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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM, 



?. Char., Sfc. Partly glabrous. Leaves ovate, 

 and nearly orbicular, plicate, coarsely and den- 

 tately serrated, with the nerves thick and fea- 

 thered, glabrous on both surfaces. Cymes or 

 corymbs pedunculate. Berries small, 

 and nearly globose, of a dark blue 

 colour, and crowned by the calyx. 

 (Don's Mill.) A large shrub. New 

 York to Carolina, in mountain 

 woods ; and also in Mexico. Height 

 4ft. to 6ft. Introduced in 1763. 

 951. v. denutum. Flowers white ; June and July. 

 Fruit small, nearly globose, dark 

 blue, arid crowned by the calyx ; not very frequently ripened in England. 



Varieties. In the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, are plants named V. d. 

 pubescens, V. d. foliis variegdtis, V. acumindtum, V. hmgifolium, and V. mon- 

 tanum y which are either varieties of, or identical with, this species. 



.1* 13. V. (D.) PUBE'SCENS Pursh. The downy Viburnum. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 202. ; Dec. Prod., 2 



p. 326. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 441. 

 Synonymes. V. dentatum /3 pubescens Ait. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 168. ; 



y. dentatum semi-tomentbsum Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 179. ; V. 



tomentbsum Rafin. Med. Rep. 2. p. 860. ; V. vill&sum Rnfin. in 



De$f. Journ. \. p. 228. ; V. Rafinesqu& Schultes Syst. 6. 



p. 630. 

 Engraving. Qurfi*. 953. from a specimen in the British Museum. 



jS/jer. Char., $c. Pubescent. Leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nated, on short petioles, coarsely serrate-toothed, 

 villous beneath, with the nerves feathered and pro- 

 minent. Corymbs pedunculate. (Don's Mill.) A low 

 shrub. Virginia and Carolina. Height 3ft. In- 

 troduced in 1736. Flowers white ; June and July. 

 Fruit small ovate ; smaller in every part than V. 

 dentatum. The fruit is dark blue, but sparingly 

 produced ; the leaves die off yellow and red. 953 , r . (do , 1U b&cens. 



J* 14. V. NI'TIDUM Ait. The shining-leaved Viburnum. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., I. p. 371. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 202. ; Dec. 



Prod., 4. p. 326. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 440. ^ 



Engraving Our fig. 954. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 



Spec. Char., $c. Quite glabrous. Leaves linear-lanceolate, shining 

 above, obsoletely serrated or entire. Branches tetragonal. (Doris 

 Mitt.) A low shrub, with small leaves. Carolina and Georgia, 

 in sandy barren woods. Height 2ft. to 4ft. Introduced in 

 1758. Flowers white ; May and June. Fruit; ?. H. S. 



Judging from the plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden, this is 

 a very distinct species, and its smooth shining yellowish green leaves 

 render it more ornamental than most of the others of this section. 



iii. O'pulus Tourn. 



Identification. Tourn. Inst., t. 376. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 328. ; Moench Meth., p. 605. 



Sect. Char. Outer flowers of the corymbs radiant and sterile, much larger 



than the rest, which are fertile. Seed obcordate. (Don's Mill.) Leaves 



mostly 3-lobed, and deciduous. 



a 15. V. (TpULUS L. The Guelder Rose. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 384. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 328. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 442. 



Synonymes. V. lobStum Lam. Fl. Fr. 3. p. 363. ; O'pulus glandul&sus Moench Meth. p. 505. ; O'pu- 

 lus Raii Syn. 460.; Sambucus aqu&tica Bauh. Pin. 456. ; Marsh Elder, Rose Elder Water Elder; 



