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VIBURNUM 



rust-coloured down; winter buds reddish brown. Leaves stiff and leathery,, 

 oval, ovate, or obovate; rounded, blunt, or shortly pointed at the apex, 

 wedge-shaped or rounded at the base, toothed; 2 to 3 ins. long, I to i| ins. 

 wide; dark shining green above, covered beneath when young with a reddish 

 short down, much of which falls away before the leaf drops; stalks to ^ in. 

 long, stout, more or less winged, and densely covered with rusty coloured 

 down. Flowers creamy white, all perfect, ^ in. across, borne on cymes 3 to 

 5 ins. across. Fruit blue, ^ to in. long. 



Native of the south-eastern United States; introduced to Kew in 1902. 

 It belongs to the same group as V. prunif6lium and V. Lentago, from both 

 of which it differs in its dense covering of rusty down especially on the 



VIBURNUM RHYTIDOPHYLLUM. 



leaf-stalk and midrib. Its habit too, as a young shrub, is curiously rigid and 

 its foliage narrower. It has hitherto been shy of flowering under cultivation, 

 but may improve with age. According to Sargent the wood ha* a disagree- 

 able odour. 



V. SlEBOLDH, Miguel. 



(V. reticulatum, Hort.') 



A deciduous, strong-growing shrub 6 to 10 ft. high, with stiff, spreading 

 branches, stellately downy and grey when young. Leaves mostly obovate 

 or approaching oblong, pointed or rounded at the apex, and tapered at the 

 base; prominently parallel-nerved, coarsely toothed except towards the 

 stalk; 2 to 5 ins. long, ij to 3 ins. wide; dark glossy green and smooth 



