Viburnum.'] LXXIV. CAPRIFOLTACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 5 



like sometimes H in. long. DC. Prodr. iv. 325. Khasia Mts. and Birma. Hardly 

 distinguishable as a variety, the bracts varying from 1 to 8, and from to 1| in. 



6. V. Colebrookianum, Watt. Cat. 460 ; leaves large oblong crenate- 

 serrate nearly glabrous, corymbs large on very short axillary branches stellate- 

 hairy, corolla rotate, drupe ellipsoid, seed hardly grooved. V. lutescens, H. f. 

 fy. T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 176, not of Blume \ Kurz For. Fl. ii. 2 (as to Var. 



2 only). 



Subtropical HIMALAYA, alt. 1-5000 ft. ; SIKKIM and BHOTAN, common. ASSAM and 

 KHASIA MTS., alt. 0-4000 ft., frequent. 



A large spreading shrub, 6-15 ft. ; flowering branches usually pendent with large 

 terminal leaves, corymbs from axils below them. Leaves 5^ by 2 in., shortly acumi- 

 nate, cuneate at the base, young and petiole (\-% in.), stellately pubescent. Corymbs 

 umbelliform, dense on a portion of the branch bare of leaves ; bracts minute, brac- 

 teoles 0. Calyx-tube glabrous, teeth minute. Corona-lobes i in., round, white. 

 Drupe I by in., hardly compressed, red: seed obscurely convex dorsally, concave 

 ventrally. V. lutescens, Blume, united with this by H. f. & T. has berries ^ in. long, 

 narrowly obovoid-oblong, with deeply grooved seed, and terminal inflorescence. 



7. V. punctatum, Ham. in Don Prodr. 142 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate 

 coriaceous subentire glabrous punctate beneath, corymb branches angular and 

 calyx-tube minutely scaly, corolla rotate. Watt. Cat. 456 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 324 ; 

 H.f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 176 ; Brandis For. Fl. 260. 



NIPAL, Wallich. KUMAON ; Sarju Valley, alt. 4000 ft., Strack. $ Winterb. 



A stout spreading shrub. Leaves 3^ by l in., acute at both ends, often with pel- 

 tate scales on the midrib beneath ; petiole ^ in. Corymbs terminal, sessile, in flower 

 2-6 in. diam., branches umbellate or corymbose, cinnamoneous when dried ; bracts 

 in., lanceolate, deciduous; bracteoles scarcely in., ovate. Calyx-teeth minute, 

 obtuse. Corolla-lobes ^ in., round, white. Anthers large, much exserted. Drupe 

 i by i in., ellipsoid, succulent. Seed 2-grooved dorsally, concave 3-grooved ventrally. 



VAR. acuminata, Wall. Cat. 465 (sp.) ; leaves acuminate, bracts persistent, berry 



3 by i in. squamulose, seed much compressed obscurely grooved. V. acuminatum, 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 324 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 388 ; Wight Ic. t. 1021 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 217. 

 V. Wightianum, Herb. Hohen. No. 1381, not of Wall. Deccan Mts. alt. 4000-7000 ft., 

 common. The berry looks so different that it may indicate a distinct species. 



8. V. sambucinum, Reinw. : Blume Bijd. 656 ; leaves elliptic-lanceo- 

 late entire nearly glabrous, corymb-branches and calyx-tube pubescent, corolla 

 rotate. DC. Prodr. iv. 325 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 120; Oersted in Vidensk. 

 Meddel. 1860, t. 7, Jig. 11-13. V. integerrimum, Watt. Ort.467; DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 324 ; H.f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 176. 



PINANG and SINGAPORE; Wallich, Walker. MALACCA; Maingay. Kew Distrib. 

 712/2. DISTRIB. Malaya. 



A stout shrub, or small tree, 20 ft. Leaves 5 by 2 in., shortly acuminate, base 



brad-cuneate, impunctate, minutely pilose on the midrib beneath (or in Java examples 



often more hairy ); petiole ^-f in., pilose. Corymb terminal, peduncled, umbellate, 



2-4 in. diam. ; bracts 0, or rarely caducous ; bracteoles minute, linear-oblong. Co- 



rolla-lobes ^ in., round, yellow-white. Drupe \ by i in., compressed, ovate, suddenly 



acute ; endocarp thickened, subosseous. Seed dorsally 2-grooved, ventrally 3-grooved 



little concave. Leaves in some Japan specimens are hairy beaeath, in others, as in 



Wallich's V. integerrimum. 



* Corolla tubidar, lobes very short erect or scarcely spreading. 



9. V. coriaceum, Blume Bijd. 656; leaves oblong-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate coriaceous glabrous with tufts of hairs on the axils of the nerves beneath, 



