VIBURNUM 643 



no better than V. alnifolium, although there was a healthy plant at Abbots- 

 bury, near Weymouth, a few years ago. It is a native of N. Japan at low 

 levels, and of the mountainous parts of the south. The foliage turns brilliant 

 scarlet to reddish purple in autumn. It is a bush 12 ft. or more high in a 

 wild state. 



V. SVMPODIALE, Graebner, is closely allied to both the preceding, 

 especially to V. furcatum, but differs in having stipules on the leaf-stalks, 

 and in its smaller, ovate, more finely toothed leaves. It was collected in 

 Central China by Wilson in 1900, and may be in cultivation. 



V. BETULIFOLIUM, Batalin. 

 (Sargent's Trees and Shrubs, t. 96.) 



A deciduous shrub, branchlets smooth, becoming brown or purplish 

 brown. Leaves ovate to diamond-shaped, broadly wedge-shaped at the 

 base, and often entire there, the terminal part more gradually tapered and 

 coarsely toothed; 2 to 4 ins. long, i^ to 3 ins. wide; dark green and smooth 

 above, paler and also smooth beneath, except for a few simple hairs on 

 the veins, and sometimes tufts in the vein-axils; veins in four to six pairs; 

 leaf-stalk ^ to f in. long, usually slightly hairy. Corymbs 2j to 4 ins. across, 

 the main- and especially the secondary flower-stalks usually covered with a 

 close, pale brown, stellate down; main branches of corymb seven. Flowers 

 white, \ in. across, all perfect; stamens protruded, anthers yellow. Fruit red, 

 roundish, \ in. long. 



Native of Hupeh and Szechuen, China; discovered in 1885 by Potanin, 

 introduced by Wilson in 1901, in 1907, and in 1910. A handsome fruiting 

 shrub of the same character as V. Wrightii, but with more coarsely toothed, 

 cuneate, fewer- veined leaves. 



V. BUDDLEIFOLIUM, C. H. Wright. 



A deciduous shrub about 6 ft. high; the young shoots densely covered 

 with pale, star-like down. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3 to 5 ins. long, i to 

 2 ins. wide; pointed, rounded or slightly heart-shaped at the base, shallowly 

 toothed; upper surface furnished with simple or forked hairs; the lower 

 one felted with pale, stellate down; stalk to in. long. Flowers white, 

 funnel-shaped, ^ in. across, all perfect, produced on a short-stalked, numer- 

 ously branched cyme, 3 ins. across. Fruit oval, ^ in. long, black. 



Native of Central China; discovered and introduced by Wilson in 1900. 

 It belongs to the Lantana group, differing from V. Lantana in its .narrow, 

 oblong leaves. 



V. BUREJ^TICUM, Regel. 

 (V. burejanum, Herder) 



I am doubtful if the true plant to which this name belongs is now in 

 cultivation, although it may be among recent introductions from China. 

 What is usually seen under the name is V. Lantana or one of its near allies. 

 The true burejasticum is quite distinct. A deciduous shrub whose young 

 shoots are covered at first with a dense, stellate down, becoming almost 

 white and smooth the second year. Leaves ovate, oval or slightly obovate; 

 tapered, rounded, or slightly heart-shaped at the base, tapered and often 

 blunt at the apex; 2 to 4 ins. long, i to 2 ins. wide; evenly and angularly 

 toothed, with scattered, mostly simple hairs above, and scattered stellate 

 ones beneath, chiefly on the veins, becoming almost smooth; stalk ^ to ^ in. 



