Viburnum.'] LXXFV. CAPRIFOLIACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 7 



12. V. atro-cyanea, C. B. Clarke; glabrous, leaves oblong narrowed 

 at both ends not acuminate entire or obscurely sinuate-dentate, berry ellipsoid 

 very smooth. Viburnum sp., Griff. Itin. Notes, 118. 



MISHMI Mts., Thumathu summit, Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 3406). 



A shrub, resembling V. Tinus, L. Leaves 3 by l in., axils of the nerves beneath 

 naked. Cymes terminal, subsessile ; branches angular, red, slightly thickened ; bracts 

 small, caducous. Flowers not seen. Berry i by in. ; endocarp slightly intruded. 

 Albumen strongly ruminated ; testa with many red glands. The European V. Tinus 

 has a much larger, ovoid, somewhat ribbed drupe, and hairy nerve-axils beneath. 



SECT. IV. RXicrotinus, Oerst. (genus). Cymes panicled. Corolla rotate. 

 Drupe succulent, sub-2-celled, 1-seeded. Albumen uniform, margins incurved 

 so as nearly to include the barren cell. 



13. V. odoratissimum, Ker in Sot. Reg. t. 456 ; leaves elliptic acute 

 coriaceous subentire glabrous, panicle glabrous, bracts and bracteoles lanceolate 

 stellately-hairy caducous. H. f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 177 ; JBenth. Fl. 

 Hongk. 143 ; 'Oersted in Vidensk. Meddel 1860, 294, t. 6, fig. 7-10 (Microtinus). 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 4000 ft,, Mrs. Mack, &c. DISTRIB. N. Birma, China. 



A shrub, 6-10 ft. Leaves 5^ by 2 in. ; base cuneate, entire or sparingly sinuate- 

 dentate, primary nerves remote pinnate glandular, sometimes slightly hairy in the 

 axils beneath ; petiole -1 in., stout. Corymb 2-4 in. high, mostly peduncled ; bracts 

 | in., lanceolate, woolly in the Indian examples, minutely pubescent in the Chinese. 

 Calyx-limb very wide, with shallow triangular teeth. Corolla-lobes in., elliptic, 

 white. Berry nearly 5 by i in., ovoid-oblong, hardly compressed. 



14. V. Simonsii, H. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 177 ; leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate coriaceous denticulate or subentire glabrous, panicle pubescent, bracts 

 and bracteoles lanceolate pubescent persistent. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-6000 ft. ; not rare ; Simons, &c. 



A shrub, 6-15 ft. Leaves 4 by 2 in.; base rhomboid or obtuse, nerves parallel, 

 much closer than in V. odoratissimum, with large tufts of hairs in the axils bene'ath ; 

 petiole \-^ in. Corymb flowers and fruit nearly as in V. odoratissimum, but both 

 corolla and berry somewhat smaller. 



SECT. V. Solenotinus, Oersted (genus). Cymes panicled, or thyrsiform. 

 Corolla tubular. Drupe succulent, suh-3-celled, 1-seeded. Albumen uniform, 

 margins incurved forming a T-shaped ventral groove. 



15. V. erubescens, Watt. PL As. Rar. ii. 29, t. 134; Cat. 459; leaves 

 oblong acute serrulate pilose on the nerves beneath otherwise glabrous, panicles 

 peduncled terminal and many on shortened lateral branches. DC. Prodr. iv. 

 329 ; H. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 177 ; Thwaites Enum. 136 ; JBrandis 

 For. Fl. 258. V. Wightiauum, Wall. PL As. Rar. ii. 29 ; Cat. 3729 ; W. $ A. 

 Prodr. 388 ; Wight Ic. t. 1024. V. pubigerum, W. $ A. Prodr. 389. Vibur- 

 num sp., Wall. Cat. 7474. 



HIMALAYA, alt. 3-10,000 ft. ; from KUMAON to BHOTAN, common. DECCAN MTS., 

 alt. 5-8000 ft., common. CEYLON. 



A large shrub, or small tree. Leaves never large, 2^-3 by \\ in., from ovate to 

 narrow-oblong, base obtuse, axils of nerves beneath very hairy in Deccan examples 

 nearly glabrous in the others ; petiole f in. Corymb usually pendulous, small in the 

 Deccan examples, sometimes 3-5 in. in the Himalayan, pubescent, nearly glabrous or 

 sometimes stellately tomentose; bracts linear, f in., glabrous, sometimes f in. and 

 pubescent. Calyx-teeth small, oblong, glabrous or pubescent. Corolla-tithe | in. ; 

 lobes ^ in., round, spreading, white. Stamens inserted at the same height near the 



