VIBURNUM 651 



guished in the following respects : The young wood is not so warted as in 

 V. odoratissimum; the secondary veins run out to the margin of the leaf; 

 the inflorescence is rounded and umbel-like rather than paniculate. 



V. KANSUENSE, Batalin. 



A deciduous shrub, 4 to 8 ft. high, with smooth, ultimately greyish 

 branchlets. Leaves ovate to roundish in main outline, but deeply three- or 

 five-lobed, the lobes coarsely toothed and taper-pointed; the base wedge- 

 shaped, rounded or slightly heart-shaped; i to 2 ins. long, and from two- 

 thirds to fully as much in width; dark green, and with appressed hairs 

 above, especially on the veins; much paler beneath, with conspicuous tufts 

 of pale down in the vein-axils, and with hairs along the midrib and veins; 

 leaf-stalk \ to I in. long, slender, smooth; three or rive main veins radiate 

 from the top of the leaf-stalk. Corymbs without sterile flowers, i to ij ins. 

 across, often seven-rayed. Flowers pinkish white, \ in. wide; calyx smooth. 

 Fruit red, \ to \ in. long, oval to roundish. 



Native of China, where it is apparently widely spread, being found in 

 Kansu, Szechuen, and Yunnan; introduced by Wilson in 1908. It belongs 

 to the Opulus group, but is distinct in having no marginal showy sterile 

 flowers, which the other Chinese species (V. Sargentii) has. The leaves also 

 are very distinct in their frequently small size and deep lobing, some 

 suggesting a small maple leaf. Apparently an elegant shrub. 



V. LANTANA, Linnaus. WAYFARING TREE 



A vigorous deciduous bush, sometimes almost tree-like, 12 to 15 ft. high; 

 young shoots, buds, lower surface of leaves and flower-stalks all covered 

 with a dense coat of pale, minute, starry down. Leaves broadly ovate or 

 inclined to oblong, the base heart-shaped, the apex pointed or bluntish; 

 minutely toothed; 2 to 5 ins. long, \\ to 4 ins. wide; upper surface velvety 

 with stellate down, at least at first; stalk \ to ij ins. long. Flowers white, 

 in. across, uniform and perfect, produced in May and June in stalked, 

 usually seven-rayed cymes, 2 to 4 ins. wide. Fruit oblong, \ in. long, at first 

 red, ultimately black. 



Native of Europe, including the south of England. It is the type species 

 of the Lantana group of Viburnums, characterised by naked winter buds, 

 deciduous foliage, a scurfy stellate down, and fruits at first red, then black. 

 V. Lantana is itself an ornamental shrub, pretty in flower, in fruit, and 

 sometimes in its red autumn tints; useful for planting in tall shrubberies or 

 in thin woodland. There is a variety which goes under various names 

 (" aureis variegatis," " punctatum," and " pulverulentum JJ ) whose leaves are 

 blotched and spotted with yellow, but I have never seen it in a condition 

 that would justify one in planting it. 



V. LENTAGO, Linnceus. SHEEPBERRY. 



A robust deciduous shrub or small tree up to 20 or 30 ft. high; young 

 wood with a slight reddish scurf; winter buds grey. Leaves ovate to 

 obovate, wedge-shaped or rounded at the base, the apex as a rule long and 

 taper-pointed; finely, sharply and regularly toothed; dark, shining green 

 above, smooth on both sides except for a short, scurfy down on the midrib 

 above; 2 to 4 ins. long, half as wide; stalks mostly winged, to i in. long. 

 Flowers creamy white, in. across, agreeably fragrant, all perfect, produced 

 in May and June in a terminal stalkless cyme, 3 to 4| ins., across. Fruit 

 .oval, blue-black, to f in. long, covered with bloom. 



