VIBURNUM 647 



obovate, tapered at the base, more slenderly so at the apex ; 2 to 6 ins. long, 

 I to 2.7 ins. wide; strongly and conspicuously three-veined, often obscurely 

 or shallowly toothed near the apex, dark green above, pale below, smooth 

 on both surfaces except for small tufts of down in the vein-axils beneath; 

 stalk j to I in. long. Flowers dull white, ^ in. wide, produced in stalked 

 stiff cymes, 2 to 3 ins. across. Fruits blue, % in. long, narrow oval. 



Native of W. China; introduced by Wilson for Messrs Veitch in 1904. 

 In its large, conspicuously three-nerved leaves and low compact habit, this 

 shrub is quite distinct from any other Viburnum in cultivation. It has 

 little beauty of flower, but should be interesting and pretty in fruit, and 

 quite hardy. Another W. Chinese species with conspicuously three-nerved 

 leaves very similar to the above is 



V. CINNAMOMIFOLIUM, Rehder; but it is a bigger shrub, or sometimes a 

 tree 20 ft. high, and its inflorescence is much larger and more lax, its almost 

 entire leaves not so thick, its 'fruits smaller. Wilson discovered this species 

 on Mount Omi, and it is in cultivation. 



V. DENTATUM, LinncBus. ARROW WOOD. 



A deciduous bush up to 15 ft. high, with smooth, young wood. Leaves 

 broadly ovate (roundish on the flowering shoots), ij to 3 ins. long, two- 

 thirds to nearly as wide; rounded or heart-shaped at the base, pointed at 

 the apex, coarsely and sharply toothed; glossy green and smooth above, 

 downy in the vein-axils only, or even quite smooth beneath; veins in six 

 to ten pairs ; stalk to I in. long. Flowers uniform and perfect, white, 

 1 in. across, produced in long- and slender-stalked cymes, 2 to 3 ins. wide. 

 Fruit roundish, egg-shaped, blue-black, J in. long. 



Native of Eastern N. America from New Brunswick to Georgia; introduced, 

 according to Aiton, in 1736. The young shoots that spring from the base 

 are straight and erect, and it was their use by the native Indians as arrows 

 that gave rise to the popular name. The plant usually called dentatum in 

 gardens is really V. venosum, a species which differs from the true dentatum 

 in having stellate down. The true V. dentatum is not common. 



V. DILATATUM, Thunberg. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 6215.) 



A deciduous shrub, 6 to 10 ft. high, with erect stems; young branchlets 

 very downy. Leaves broadly ovate, roundish or obovate; 2 to 5 ins. long, 

 and from half to about as much wide; widely toothed, pointed, tapering, 

 rounded or heart-shaped at the base; hairy on both sides; stalk J to | in. 

 long. Flowers pure white, all fertile, in. across, produced in June in hairy, 

 stalked, mostly five-rayed cymes, ,3 to 5 ins. across. Fruit bright red, 

 roundish ovoid, \ in. long. 



Native of Japan and China; first flowered by Messrs Veitch in 1875. 

 This fine Viburnum is remarkably profuse in its flowering; the trusses 

 being produced not only at the top of the branch, but from short twigs down 

 the sides as well. It is even more beautiful in its fruits, but unfortunately 

 does not set them so freely here as it does in sunnier countries. It is distinct 

 among the red-fruited species in its very hairy character, the corolla even 

 being hairy outside. 



V. EROSUM, Thunberg. 



A deciduous shrub of erect habit up to 6 ft. high; branches slender, 

 covered with pale brown down when young. Leaves oval-ovate or some- 



