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CAPRIFOLIACEjfc. II. VIBURNCM. 



petioles tomentose ; umbels decompound, pilose ; style simple. 

 fj.H. Native of Japan. Branches grey, glabrous. 

 2?rose-toothed Viburnum. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



38 V. MONO'OYNUM (Blum, bijdr. p. 655.) leaves elliptic-ob- 

 long, attenuated at both ends, glandularly denticulated above the 

 base, paler beneath ; corymbs divaricate, terminal, downy ; 

 flowers monogynous. fj . G. Native of Java, in woods on the 

 mountains. Said to be nearly allied to V. erosum. 



Monogynous Viburnum. Shrub. 



3. Leaves 3-lobed. 



39 V. ACERIFOLIUM (Lin. spec. 383.) branchlets and petioles 

 pilose ; leaves ovate-cordate, usually 3-lobed, acuminated, sharply 

 and loosely serrated, downy beneath ; petioles glandless, when 

 young stipulaceous at the base, and rather tomentose ; corymbs 

 terminal, pedunculate, not radiant. Fj . H. Native of North 

 America, from New England to Carolina, and of Newfoundland, 

 in rocky mountainous situations. Throughout Canada from 

 Lake Huron to the Saskatchawan ; and about Fort Vancouver 

 on the Columbia. Vent. hort. eels. t. 72. Wats. dend. brit. t, 

 118. Flowers white. Berries black, oval, compressed. 



Maple-leaved Guelder-rose. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1736. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



40 V. ORIENTA'LE (Pall. fl. ross. t. 58. f. H.) leaves 3-lobed, 

 acuminated, coarsely and bluntly toothed ; petioles glandless, 

 glabrous ; corymbs terminal, not radiant ; fruit oblong, com- 

 pressed. Tj . H. Native of Iberia, in woods, on the moun- 

 tains, &c. Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 245. O'pulus orientalis folio 

 amplissimo tridentato, Tourn. cor. p. 42. Flowers white. Seed 

 oval, furnished with 2 channels on both sides, as in V. Lantana. 

 Very like the preceding species. 



Oriental Guelder-rose. Fl. July. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



SECT. II. O'PULUS (a name altered from populus, the poplar : 

 the leaves resembling those of the poplar). Tourn. inst. t. 376. 

 Mccnch, meth. p. 605. Outer flowers of the corymbs radiant 

 and sterile, much larger than the rest, which are fertile. Seed 

 obcordate. 



41 V. O'I>ULUS (Lin. spec. 384.) quite glabrous in every part ; 

 leaves broad, 3-lobed, acuminated, unequally serrated, veiny ; 

 petioles beset with glands towards the top, and several oblong 

 leafy appendages lower down ; cymes pedunculate, white, with 

 linear bracteas : with several of the marginal flowers dilated 

 flat, radiant, and without stamens or pistils ; berries elliptical, 

 bright red, very juicy, but bitter and nauseous ; seed compres- 

 sed. \i . H. Native throughout Europe to Caucasus, in watery 

 hedges and swampy thickets. In Britain in like situations. 

 Smith, engl. hot. t. 332. Fl. dan. 661. Hayn, term. t. 32. f. 4. 

 V. lobatum, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 363. O'pulus glandulosus, 

 Mcench, meth. p. 505. O'pulus, Raii, syn. 460. Duham. arb. 

 2. t. 16. Sambucus aquatica, Bauh. pin. 456. Trag. hist. 

 1002. with a figure. Math, valgr. 2. p. 607. with a figure. 

 Branches smooth, green. Leaves bright green in summer, but 

 in autumn assuming a beautiful pink or crimson hue, like other 

 European species of the genera, that are principally American, 

 as Cornus, Rhus, &c. Flowers white. Berry crowned by the 

 limb of the calyx. There is to be found in the gardens a varie- 

 gated leaved variety. 



Var. /j, slerilis (D. C. prod. 4. p. 328) T- . H. Cultivated in 

 gardens. This variety is called snow-ball-tree or guelder-rose. 

 It is commonly planted in shrubberies along with the lilac and 

 liburnum, grouping elegantly with the various purple hues of the 

 former, and the golden chain of the latter, but they are all mere 

 summer beauties ; nor does any thing profitable or ornamental 

 follow. The several marginal flowers of the corymb in the species 

 are dilated, flat, and radiant, without stamens or pistils. In this 



variety the whole cyme nearly consists of radiant sterile flowers, 

 and becomes globular. V. O'pulus roseum, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 

 6. p. 635. Knor. del. 2. t. 5 and 6. The snow-ball has been 

 raised from seed by accident, and has been multiplied by cut- 

 tings. 



Guelder-rose. Fl. May, June. Britain. Shrub 6 to 14 feet. 



42 V. EDU'LB (Pursh, fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 203.) leaves 3-lobed, 

 bluntish behind, and 3-nerved : lobes very short, denticulately 

 serrated : serratures acuminated ; petioles glandular ; outer 

 flowers of corymbs radiant. Jj . H. Native of North America, 

 from Canada to New York, on the banks of rivers. In Canada 

 from the Saskatchawan to Slave Lake, in lat. 66. V. O'pulus 

 edule, Michx. fl. bor. amer. l.p. 180. A smaller and more up- 

 right shrub than the preceding species. The berries of the same 

 colour and size, but when completely ripe more agreeable to 

 eat, and sometimes employed as a substitute for cranberries. 

 It does not seem to differ much from V. oxycoccos except in the 

 broader base of the leaf. 



Edible-fruited Guelder-rose. Fl. July. Clt. 1812. Shrub 

 5 to 10 feet. 



43 V. OXYCO'CCOS (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 203.) leaves 

 3-lobed, acute behind, 3-nerved ; lobes divaricate, acuminated, 

 coarsely and distantly serrated; petioles glandular; cymes ra- 

 diant, f? . H. Native of North America ; on the mountains 

 of New York and New Jersey ; and throughout Canada to the 

 Arctic circle, and from Hudson's Bay to the Rocky Mountains, 

 in swamps and shady woods. V. opuloides, Muhl. cat. 32. V. 

 trilobum, Marsh, arb. p. 162. V. O'pulus Pimina, Michx. fl. 1. 

 p. 180. V. O'pulus Americana, Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 373. 

 Flowers white. Berries subglobose, red, of an agreeable acid, 

 resembling that of cranberries, for which they are a very good 

 substitute. Very like the V. O'pulus of Europe. 



Var. ft, subiniegrifblia (Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 281.) leaves 

 but little cut, very pubescent beneath. Jj . H. Native on the 

 banks of the Columbia. 



Cranberry Guelder-rose. Fl. July. Shrub 6 to 12 feet. 



44 V. MOLLE (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 180.) leaves nearly 

 orbicular, cordate, plicate, toothed, rather tomentose beneath 

 from very soft down ; petioles rather glandular ; corymbs ra- 

 diant ; fruit oblong-ovate. Fj . H. Native of North America, 

 in Kentucky, near Danville ; Tennessee and Upper Carolina, in 

 hedges. V. alnifolium, Marsh, arb. p. 162. Flowers white. 

 Berries red. Bark deciduous. Very like V. oxycoccos, and 

 perhaps only a variety of it. 



Soft Guelder-rose. Fl. June, July. Shrub 6 to 12 feet. 



45 V. MICROCA'RPUM (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnsea. 5. p. 

 170.) leaves subcordate, orbicular, or obovate, short-acuminated, 

 remotely and sinuately toothed, pubescent above, and clothed 

 with hoary tomentum beneath ; petioles short, without glands ; 

 rays of cyme almost sessile. Jj . H. Native of Mexico, near 

 Jalapa and San Meguel del Soldado. Leaves like those of the 

 filbert.' Fruit black. 



Small-fruited Guelder-rose. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



SECT. III. SOLENOTI'NUS (from aia\rjv, solen, a tube, and tinus, 

 the laurestine ; in reference to the corollas being tubular). D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 328. Corymbs not radiant. Corolla obconical or 

 cylindrical. Seeds oval-oblong. This section agrees with the 

 tribe Lonicerece in the corollas being tubular. 



46 V. DAHU'RICUM (Pall. fl. ross. ed. 8vo. p. 52.) leaves 

 ovate, somewhat cordate at the base, crenately serrated, beset 

 with stellate down, as well as the branchlets ; corymbs dichoto- 

 mous, few-flowered ; corollas tubular, somewhat funnel-shaped, 

 bluntly 5-toothed. (? . H. Native of Dahuria. Lonicera 

 Mongolica, Pall. fl. ross. 1. t. 38. and t. 58. f. F. G. Gmel. sib. 

 3. t. 25. Cornus Daurica, Laxm. Berry 5-7 seeded, ex Pall. 



