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CAPRIFOLIACEJE. II. VIBURNUM. 



inches long, and half an inch broad, on petioles 2-3 lines long. 

 Flowers white. 



Fetid Viburnum. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



14 V. SAMBU'CINUM (Reinw. in Blum, bijdr. p. 656.) leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, attenuated at both ends, almost quite entire, 

 puberulous on the ribs beneath ; corymbs terminal, divaricate, 

 puberulous. Tj . S. Native of Java, among bushes on the 

 mountains. Flowers white. 



Var. ft ; leaves oval, acute at both ends, smoothish, serrated 

 at the top. fj . S. Native of Java, at the foot of Mount Salak. 

 Elder-scented Viburnum. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



15 V. LUTE'SCENS (Blum, bijdr. p. 655.) leaves oblong, bluntly 

 acuminated, acutely and coarsely serrated at the base, coriace- 

 ous, shining, paler beneath ; corymbs terminal, divaricate, pu- 

 berulous. ij . S. Native of Java, in the provinces of Krawang 

 and Tjanjor, among other bushes on the mountains. 



Yellowish Viburnum. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



16 V. PRDNIFOLIUM (Lin. spec. 383.) leaves roundish-ob- 

 ovate and oval, glabrous, rather membranous, crenately serrated, 

 ending in a short acumen ; petioles marginate, glabrous ; cymes 

 sessile ; berries ovate or roundish. Jj . H. Native of North 

 America, from New England to Carolina, in hedges and fields ; 

 also of Canada about Lake Huron. Wats, dendr. t. 23. Pluk. 

 aim. 46. f. 2. Duham. 2. t. 38. Flowers white as the rest of 

 the species. Berries dark blue. This species appears to be 

 very nearly allied to V, nudum, but the leaves are broader and 

 more membranous. 



Plum-leaved Viburnum. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1731. Shrub 

 8 to 10 feet. 



17 V. PYRIFOLIUM (Poir. diet. 5. p. 658.) leaves ovate, acut- 

 ish, glabrous, subserrated ; petioles smooth ; corymbs some- 

 what pedunculate ; fruit ovate-oblong, fj . H. Native of Penn- 

 sylvania, New Jersey, &c. on the banks of rivers. Flowers 

 white. Berries black. Resembles the preceding species, but 

 is not so straggling in its growth. 



Pear-leaved Viburnum. Fl. May, June. Shrub 5 to 8 feet. 



18 V. LENTA'GO (Lin. spec. p. 384.) leaves broad-ovate, 

 acuminated, sharply serrated, glabrous ; petioles with narrow 

 curled margins ; corymbs terminal, sessile. Tj . H. Native of 

 North America, from New England to Carolina, among hedges, 

 and on the borders of woods. Throughout Canada to the Sas- 

 katchawan. Wats. dend. brit. t. 21. Schmidt, arb. 3. t. 176. 

 ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 637. Flowers white. Fruit 

 black. Serratures of leaves hooked a little, and somewhat 

 cartilaginous. This species is more inclined to grow to a tree 

 than any of the rest. The specific name is from lento, to make 

 pliant, on account of the pliable propendent branches. 



Lentago or Pliant-branched Viburnum. Fl. July. Clt. 1761. 

 Shrub 10 feet. 



19 V. NU'DUM (Lin. spec. 383.) leaves oval-oblong, angular 

 at the base, bluntish, with revolute obsoletely crenulated mar- 

 gins, quite glabrous ; petioles beset with scale-like scurf or 

 down ; corymbs pedunculate, exinvolucrate. J? . H. Native 

 from Canada to Georgia, in swamps, particularly on a sandy 

 soil ; about Quebec, and on the banks of the Saskatchawan ; 

 and of Newfoundland. Wats. dend. t. 20. Mill. fig. 274. V. 

 squamatum, Willd. enum. 1. p. 337. ex Torrey, fl. un. st. p. 

 319. Wats. dend. t. 24. Flowers whitish. Berries globose, 

 black, or dark blue. In the southern states this shrub becomes 

 evergreen ; the young branches are ferruginous, and sometimes 

 the under side of the leaves. According to Richard, in Boot's 

 herb, this is the same as V. pyrifblium, Poir. 



Naked-cymed Viburnum. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1752. Shrub 

 6 to 10 feet. 



20 V.OBOVA'TUM (Walt. car. p. 116.) glabrous; leaves ob- 

 ovate, crenately toothed, or quite entire, obtuse, but acute at the 



base, on short petioles ; corymbs sessile ; berries ovate-roundish. 

 Tj . H. Native of Carolina and Georgia, in shady woods. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 1476. V. cassinoides. Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. 

 p. 179. but not of Lin. Flowers white. Fruit black, shining. 



Var. j3, punicifblium (Desf. arb. 1. p. 345.) leaves oblong-ob- 

 ovate, obtuse, entire or loosely crenated at the apex. Jj . H. 

 Growing along with the species. 



Obovate-]eaved Viburnum. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1812. Sh. 

 3 to 6 feet. 



21 V. CASSINOIDES (Lin. spec. p. 384.) leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acute at both ends, crenated, glabrous above, with subre- 

 volute edges ; under side of leaves, as well as the petioles, 

 which are keeled, and branches, which are tetragonal, covered 

 with scurfy dots ; corymbs sessile ; fruit ovate. J? . H. Native 

 from New York to Carolina, in swamps. V. punctatum, Rafin. 

 in litt. Flowers white. Berries bluish-black. 



Cassine-like Viburnum, Fl. June, July. Clt. 1761. Shrub 



3 to 5 feet. 



22 V. L^EVIGA^TUM (Willd. spec. 1. p. 1491.) leaves lanceo- 

 late or oblong-lanceolate, smooth, remotely and unequally ser- 

 rated, cuneated at the base and quite entire, glabrous ; branches 

 tetragonally 2-edged, glabrous ; corymbs sessile. Jj . H. Native 

 of Virginia and Carolina, near the sea coast. Cassine Paragua, 

 Lin. mant. 220. Cassine corymbosa, Mill. icon. t. 83. f. 1. 

 V. cassinoides, Duroi, harbk. 2. p. 486. V. lanceolatum, Hill, 

 hort. kew. t. 19. Flowers white. Berries black. 



Smooth Viburnum. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1724. Shrub 10 

 to 14 feet. 



23 V. NI'TIDUM (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 371.) quite glabrous ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, shining above, obsoletely serrated or 

 entire ; branches tetragonal, f? . H. Native of Carolina and 

 Georgia, in sandy barren woods. A low shrub, with small 

 leaves. Flowers white. 



Shining -leaved Viburnum, Fl. May, June. Clt. 1758. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



24 V. ODORATI'SSIMUM (Ker, 

 bot. reg. t. 456.) evergreen, 

 glabrous ; leaves coriaceous, el- 

 liptic-oblong, almost entire, with 

 revolute margins ; branches of 

 thyrse opposite, having the pe- 

 duncles of the branches tricho- 

 tomously pedicellate ; style sim- 

 ple, short ; berries oblong, fj . G. 

 Native of China. V. Sinense, 

 Zeyh. in Coll. hort. ripul. 145. 

 app. 2. p. 330. t. 16. V. Chi- 

 nense, Zeyh. ex Steud. nom. p. 

 880. Coffea monosperma, Hook. 

 et Arn. Berries red, but at length 

 becoming blackish, shining, 1- 

 seeded, crowned by the lobes of 

 the calyx, which are erect. 



Flowers white, with the scent of those of Cflea fragrans, or 

 sweet olive. This shrub has scarcely at all the appearance of a 

 Viburnum, from which genus the presence of a style essentially 

 distinguishes it. (f. 76.) 



Sweet-scented-flowered Viburnum. Fl.Feb. Clt. 1818. Shrub 



4 to 8 feet. 



25 V. LANTA'NA (Lin. spec. p. 384.) leaves cordate, rounded, 

 finely serrated, veiny, clothed beneath, but more sparingly on 

 the upper side, with starry mealy pubescence, like that on the 

 branches, petioles, and peduncles ; cymes pedunculate, broad, 

 flat, of numerous crowded white flowers ; bracteas several, 

 small, acute. Ij . H, Native throughout Europe, even to Cau- 

 casus, in hedges. In Britain in woods and hedges, especially on 



FIG. 76. 



