Arb, 2. t.16.; N. Du Ham., 
2. t. 39.; and our fig. 792, 
Spec. Char., §c. Quite glabrous in every 
part. Leaves broad, 3-lobed, acuminated, 
unequally serrated, veiny. Petioles beset 
with glands towards the top, and several 
oblong leafy appendages lower down. 
Cymes pedunculate, white, with linear 
bracteas; with several of the marginal 4 
flowers dilated, flat, radiant, and without ° 
stamens or pistils. Berries elliptical, 
bright red, very juicy, but bitter and nau- 
seous. Seed compressed. Branches 
smooth, green. Leaves bright green in 
summer, but in autumn assuming a 
beautiful pink or crimson hue, like other 
European species of genera that are 
principally American; such as Cornus, 
Rhas, Quércus, &c.; and of which the 
American species have the same quality. 
Flowers white. Berry crowned by the limb of the calyx. (Don’s Mill. iii. 
p. 442.) A shrub, or low tree, growing to the height of from 6 ft. to 12 ft., 
in a wild state, and higher in gardens. It is found throughout Europe, and 
part of Asia, in moist hedges and swampy thickets ; flowering in May and 
June. It is frequent in Britain, and also in Sweden, as far north as lat. 61°. 

Varieties. : 
2 V. O. 2 stérilis Dec. Prod., iv. p. 328., Don’s Mill., iii. p. 442.; V.O. 
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