VIBURNUM 



649 



V. HENRYI, Hems ley. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 83930 



An erect, evergreen shrub becoming 10 ft. high, and having a tree-like 

 habit; branchlets stiff, smooth. Leaves narrowly oval, oblong or obovate; 

 2 to 5 ins. long, I to if ins. wide; shortly pointed, wedge-shaped or rounded 

 at the base, shallowly toothed, dark shining green above, paler beneath, 



VIBURNUM HENRYI. 



smooth on both sides or slightly furnished with stellate down on the stalk 

 and midrib; stalk slightly winged, to f in. long. Panicles stiff, pyramidal, 

 2 to 4 ins. wide at the base, and about as long; flowers perfect and uniform, 

 white, in. across, opening about midsummer. Fruits oval, in. long, at 

 first red, then black. 



Native of the Patung district of Central China, discovered there by 



Henry in 1887; introduced by Wilson for Messrs Veitch in 1901. It is 



distinct among hardy Viburnums through its long, narrowish, -nearly or 



quite smooth leaves, its stiff, thin, erect habit, and especially its pyramidal 



II 2T 



