648 VIBURNUM 



what obovate, wedge-shaped or rounded at the base, pointed; i^ to 3^ ins. 

 long, i to 2 ins. wide; sharply toothed, stellately downy on both surfaces, 

 especially beneath; stalks in. or less long. Flowers white, in. across, 

 produced in May in rather loose, slender, scurfy-stalked, usually five-branched 

 cymes, 2 to 3^ ins. across; stamens rather longer than the corolla. Fruit 

 red, roundish-ovate, j- in. long. 



Native of Japan. It has been introduced several times; first probably 

 by Fortune in 1844, later by Maries and Sargent. It was cultivated for 

 some years in the Royal Hort. Society's garden at Chiswick, but never seems 

 to have secured a permanent place in gardens. It is, perhaps, not perfectly 

 hardy. Among the red-fruited Viburnums this species is marked by the 

 stalks of the leaves being so short. 



V. ICHANGENSE, Rehder (V. erosum var. ichangense, Hemsley\ Sargent's 

 Trees and Shrubs, t. 149. This close ally of V. erosum was discovered in 

 Hupeh by Henry, and introduced by Wilson in 1901, and several times since. 

 It flowered at Coombe Wood in 1906. The leaf-stalks are very short, as in 

 V. erosum, but the blades are smaller, ovate-lanceolate, and slender-pointed. 

 The flowers are in smaller cymes, i to \\ ins. wide, the stamens are shorter 

 than the corolla; the calyx-tube is conspicuously and densely woolly. Fruit 

 red, as in V. erosum. 



V. FCETIDUM, Wallich. 

 (V. ceanothoides, C. H. Wright^ 



An evergreen shrub up to 6 or 10 ft. high, of dense, leafy habit; young 

 shoots very downy. Leaves narrowly ovate, oval, or obovate, tapered 

 towards both ends, with a few coarse or shallow teeth towards the apex, 

 sometimes entire; i to 7\ ins. long, f to ij ins. wide; dark green and 

 smooth above, greyish and with tufts of down in the vein-axils beneath; 

 veins in two to four pairs, three-nerved at the base ; leaf-stalk without 

 stipules, very downy like the young wood. Corymbs about 2 ins. across, 

 very downy, often seven-rayed; flowers small, white. Fruit red, roundish- 

 oval, f in. long. 



The plants in cultivation are all of Chinese origin, the first having been 

 introduced by Wilson in 1901, but it was originally found in India. It does 

 not appear to flower freely under cultivation, but is quite evergreen. The 

 few often conspicuous teeth at the apex of the leaf, the three prominent 

 nerves at the base, and the absence of stipules, are its chief distinguishing 

 characters among the red-fruited species. 



V. HARRYANUM, Rehder. 



An evergreen shrub ultimately 6 to 8 ft. high, of bushy habit; young shoots 

 clothed with a minute, dark down. Leaves orbicular to obovate or broadly 

 ovate, tapered at the base, rounded at the apex except for a small mucro ; 

 margins entire, or with a few obscure teeth ; ^ to i in. long, from two-thirds 

 to nearly as wide ; dark dull green above, paler beneath, quite smooth on both 

 surfaces ; leaf-stalk about ^ in. long, reddish. Inflorescence a terminal, 

 compound umbel % \\ ins. across. Flowers pure white, \ in. across. Fruit 

 ovoid, pointed, \ in. long, shining, black. 



Native of W. China ; discovered and introduced in 1904 by Wilson, who 

 remarks that it is rare on mountains at 9000 ft. It is quite distinct from 

 any other cultivated evergreen Viburnum in its small privet-like leaves. It 

 appears to be quite hardy, and flowered for the first time in cultivation in 

 1914. It is named in compliment to Sir Harry Veitch. 



