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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BR1TANNICUM. 



of leaves hooked a little, and somewhat cartilagi- 

 nous. (Don's Mill.) A robust shrub or low tree. 

 New England to Carolina, among hedges and on 

 the borders of woods ; and found throughout Ca- 

 nada. Height 6ft. to 10ft. Introduced in 1761. 

 Flowers white ; July. Fruit black j ripe in Sep- 

 tember. Decaying leaves purple red and yellow 

 Naked young wood yellowish and reddish green. 



In British gardens, this species forms, when pruned 

 to a single stem, a handsome small tree, flowering 

 freely and producing abundance of fruit, which is 

 greedily eaten by birds. Propagated by layers, or by 

 seeds. 



& 3. F. (L.) PRUNIFO'LIUM L. The Plum-tree-leaved Viburnum. 



Identification. Lin. Sp , 383. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 325. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 440. 

 Synonyme. V. Lentago Du Rot. 



Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 23. ; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 38. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit, 

 vol. vi. ; and our fig. 939. 



938 V. Lentago. 



939. V. ( L.) prunltohum. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves roundish-obovate and oval, glabrous, rather mem- 

 branous, crenately serrated, ending in a short acumen. Petioles marginate, 

 glabrous. Cymes sessile. Berries ovate or roundish. (Don's Mill.) A large 

 shrub or low tree. New England to Carolina, in hedges and fields ; and also 

 Canada, about Lake Huron. Height 8 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1731. 

 Flowers white ; May and June. Fruit dark blue ; ripe in September. 



& * 4. V. (L.) PYRiroYiuM Poir. The Pear-tree-leaved Viburnum. 



Identification. Poir. Diet, 5. p. 658. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 325. ; Don's Mill., 



3. p. 440. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 22. ; and our figs. 940. and 941. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate, acutish, 

 glabrous, subserrated. Petioles smooth. 

 Corymbs somewhat pedunculate. (Don's 

 Mill.) A large shrub or low tree. Penn- 

 sylvania, New Jersey, &c., on the banks 

 of rivers. Height 5ft. to 8ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1812. Flowers white ; May and 

 June. Fruit ovate oblong, black j ripe in 

 September. 941. K. (LOpjnfoiium. 



