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2. VIBURNUM, Linn. 



Contains about 15 species, mostly Himalayan. Three species occur in the 

 Nilgiris, seven in the North-West Himalaya, and about twelve in the Eastern 

 Himalaya and Khasia Hills. 



V. corylifolium, Hook. f. and Th. ; Gamble 46, is a small tree of Sikkim and the 

 Khasia Hills, V. nervosum, Don ; Brandis 259. Vern. Ambre, amrola, art, Ravi ; 

 Ris, dab, Beas ; TUllcain, thalein, Sutlej, is a shrub of the Himalaya above 7,000 feet, 

 from Kumaun to Sikkim. V. cordifolium, Wall, and V. punctatum, Ham. ; Beddome 

 t. 217 ; Brandis 260 ; Gamble 46, are shrubs of the Outer Himalaya from Kumaun to 

 Bhutan, the latter occurring also in the Western Ghats. V. involucratum, W all. ; Gamble 

 46, Vern. G-orakuri, Nep., is a shrub of the Himalaya, chiefly eastern. V. fcetidum, 

 Wall., V. odoratissimum, Ker, and V. Simonsii, Hook, f . and Th., are all from the 

 Khasia Hills. V. hebanthum, W. and A.; Beddome cxxiv., is a small tree of the 

 Western Ghats and Ceylon. 



The Guelder Rose, cultivated in gardens in Europe, is V. Opulus, Linn., and the 

 Laurustinus is V, Tinus, Linn., indigenous in the Mediterranean region. 



Bark thin. Wood hard and close-grained, characterised by very 



numerous, very fine medullary rays and very small pores. Annual rings 



indistinctly marked, generally by a narrow line of firmer wood. The wood 



of F. Ititescens is softer, the pores larger, and the annual rings not visible. 



All species here described, with the exception of V. erubescens and 



V. lntescens,&\'Q marked by distinct and numerous medullary patches, visible 



on the horizontal and vertical sections. The European species, both 



those with deciduous leaves, V. Opulus and F. Lantana, and the evergreen 



V. Tinus have no medullary patches. 



1. V. COtinifolium, Don; Brandis 258. Vern. Mar ghwalaiva, Trans- 

 Indus ; Rich uklu, bankunch, Jhelum ; Eichabi, kilmich, guch, Kashmir ; 

 Bathor, pdpat kalam, kliimor, rdjal, tumma, Chenab ; Kdtonda, Ravi ; 

 Jawa, khatip, tustus, sussu, Sutlej ; Gwia, guya, Kumaun. 



A large deciduous shrub, with greyish brown bark, J inch thick. 

 Wood white, hard to very hard, close-grained. Pores very small, uni- 

 formly distributed. Medullary rays fine and very fine, extremely 

 numerous. On a horizontal section are seen linear, concentric, but short 

 and interrupted patches of soft tissue, which shew on a vertical section 

 as undulating lines of darker colour and of varying length. 



Suliman Range, North- West Himalaya, between 4,000 and 11,000 feet. 

 The ripe fruit is eaten. 



H 2869! JNagkanda, Simla, 8,000 feet. 

 H 76. Mashobra, 7,000 



2. V. Mullaha, Ham.; Brandis 258, 576. V. stellulatum, Wall. Vern. 

 Jal bdgu, Jhelum ; AmliachajpJwlsel, Kashmir ; Lai titmaliya, Kumaun ; 

 Eri, ira t Simla. 



A shrub. Bark dark grey, reticulate. Wood white, moderately 

 hard ; structure the same as that of F. cotinifolium. 



North- West Himalaya from 6,000 to 10,000 feet. Fruit eaten. 



H 2834. The Glen, Simla, 6,000 feet. 

 H 2866. Nagkanda, 8,000 



3. V. coriaceum, Bl. ; Brandis 259 ; Gamble 46. Veru. Kala tit- 

 maliya, Kumaun; Bara gorakuri, Nep. 



