VIBURNUM 



283 



irregularly serrate, truncate or slightly cordate at the base, with scattered 

 hairs above, pubescent beneath when young, 3.5-10 cm. long, 4-11 cm. 

 wide, petioles 2-3 cm. long, with several glands below the blade; flowers 

 all sterile, in dense globose clusters 5-10 cm. in diameter, at first greenish, 

 later becoming white : O p u 1 u s, Latin name of a tree, s t e r i 1 i s, sterile. 

 Extensively planted as an ornamental shrub, perfectly hardy; the 

 leaves are likely to be badly infested with aphis causing them to curl and 

 shrivel very badly. Blossoms in June. 



Viburnum Lantana Lin n £ 1753 Wayfaring Tree 



A shrub or sometimes a small tree, 1-3 m. high, branches brown, 

 young shoots ashy pubescent, winter buds naked ; leaves ovate to ovate- 

 oblong, mostly cordate at the base, blunt or acutish at the apex, finely 

 and sharply serrate, densely stellate pubescent on both sides, petioles 



1-2 cm. long pubescent; cymes short-peduncled, the whole cluster about 

 6-8 cm. broad, flowers all perfect and alike, 7-10 mm. broad, stamens 6-7 

 mm. long ; fruit oblong-ovoid, flattened, about 1 cm. long ; Lantana, 

 a genus name of mythological origin. 



Frequently cultivated and perfectly hardy. Introduced from Eurasia. 

 Blossoms in May, fruit ripe in August. 



