VIBURNUM 



VIBURNUM 



3459 



Aug., or in the greenhouse in early spring and winter. 

 Medit. region. B.M. 38. Gn. 70, p. 113; 77, p. 601. 

 Gn.W. IS: 297. Handsome free-flowering shrub, often 

 cult, as a pot-plant X. Var. Froebelii, Nichols. Compact 

 form with light green Ivs. and pure white fls. 

 Var. hirtum, Ait. Lvs. pubescent beneath and ciliate. 

 Var. lucidum, Ait. (V. lucidum, Mill. V. grandiflbrum, 

 Hort.). Lvs. and cymes larger, more tender and not 

 adapted for forcing." Gn. 15, p. 196. Gt. 5:192. Var. 

 purpureum, Hort. Lvs. suffused with a dull purple 

 tinge. Var. strictum, Loud., not Ait. Of erect and fas- 

 tigiate habit. Var. virgatum, Ait. Lvs. oblong-lanceo- 

 late, pubescent on the margin and on the veins beneath. 

 Var. variegatum, Hort. Lvs. variegated. 



5. rigidum, Vent. (V. rugbsum, Pers. V. latifbliurn, 

 Hort. T. Tmu-s var. strictum, Ait.). Shrub, attaining 

 6 ft., with spreading hirsute branches: Ivs. broadly 

 ovate to ovate-oblong, acute or obtusish, pubescent on 

 both sides when young, almost glabrous abeve at length 

 and wrinkled, 3-^6 in. long: fls. pure white: cvmes large, 

 3-4 in. broad :fr. oval, bluish black. May-Julv. Canary 

 Isls. B.R.376. L.B.C. 9:859. B.M. 2082. A.G. 

 14:456. Less handsome and less free-flowering than 

 the preceding species. 



6. obovatum, Walt. (V. Iserigatum, Ait.). Shrub, 

 attaining 8 ft., with spreading branches: Ivs. almost ses- 

 sile, obovate to oblanceolate, obtuse or retuse, coria- 

 ceous, glossy, entire or obscure!}' crenate toward the 

 apex, Yr^Yt in. long: fls. white, in sessile cymes 1-2 in. 

 broad: fr. oval, black. April- June. Va. to Fla. L.B.C. 

 15:1496. Tender. 



7. nudum. Linn. (V. nudum var. Claytonii, Torr. & 

 Gray). Upright shrub, sometimes attaining 15 ft.: Ivs. 

 oval to obovate or oval-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, usu- 

 ally entire and somewhat revolute or obscurely crenu- 

 late, thickish, scurfy on both sides when young, gla- 



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3919. Viburnum cassinoides. 



brous above at length: fls. white or yellowish white: 

 cymes rather long-peduncled, 3-5 in. broad: fr. globose, 

 pink at first, changing to dark blue. June, July. Long 

 Island to Fla.. west to Ky. and La. B.M. 2281. Not 

 quite hardy X. Var. nitidum, Zabel (var. angusti- 

 fblium, Torr. & Gray. V. nitidum, Ait. V. dnglicum, 



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Hort.). Lvs. smaller and narrowet, more shining above 

 and firmer. 



8. cassinoides, Linn. (V. nudum var. cassinoides, 

 Torr. & Gray. F. squamatum, Willd.). WITHE-ROD. 

 APPALACHIAN TEA. Fig. 3919. Upright shrub, 2-6, 

 occasionally 12 ft. high: Ivs. oval to ovate to oblong, 

 acute or bluntly acumi- 

 nate, usually obscurely 



dentate, almost glabrous, 

 rather thick, dull green 

 above, 1-3 in. long: fls. 

 and fr. almost like those 

 of the preceding species, 

 but peduncle shorter, 

 usually shorter than 

 cyme; blooming a little 

 earlier. June, July. New- 

 foundland to Man. and 

 Minn., south to N. C. 

 G.F. 9:305 (adapted in 

 Fig. 3919). M. D. G. 

 1904:85, 86. Em. 2:411 

 (as V. nudum}. A good 

 shrub for borders of 

 shrubberies; hardy. 



9. Lentago, Linn. 

 SHEEP-BERRY. NANNY- 

 BERRY. Fig. 3920. Shrub 

 or small tree, attaining 

 30 ft., with slender 

 branches: winter buds 



long - pointed : petioles 3920> yi bnmum Lentago. ( x H) 

 mostly with wavy mar- 

 gin: Ivs. ovate, acuminate, glabrous or scurfy at the 

 veins beneath, 2-4 in. long: fls. white: cymes sessile, 

 2-5 in. broad: fr. oval, bluish black, with bloom. May, 

 June. Hudson Bay to Man., south to Ga. and Miss. 

 S.S. 5:223, 224. Hardy, large, often arborescent shrub, 

 keeping its frs. until spring. Sometimes as F. pruni- 

 folium and V. pyrifolium in gardens. A garden hybrid, 

 originated in Germany, is V. Vetteri, Zabel (V. Lentago 

 X V. nudum), similar in habit to this species but the 

 cymes on short peduncles over y$n. long. 



10. rufidulum, Raf. (F. prunifblium var. ferru- 

 gineum, Torr. & Gray. V. ferrugineum and V. riifo- 

 tomentbsum, Small) . Large shrub or small tree, attaining 

 25ft. or more, with rather stout branches: winter buds 

 scarcely pointed, obtuse, rusty-pubescent: petioles often 

 with narrow margin, rusty-tomentose: Ivs. elliptic to 

 obovate, usually obtuse, glabrous and shining above, 

 rusty-pubescent on the veins beneath, 2-4 in. long: fls. 

 pure white: cymes 3-5 in. broad: fr. oval, dark blue, 

 glaucous, J^in. long. April- June, later than the follow- 

 ing species. Va. to Fla., west to El. and Texas. S.S. 

 5:225 (as V. prunifolium, partly). Handsome arbor- 

 escent shrub with dark green shining foliage, showy 

 fls. and decorative fr. ; has proved hardy at the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Boston. 



11. prunifolium, TJrm. (F. pyrifolium, Poir.). BLACK 

 HAW. STAG-BUSH. Shrub or small tree, attaining 15 

 ft., with spreading, rather stout branches: winter buds 

 shortr-pointed, glabrous or reddish, pubescent: Ivs. 

 broadly oval to ovate, acute, or obtuse, glabrous or 

 nearly so, 1-3 in. long; petioles often with narrow mar- 

 gin, glat>rous: fls. pure white: cymes sessile, 2-4 in. 

 broad: fr. oval to subglobose, bluish black and glaucous, 

 little over J^in. long. April-June. Conn, to Fla., 

 west to Mich, and Texas. A.F. 12:1100. Gng. 5:310. 

 M.D.G. 1901:628. F.E. 17:701. 



12. macrocephalum, Fortune, Shrub, attaining 12 ft. 

 and occasionally more, with spreading branches: Ivs. 

 short-petioled, oval to ovate-oblong, rounded at base, 

 acute, denticulate, almost glabrous and dark green above, 

 stellate-pubescent beneath, 24 in. long: fls. yellowish 

 white, in peduncled cymes, 3-5 in. across, with the mar- 



