518 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



of leaves hooked a little, and somewhat cartilagi- 

 nous. {Don's AIM.) A robust shrub or low tree. 

 New England to Carolina, among hedges and on 

 the borders of woods ; and found throughout Ca- 

 nada. Height 6 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 17G1. 

 Flowers white ; July. Fruit black ; 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. 



93S K. Lentago. 



a^ ^ 3. V. (L.) prunifo'lium L. The Plum-tree-leaved Viburnum. 



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

 Siinunyme V. Lentago T)u Roi. 



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

 vol. vi. ; and our^g-. 939. 



939. F. (L.)piunii()lium. 



Spec. Ckar.y S^c. Leaves roundish-obovate and oval, glabrous, rather mem-l 

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

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

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

 Canada, about Lake Huron. Height 8 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in I73i.j 

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



3^ 3? 4. V. (L.) PYRiFOLiuM Poir. The Pear-tree-leaved Viburnum. 



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

 t. 22. ; and omt Jigs. 940. and 941. 

 Spec, Cliar., S^c. Leaves ovate. 



Identification .- 



3. p. 440. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit. 



940. y. (L.) pyii- 

 lolium. 



Cliar,, S^c. Leaves ovate, acutish> 

 glabrous, subserrated. Petioles smooth. 

 Corymbs son)ewhat pedunculate. (Don's 

 AI/ll.) A large shrub or low tree. Penn- 

 sylvania, New Jersey, ti-c, on the banks 

 of rivers. Heii;ht 5 ft. to 8 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1812. Flowers white ; May and 

 June. Fruit ovate oblong, black ; ripe in 

 September. 



y. (L.) 



