XL. CAPRIFOLIA CEJE : HBITRNUM. 



519 



Resembles the preceding species, but is not so straggling in its growth. 



& 5. V. (L.) NU'DUM L. The naked-corymbed Viburnum. 



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



Kunonume. V. pyrifdlium Poir. 



Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 20. ; Mill. Icon., 274. ; and our fig. 842. 



Spec* Char., $c. Leaves oval-oblong, angular at 

 the base, bluntish, with revolute obsoletely cre- 

 nulated margins, quite glabrous. Petioles beset 

 with scale-like scurf or down. Corymbs pedun- 

 culate, not involucrate. (Don's Mill.) A large 

 shrub or low tree. Canada to Georgia, in 

 swamps, particularly on a sandy soil. Height 

 6 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1752. Flowers 

 whitish ; May to June. Fruit globose, black or 

 dark blue ; ripe in September. 



Variety. 



& *t V. (L.) n. 2 squamatum ; V. squamatum 



Wittd. Enum. (Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 24. ; 



and our fig. 943.) ; has the surface, mid- 

 ribs, and petioles of the 

 leaves scaly (whence 

 its name), and their 

 margins crenate, sub- 

 dentate. The pedun- 

 cles and pedicels are 

 also covered with 

 minute ferruginous 

 scales j and the leaves 

 are smaller, and of a 

 bluer green than those 



943. K.(L.)n. squamatum. Q j' y^ n uc Jmn. 



Sir W. J. Hooker says of this species, that he cannot satisfy himself of 

 permanently distinguishing characters between it and V. Lentago and V. pru- 

 nifolium. We think all the four varieties of the same form. 



& % 6. V. CASSINOI^DES L. The Cassine-like Viburnum. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 384. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 326. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 440. ; 



Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonyme. V. punctatum Rafin. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 944. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute at both 

 ends, crenated, glabrous above, with subrevolute edges. 

 Under side of leaves, as well as the petioles, which are 

 keeled, and branches, which are te- 

 tragonal, covered with scurfy dots. 

 Corymbs sessile. (Don's Mill.) A 

 large shrub or low tree. New York 

 to Carolina, in swamps. Height 3 ft. 

 to 5 ft. in America; 10 ft. to 12ft. in 

 England. Flowers white ; June and 

 July. Fruit ovate, bluish black ; ripe in September. 



942. V. (L.)nud 



944. V. catino\i\es. 



7. V. (.) L-EVIGA^TUM WHld. 



Viburnum. 



The smooth 



Identification. Willd. Sp., 1. p. 1491. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 326. ; Don's 



Mill., 3. p. 440. 

 Synonymes. V, cassinoldes Du RoiHarbk. 2. p. 486. ; V. lanceolatum Hill, 



JHort. Kew.t. 19.; Fiburnum carolinianum Hort.; Cassine parSgua Lin. 



Mant. 220.; Cassine cor ymbbsa Mill. 7co.t.83.f.l.; Thfcamericano, Ital. 

 Engravings. Mill. Icon., t. 83. f. 1. ; and our fig. 945. 



L L 4 



945. K. (c.) Iserig^tum. 



