CAPRIFOLIACE^:. II. VIBURNUM. 



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in Rcem. arcli. 1. pt. 2. p. 20. Corymbs flat. Flowers white, 

 but rose-coloured before expansion, and sometimes afterwards 

 for a little time. Berries dark blue. The Laurestine or Lau- 

 restinus is one of the most ornamental of evergreen shrubs, 

 with shining leaves and showy white flowers, which appear during 

 the winter months. The name of Laurestinus was given to 

 the shrub by old authors, they supposing it to be a kind of 

 bay or laurel. The berries are very hot, and inflame the 

 fauces violently, like those of Mizereon ; and they are also vio- 

 lently purgative, according to Parkinson ; but some kinds of birds 

 are said to eat them greedily. 



Var. a, hirtum (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 166.) leaves oval-oblong, 

 hairy beneath and on the margins. Pj . H. Native of Portugal 

 and Spain, and the country of Nice. V. Tinus, Mill. diet. no. 

 4. Clus. hist. 1. p. 49. no. 1. The flowers of this variety 

 appear in autumn and continue all the winter. It is the 

 most hardy and most common sort, called Hairy Laurestine. 

 V. lucidum, Mill. Pers. and Schultes. Clus. hist. 1. p. 49. 

 no. ii. 



Var, ft, lucidum (Ait. 1. c.) leaves ovate-oblong, glabrous on 

 both surfaces, shining, fy . H. Native about Algiers and on 

 Mount Atlas. The cymes as well as the flowers are larger than 

 the common sort ; these seldom appear till the spring, and when 

 the winters are sharp the flowers are killed, and never open 

 unless they are sheltered. Called Shining Laurestine. 



Var. y, virgatum (Ait. 1. c.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, pilose 

 on the margins as well as on the veins beneath. >j . H. Na- 

 tive of Italy, about Rome and Tivoli, &c. Clus. hist. no. iii. 

 with a figure. Called Common Laurestine. 



Laurestine. Fl. Dec. Mar. Clt. 1596. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



2 V. RUGOSUM (Pers. ench. 1. p. 326. exclusive of the syn. 

 of Ait.) leaves broad, ovate, wrinkled, hairy, permanent ; uni- 

 versal involucrum 7-leaved ; berries ovate-oblong. J? . F. 

 Native of the Canary Islands, in woods. Ker, bot. reg. t. 376. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. t. 859. Sims, bot. mag. t. 2082. V. Tinus S, 

 strictum, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 167. V. rigiclum, 

 Vent. malm. t. 98. Desf. arb. 1 . p. 344. V. strictum, Link, 

 enum. 1. p. 288. Very like V. Tinus, but differs in the leaves 

 being larger, and hairy all over. Flowers white. 



Wrinkled or Large-leaved Laurestine. Fl. Dec. March. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



3 V. TINOIDES (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 184.) leaves elliptic-gla- 

 brous, quite entire ; branches terete, and are as well as the 

 corymbs hairy. 1? . G. Native of South America, where it 

 was collected by Mutis. 



Tinus-like Laurestine. Fl. ? Clt. 1820. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



4 V. CLABRA'TUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 428.) leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, rounded at the base, 

 quite entire, and very glabrous ; petioles naked ; branches canes- 

 cent and powdery ; corymbs involncrated. fj . F. Native of 

 South America, in woods on the Andes, about Popayan, at the 

 altitude of 3000 or 4000 feet. V. glabrum, Willd. in Schultes, 

 syst. 6. p. 639. Calyx bluntly 5-toothed. Flowers white. 



Smooth Laurestine. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



5 V. AYAVACE'NSE (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 4-28.) leaves ovate, acute, cordate, quite entire, glabrous, shining 

 above, but with the axils of the veins beneath furnished with 

 stellate hairs, as well as the branchlets and corymbs ; petioles 

 naked. fj . G. Native of Peru, near Ayavaca, in temperate 

 places, at the elevation of 4000 or 5000 feet. Teeth of calyx 

 roundish-ovate, acute, ciliated. Flowers white ? Perhaps the 

 same as V. tinoides. 



Ayavaca Laurestine. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



6 V. INTEGE'RRIMUM (Wall. cat. no. 457. D. C. prod. 4. p. 324.) 

 leaves oval, acute at the base, acuminated, quite entire, glabrous, 

 rather coriaceous, dotless ; petioles, branchlets, and peduncles 



hairy ; corymbs loose, terminal ; fruit oval, compressed, fj . S. 

 Native of the island of Pulo-Penang. This species agrees with 

 V. Tinus on the one hand and V. punctatum on the other. Ca- 

 lycine teeth erect, exceeding the berries. 



Quite-entire-leaved Laurestine. Shrub 4 to 6 feet ? 



7 V. CHINE'NSE (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. p. 

 190.) leaves membranous, broad-elliptic, acute, coarsely and 

 unequally toothed, glabrous above while young, puberulous and 

 dotless beneath ; corymbs terminal, pubescent. \) . G. Native 

 of China. 



China Laurestine. Shrub. 



8 V. VUNCTA'TUM (Hamilt. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 142.) 

 leaves oval-oblong, quite entire, mucronulate, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, beset with dots beneath ; corymbs terminal, smooth, 

 spreading, sessile. Tj . H. Native of Nipaul, at Suemba, 

 where it is called Hemu-swa by the Nawar people. Teeth of 

 calyx obtuse. Flowers white. 



Dotted-leaved. Laurestine. Shrub. 



9 V. ACUMINA'TUM (Wall. cat. no. 465. D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 325.) leaves elliptic, acuminated at both ends, glabrous, coria- 

 ceous, dotted beneath ; branchlets, petioles, and peduncles beset 

 with scurfy dots ; corymbs terminal, trichotomous, shorter than 

 the leaves; berries oval-oblong. Tj . H. Native of the East 

 Indies, on the Nellighery Mountains, where it was collected by 

 Notan. Very nearly allied to V. punctatum. 



4cuminated-]ezved Laurestine. Shrub. 



10 V. PREMNA'CEUM (Wall. cat. no. 461. D.C. prod. 4. p. 

 325.) leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, glabrous above and 

 dotless beneath, and downy along the nerves, having 1-3 coarse 

 serratures on each side ; petioles short, and are as well as the 

 branchlets and peduncles clothed with villous tomentum ; co- 

 rymbs terminal, with 5 main branches, involucrated by 5 elliptic 

 leaves. Jj . G. Native of the East Indies, on the Pundua 

 mountains. Leaves 3-34 inches long, and 1^ inch broad, feather- 

 nerved ; but the 2 lower lateral nerves rise from the base and 

 give the leaf the appearance of being 3-nerved. 



Premna-lilce Laurestine. Shrub 5 to 7 feet. 



1 1 V. NERVOSUM (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. p. 

 190.) evergreen; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous, acute at 

 the base and apex, dotless beneath, with a few serratures to- 

 wards the apex on both sides ; nerves impressed above, but 

 prominent beneath, glabrous in the axils, and with numerous 

 transverse conspicuous veins between them ; peduncles and 

 petioles short and glabrous ; corymbs terminal, fj . G. Na- 

 tive of China. This is closely allied to V. premndceum, Wall, 

 in which plant is observed, besides the character given by D. C. 

 that the axils of the leaves are furnished with a tuft of short 

 hairs, which is totally absent from the present species. 



Nerved-leaved Viburnum. Shrub. 



12 V. COLEBROOKEA'NUM (Wall. cat. no. 460. D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 325.) leaves elliptic, acuminated, hardly obtuse at the base, 

 regularly serrate-toothed, glabrous, dotless : petioles, branches, 

 and peduncles scurfy from stellate down ; corymbs axillary, 

 pedunculate, without any involucra. Tj . G. Native of the 

 East Indies, on the Pundua Mountains. The corymbs are not 

 truly axillary, but are borne on short leafless, axillary branchlets 

 or peduncles, which are furnished with 2 leaves at the base. 

 Flowers white. 



Colebrooke's Laurestine. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



13 V. FCE'TIDUM (Wall. cat. no. 466. D. C. prod. 4. p. 325.) 

 leaves elliptic-oblong, cuneated at the base, coarsely and sinu- 

 ately toothed, glabrous above, but villous along the nerves be- 

 neath ; petioles, branchlets, and peduncles villous ; corymbs 

 terminal, pedunculate, of 6 main branches, without any invo- 

 lucra ; fruit almost sessile, oval, fy . S. Native of the Bur- 

 man Empire, on Mount Taong-Dong, near Ava. Leaves 2 



