4 LXXIV. CAPRIFOLIACE2E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Viburnum* 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 5-6000 ft. ; Moleem, Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 3402); Kala- 

 Pani, H. f. $ T. : Moflong, C. B. C. 



Leaves 2^ by l in., acute, dentate, parallel-nerved. Corymbs often on short 

 lateral branches. Flowers not seen. Drupe by -*- in., compressed, ovate-oblong, 

 bright red; seed dorsally convex shalloAvly 2-grooved, ventrally concave and 2- 

 ^roored close to the medial line. 



3. V. stellulatum, Wall. PL As. Ear. ii. 54, t. 169 ; Cat. 463 ; leaves 

 shortly petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate toothed stellately pubescent 

 rarely glabrate beneath, corolla small rotate. DC. Prodr. iv. 327 ; H. f. $ T. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 174; Brandts For. Fl. 258. V. Mullaha, Ham.; Don 

 Prodr. 141 ; DC. I. c. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 6000-11,000 ft.; from KASHMIR to SIKKIM, 

 common. 



A large shrub : branches puberulous. Leaves 3 by 1^ in., base obtuse or cuneate, 

 parallel-veined; petiole in. Corymbs terminal, in fruit divaricate, 3-5 in. diam., 

 subglobose; bracts in., linear, membranous, caducous. Calyx-tube stellately hairy ; 

 lobes minute, ovate. Corolla-lobes ~ in., round, pubescent in bud. Style short, 

 stigma capitate. Drupe by |in., compressed, broadly oblong, yellow- red; seed 2- 

 grooved on both faces, hardly concave ventrally. 



VAR. 1. -involucrata, Wall. Cat. 458 (sp.) ; branchlets and leaves rufous-villous, 

 corymbs densely villous, bracts lanceolate herbaceous persistent. Nipal, Wallich ; 

 Kumaon, Eclgew&rth, V. forma monstrosa, H.f. fy T. I. c. 175. 



VAR. 2. glabrescens ; corymbs with a few scattered hairs, leaves glabrescent except 

 on the nerves beneath, bracts caducous ? V. involucratum, H. f. $ T. I. c. 



4. V. G-riffithianum, C. S. Clarke; leaves short-petioled elliptic or 

 subobovate acute toothed villous beneath, corymbs densely villous umbellately 

 4-7-rayed, calyx-tube glabrous, corolla very small rotate. V. fcetidum, var_ 

 Griffithianum, Kurz in Jburn. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 121. V. foetidum, var. 

 grandifolium, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 2. Viburnum sp., Griff 1 . Notul. iv. 259 ; Ic. PL 

 Asiat. t. 480, Jig. 1. 



EAST ASSAM ; banks of the Kamyoon in the Naga country, Griffith ( Kew Distrib* 

 3403). 



BrancJilets stout, fuscous villous. Leaves 4 by 2 in., often unequal-sided, base 

 obtusely cuneate, nerves parallel, the lowest not uniting nor quite reaching the base of 

 the leaf ; petiole ^ in. Corymbs terminal, peduncled, 1-3 in. diam., dense even in 

 young fruit ; bracts 0, or few, lanceolate, ^ in. Calyx-tube glabrous, viscid and 

 black in the young fruit; teeth broad- oblong. Corolla-lobes ^ in., round. More 

 nearly allied to V. stellulatum than to V. fcetidum. 



5. V . foetidum, Wall. PL As. Ear. i. 49, t. 61 ; Cat. 466 ; leaves oblong- 

 rhomboid 3-nerved at the base remotely toothed nerves beneath stellately pubes- 

 cent, corymbs subumbellate stellate-pubescent, calyx-tube glabrous. DC. Prodr + 

 iv. 325 ; H.f. $ T. in. Journ. Linn. Soc\\\. 175 ;' Kurz For. Fl. ii. 2. 



KHASIA MTS. and ASSAM, alt. 3000-5000 ft., common. DISTRIB. North Birma. 



An erect shrub, 6-10 ft. ; branchlets stellate-hairy. Leaves 2^ by l in., scarcely 

 acuminate, base cuneate or rounded, axils of the primary nerves with tufts of hair, 

 secondary trdnsverse conspicuous beneath ; petiole A in. Corymbs terminal. 2-4 in. 

 diam., 4-8-rayed, peduncled ; bracts and bracteoles from linear-oblong to spathulate- 

 oblong, hairy. Calyx-teeth minute, triangular. (7on>/Za-lobes ^ in. diam., round, 

 white. Drupe i by | in., compressed, subacute, red. Seed dorsally 2-grooved, ven^ 

 trally 3-grooved and hardly concave. Specimens of this in Herb. Griffith, are ticketed 

 as from Darjeeling, whither he sent a collector; but the collections from thence were 

 so mixed with others that no confidence is to be placed in their habitnts. 



VAR. premnacea, Wall. Cat. 461 (sp.) ; bracts at the base of the umbel large leaf- 



