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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



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

 high. It is very ornamental in the Paris gardens. 



^ 4. S. (r.) pu'bens Michx. The downy Elder. 



Identification. Michx. F!. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 181. ; 



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

 Sjjminymes. S. racenibsa Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. 



p. 279., but not of I^in. ; S. pubescens Lodd. Cat. 

 Engravinf^s. Our fig. 936. from a living plant in 



the Chelsea Botanic Garden. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Shrubby. Leaves pin- 

 nate. Leaflets 5, membranous, ovate- 

 lanceolate, or oblong, acuminated, 

 serrated, pubescent, but chiefly on 

 the under side. Panicle thyrsoid. 

 (Dou[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. 

 Fiov/ers whitish ; April and May 

 Berries red ; ripe in August. 



Closely resembling 5. 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 heptaphjlla. 



936. S. (r.) phbens. 



Genus II. 



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FIBU'RNUM L. The Viburnum. Lin. Si/st. Pentandria Trigynia. 



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



Synotiijmes. O'pulus, Fiburnum, and Tinus, Town. Inst. p. GU7. t. 370. and 377. ; Mbtirnum an( 

 piilus, Mcench Melh. p. .15. ; Viorne, Fr. ; Schneeball, Get: ; Viburno, Ital. 



Derivation. According to Vaillant, the word riburnum is derived from the Latin word vieo, to tip | 

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

 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 3i 

 sessile. Berry ovate or globose, 1-seeded from abortion, crowned by th'| 

 calycine teeth. (Don's Mill.) ' \ 



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

 petiolate. Floivers in terminal corymbs; usually white, but soinetinie) 

 verging to a rose colour. Decaying leaves red and ye'uow. Shrubs; native 

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

 seeds or layers, in any common soil. 



i. lihius Tourn. 



Synonymes. Lentago Dec. Prod. 4. p. 324. ; Viburnum Mcenc/i Meth. p. 50.5. 



Sect. Char., S^-c. Leaves quite entire, or toothed. Style almost wanting ; stij 



mas 3, sessile. 



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1. V. Ti^svs L. The Laurustinus. 



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



Syrwri!/ies. V. /aurifOrmo Lam. Fl. Fr. 3. p. 3G3. ; Tinus Tourn. Imt. p. 607. t. 377 ; Tlnus Mil] 

 folia Borlcti. in Roam. Arch. 1. pt. 2. p. 20. ; the Laurustine, wild Bale Tree, Gerard; \iorii 

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

 Lauro Tino, Ital. i 



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

 laiiriis hemg addi'il, by old authors, from the supposition that this shrub belonged to the sa: 

 family as the Laurus uobilis, or sweet bay. Lorbeerartiger is laurel-like. 



Engravings. N. Du Ham., 2. t. 37. ; Hot. Mag., t. 38. ; and onrfig. 937. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate-oblong, quite entire, permanent ; having tl 



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