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ARBORETUM ET FRUT1CETUM BRITANNICUM. 



plants might be trained to a single stem, and budded with S. racemosa standard 

 high. It is very ornamental in the Paris gardens. 



flfc 4. S. (R.) PU"BENS MicJix. The downy Elder. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 181. ; 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 438. 

 Synonymes. S. racembsa Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. 



p. 279., but not of Lin. ; S. pubescens Lodd. Cat. 

 Engravings. Our fig. 936. from a living plant in 



the Chelsea Botanic Garden. 



Spec. Char., $c. Shrubby. Leaves pin- 

 nate. Leaflets 5, membranous, ovate- 

 lanceolate, or oblong, acuminated, 

 serrated, pubescent, but chiefly on 

 the under side. Panicle thyrsoid. 

 (Don's Mill.} A large shrub or low 

 tree. Carolina to Canada, on the 

 highest mountains. Height 6 ft. to 

 10 ft, sometimes 12 ft. Introd. 1812. 

 Flowers whitish ; April and May. 

 Berries red ; ripe in August. 



Closely resembling S. racemosa, of 

 which it is probably only a variety. Sir 

 W. J. Hooker mentions a variety with 7 leaflets, which may be designated 

 S. (r.) p. 2 heptaphylla. 



GENUS II. 



936. S. (r.) i>til>ens 



f L* 



l I t laai 

 riBU'RNUM L. THE VIBURNUM. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Trigynia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., p. 370. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 323. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 438. 



Synonymes. O'pulus, Fiburnum, and Tinus, Town. Inst. p. 607. t. 376. and 377.; ^ibtirnum and 

 pulus, Mcench Melh. p. 505. ; Viorne, Fr. ; Schneeball, Ger. ; Viburno, Ital. 



Derivation. According to Vaillant, the word Fiburnum is derived from the Latin word vi'eo, to tie ; 

 on account of the pliability of the branches of some species. Viburna, in the plural, appears to 

 have been applied by the ancients to any shrubs that were used for binding or tying. 



Gen. Char. Calyx limb small, permanent. Corolla rotate, somewhat cam- 

 panulate, or tubular, with a 5-lobed limb. Stamens 5, equal. Stigmas 3, 

 sessile. Berry ovate or globose, 1-seeded from abortion, crowned by the 

 calycine teeth. (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, stipulate, chiefly deciduous, but partly evergreen ; 

 petiolate. Flowers in terminal corymbs; usually white, but sometimes 

 verging to a rose colour. Decaying leaves red and yellow. Shrubs; natives 

 of Europe, Asia, and North America ; of easy culture and propagation, by 

 seeds or layers, in any common soil. 



$ i. Tmus Tourn. 



Synonymes. Lentago Dec. Prod. 4. p. 324. ; Fiburnum Moench Meth. p. 505. 



Sect. Char., fyc. Leaves quite entire, or toothed. Style almost v/anting ; stig- 

 mas 3, sessile. 



* 1. V. TYNus L. The Laurustinus. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 383. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 324. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 438. 



Synonymes. V. Zauriforme Lam. Fl. Fr. 3. p. 363. ; Tlnus Tourn. Inst. p. 607. t. 377- ; Tinus Zauri. 

 folia Borkh. in Rcem. Arch. I. pt. 2. p. 20. ; the Laurustine, wild Baie Tree, Gerard-, Viorne, 

 Laurier Tin, Fr. ; Lorbeerartiger Schneeball, or Schwalkenstrauch, Ger. ; Lagro salvatico, and 

 Lauro Tino, Ital. 



Derivation. Laurustinus is from laurus, a laurel, and ttnus, the Latin name of the plant ; the word 

 laurus being added, by old authors, from the supposition that this shrub belonged to the same 

 family as the iaurus tiobilis, or sweet bay. Lorbeerartiger is laurel- like. 



Engravings. N. Du Ham., 2. t. 37- ; Bot. Mag., t. 38. ; and our^g. 937. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate-oblong, quite entire, permanent ; having the 



