258 XLIV. CAPMFOLIACE.E. [Viburnum. 



Leaves membranous, deciduous ; drupe spuriously 3-celled. 



Flowers with the leaves, in slender drooping panicles . 3. V. erubescens. 

 Flowers before the leaves in sessile corymbs. 



Main lateral nerves close, 8-10 pair ; drupe ^ in. long . 4. V. nervosum. 

 Main lateral nerves distant, 7-9 pair; drupe f in. 



long 5. V. f ceteris. 



Leaves coriaceous, evergreen ; drupe 1 -celled. 



Corolla tubular, limb erect ; corymbs without bracts . 6. V. coriaceum. 



Corolla rotate ; corymbs with ciliate bracts . . . 7. V. punctatum. 



1. V. cotinifolium, Don. ; Bot. Keg. t. 1650 j Wight 111. t. 121 A. 

 Syn. V. polycarpum, Wall. Vern. Mar ghwalawa, trans-Indus ; Rich 

 uklu, bankunch, Jhelam ; Itichabi, kilmich, guch, Kashmir; Bathor, 

 pdpat kalam, khlmor, rdjal, tumma, Chenab ; Kdtonda, Kavi ; Jdwa, 

 khatip, tustus, sussu, Sutlej ; Gwia, Kamaon.* 



A large shrub, inflorescence and under side of leaves clothed with dense 

 grey stellate tomentum. Leaves 3-5 in. long, ovate or rotundate, entire 

 or crenulate, 2-5 in. long, glabrous or pubescent above, on short thick 

 petioles ; main lateral nerves oblique, 5-6 pair, dividing into prominent 

 branches half-way between midrib and edge of leaf. Flowers numerous, 

 in sessile or short-pedunculate corymbs. Calyx-lobes short ; corolla turbi- 

 nate, white tinged with pink. Drupe oblong, ^ in. long, compressed, with 

 2 furrows on each face. 



Abundant between 4000 and 11,000 feet in the N.W. Himalaya, also on the 

 Suliman range. Fl. June- July. The ripe fruit is sweetish, and is eaten. 

 Hardy in England. Nearly allied to V. Lantana, Linn., of Middle and South 

 Europe and the Caucasus, with white, rotate corolla. 



2. V. stellulatum, Wall.; PI. As. rar. 1. 169. Syn. V. Mullaha, Ham. 

 Vern. Jal bdgil, Jhelam ; Amlidcha, phulsel, Kashmir ; Tit maliya, 

 Kamaon. 



Branchlets, petioles, and inflorescence with stellate pubescence. Leaves 

 glabrous above, more or less pubescent beneath, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 long-acuminate, dentate, with large, sharp teeth ; 3-5 in. long ; petioles 

 J-l in. long ; main lateral nerves 5-6 pair, oblique, undivided save near 

 the margin, the lowest pair only with strong branches on the outside. 

 Flowers small, in large, compound, nearly umbellate corymbs ; corolla 

 white, rotate, pubescent outside. Drupe ovate-oblong, compressed, shin- 

 ing* H in - lon g- 



Common in the N.W. Himalaya, between 6000 and 10,000 ft. Fl. July- 

 Aug. ; fruit acid, eaten. V. involucratum, Wall., probably does not differ from 

 this species. 



3. V. erubescens, Wall.; PI. As. rar. t. 134. Syn. V. Wightianum, 

 WaU. ; W. & A. Prodr. 388 ; Wight Ic. 1024. 



A shrub or small tree, with slender cinereous branches, nearly glabrous 

 or pubescent. Leaves broad-ovate or oblong, with cordate or rounded 

 base, acuminate, serrate, 2-3 in. long ; petioles J-f in. ; main lateral nerves 



* The vern. names of the sp. of Vilumum demand further inquiry. 



