VIBURNUM 



VIBURNUM 



3461 



above, scurfy pubescent beneath, 3-8 in. broad: fls. 

 white: cymes sessile, 3-5 in. broad; marginal fls. 

 enlarged and sterile, long-pedicelled: fr. ovoid-oblong, 

 dark purple. May, June. New Bruns. and Mich, to 

 N. C. G.F. 2:535 (adapted in Fig. 3921). Handsome 

 shrub, with very large foliage, assuming a deep claret- 

 red in fall. Var. prsecox, Hesse. Said to bloom about 

 3 weeks earlier than the type. M.D. 1912, p. 370. 

 G.W. 16, p. 495. 



18. tomentdsum, Thunb. (V. plicatum, Miq.). Fig. 

 3922. Strong-growing shrub, attaining 8 ft., with 

 spreading branches, tomentose when young: Ivs. 

 broadly ovate to oblong-ovate, sometimes obovate, 

 acute or abruptly acuminate, dentate-serrate, dark 

 green and almost glabrous above, stellate-pubescent 

 beneath, sometimes only on the veins, 1J4-4 in. long: 

 cymes 2-3 in. broad, long-peduncled; sterile fls. long- 

 pedicelled: fr. ovoid, red, changing to bluish black. 

 June. China, Japan. S.Z. 1:38. S.I.F. 1:86. G.C. III. 

 36:234. G. 25:424; 26:265. R.H. 1910, pp. 382, 383. 

 Gt. 54, p. 114. G.W. 3, p. 287. G.F. 4:594 (adapted in 

 Fig. 3922), 595. A.F. 12:1101. F.E. 18:461. Gng. 

 5:311. M.D.G. 1898:400. S.H. 2:502. A beautiful 

 hardy shrub, with handsome foliage and showy fls. ; the 

 frs. too, are decorative, especially before they change 

 to black. In some nurseries erroneously named V. 

 japonicum. Var. parvifdlium, Rehd. (V. tomentosum 

 var. cuspiddtum, Maxim. V. plicatum var. parvi- 

 fdlium, Miq.). Lvs. elliptic to oblong, abruptly long- 

 acuminate, 1-2 in. long. Of slow growth and blooming 

 sparingly. Var. lanceatum, Rehd. Similar to the pre- 

 ceding variety, but Ivs. narrower, lanceolate on the 

 shoots, and gradually acuminate, more pubescent 

 beneath: infl. smaller with fewer sterile fls. Var. 

 Mariesii, Veitch. Differs little or not at all from the 

 type. J.H.S. 27, p. 863 (fig. 195). G. 33:493, 631; 

 37:227. R.B. 30, p. 186. Var. plenum, Rehd. (V. pli- 

 catum var. plenum, Miq. V. tomentosum var. plicatum, 

 Maxim. V. plicatum, Thunb.). JAPANESE SNOWBALL. 

 Fig. 3923. All fls. sterile, forming large, globose balls 

 2}/6-3 in. across. G.C. III. 29:72; 30:321. Gn. 59, p. 

 113; 61, p. 261; 70, p. 27; 71, pp. 163, 319; 73, p. 7; 75, 

 p. 347; 78, pp. 427, 472. G. 21:287. F.E, 18:677. F.S. 

 3:278. B.R. 33:51. A.G. 18:357. Gng. 1:263. V.6:294. 

 M.D.G. 1898:401. S.H. 2:503, 505. Var. rotundi- 

 folium, Hort. Much like the preceding variety, but 

 Ivs. broader and blooming about 2 weeks earlier. There 

 is also a variegated form. F.E. 31 : 715. 



19. japonicum, Spreng. (V. macrophyllum, Blume)- 

 Evergreen upright shrub, to 6 ft., with glabrous 

 branches: Ivs. broadly or rhombic-ovate to oblong-ovate, 

 acute or shortly acuminate, remotely dentate except 

 at the base, 3-6 in. long: fls. in short-peduncled, gla- 

 brous cymes 2-4 in. broad: fr. globose, red. June. 

 Japan. Handsome large-lvd. shrub, but not hardy N. 



20. fretidum, Wall. (V. ceanothoides, C. W. Wright). 

 Upright shrub with spreading branches, to 10 ft.: 

 branchlets stellate-pubescent: Ivs. obovate to rhombic- 

 or obovate-oblong, acute or acutish, rarely short-acumi- 

 nate, cuneate at the base, sinuately toothed above the 

 middle, 3-nerved at the base and with 1 or 2 pairs more 

 of lateral veins, glabrous above, pubescent on the veins 

 beneath, 1-2 H in. long; petiole }-J-in. long: fls. white, 

 in cymes 2-4 in. across on lateral spreading branchlets: 

 fr. scarlet, ovoid, J^in. long. June. Himalayas, S. W. 

 China. Var. rectangulum, Rehd. (V. rectdngulum, 

 Graebn.). Shrub, to 12 ft., with spreading, often pen- 

 dulous branches: Ivs. oblong-obovate to lanceolate, 

 acuminate, remotely dentate or denticulate, usually 

 nearly glabrous, lj^-3 in. long: cymes on slender, 

 lateral branchlets often spreading at right angles. W. 

 China. 



21. dilatatum, Thunb. Fig. 3924. Upright bushy 

 shrub, attaining 10 ft., with the branches hirsute when 

 young: Ivs. roundish or broadly ovate or obovate, usu- 



ally abruptly short-pointed, coarsely toothed, pubes- 

 cent on both sides, 2-5 in. long: fls. pure white, in short- 

 stalked cymes, 3-6 in. broad; corolla pubescent out- 

 side: fr. ovate, scarlet, J^in. long. May, June. China, 

 Japan. B.M. 6215. S.I.F. 1:87. G.F. 4:150 (adapted 

 in Fig. 3924). M.D.G. 1899:241, 242. A.F. 15:123. 

 Handsome hardy free-flowering shrub, especially 

 decorative with its numerous scarlet frs. remaining a 

 long time on the branches. 



22. Wrightii, Miq. Upright shrub, to 10 ft. high, with 

 the branches almost glabrous: Ivs. almost orbicular or 

 broadly obovate to ovate, abruptly acuminate, coarsely 

 dentate, almost glabrous except on the veins beneath, 

 3-5 in. long: fls. rather large, white, in usually short- 

 stalked, 2-4-in.-broad cymes; corolla glabrous outside; 

 stamens longer than the corolla: fr. globose, red. May, 

 June. Japan. S.T.S. 1:19. Hardy shrub, similar to 

 the preceding, but of less dense habit, with larger frs. 



3923. Viburnum tomentosum 

 var. plenum. Japanese snow- 

 ball. 



in nodding cymes. Var. Hessei, Rehd. (V. Hessei, 

 Koehne). Of dwarfer dense habit: Ivs. broadly ovate, 

 with fewer shallower teeth: cymes, fls., and frs. smaller: 

 stamens as long as corolla. 



23. theiferum, Rehd. Upright shrub, to 12 ft.: 

 branchlets glabrous: Ivs. ovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 rounded at the base, remotely denticulate, dark green 

 and glabrous above, glabrous beneath except silky 

 hairs on the veins, 3-5 in. long; petiole about 3^in. long: 

 fls. in cymes, 1-1 % in. across; calyx purple; stamens 

 shorter or as long as corolla: fr. red, ovoid, ^in. long. 

 May, June: fr. in Oct. Cent, and W. China. S.T.S. 

 2:121. Strong-growing shrub with handsome large 

 foliage and ornamental bright red frs. in autumn. It has 

 proved fairly hardy at the Arnold Arboretum, only the 

 tips of young branches being sometimes killed back. 



24. dentatum, Linn. ARROW-WOOD. Upright bushy 

 shrub, attaining 15 ft., with glabrous branches: Ivs. 

 rather long-petioled, orbicular to ovate, acute or 

 shortly acuminate, coarsely dentate, glabrous or pubes- 

 cent only in the axils of the veins beneath, lJi-3 in. 



