XL. CAPRIFOLIA CE^ : VlBV RNUM. 



521 



948. V. (Ddahuritum. 



II 



(^Don's x\fi//er.) The outer flowers of the corymbs are abortive and 

 radiant; a drcumstance, as Sir W. J. Hooker observes, noticed by few 

 botanists. A shrub or low tree, very like V, Lantana, but of more humble 

 growth, and the leaves are larger, and tomentose. Canada to Carolina, 

 principally in the forests called Beech Woods, about Quebec and Lake 

 Huron. Height 5 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers white ; June 

 and July. Fruit first red, afterwards black. Hort. Soc. Garden. 



Sis 10. V. (L.) DAHU^RicuM Pall. The Dahurian Viburnum. 



Ident'Jicaiion. Pall. Fl. Ros., p. 52. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 328. ; 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 442. 

 Synonymes. Lonicern mong61ica Pall. Fl. Eos. 1. t. 38. f. 



t. 58. f. F. G. ; C6rnus d'aiirica Laim. 

 Engrnvings. Pall. Fl. Ros., t. 38., and t. 58. f. F. G. ; 



Gmel. Sib., 3. t. 25. ; and om^g. 948. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Leaves ovate, somewhat 

 cordate at the base, crenately serrated, 

 ^eset with stellate down, as w'ell as the 

 branchlets. Corymbs dichotomous, few- 

 flowered. Corollas tubular, somewhat fun- 

 nel-shaped, bluntly 5-toothed. Berry 5- 

 seeded. {Don's Mill.') A shrub resembling 

 V. Lantana. Dahuria. Height 6 ft. to 8 ft. 

 Introduced in 1785. Flowers yellowish 

 white ; June and July. Fruit at first red, 

 but afterwards black and sweet ; ripe in 

 September. Horticultural Society's Garden. 



A tolerably distinct variety ; but, in our 

 i opinion, by no means entitled to be con- 

 j sidered a species. 



j 'Jis 11. V. (?L.) COTINIFO^LIUM D. Don. The Cotinus-leaved Viburnum. 



j Identification. T). Don Prod. Fl. Kep., 1. p. 141. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 32T. ; Don's Mill , 3. p. 441. 



, Synonyme. V. Mulldtia Ham. in D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep. 1. p. 141. 



j Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. \r.m.\ and our ^g. 949. from the plant in the Hortitaltural Society's 

 I Garden, and^. 950. from the Bot. Reg. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves 

 roundish oval, quite 

 entire, clothed with 

 stellate tomentum on 

 both surfaces, grey 

 beneath, as well as 

 the branches. Co- 

 rymbs terminal, wool- 

 ly. Flowers white. 

 (Don's Miller.) A m^n 

 shrub. Himalayas, at |^2 

 the height of from 

 .5000 ft. to 7000 ft., 

 30" N. lat. Height 

 6 ft. to 8 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1832, or be- 

 fore. Flowers white, 



I tinted with pink ; April and May. 



In general appearance it closely resembles V. Lantana ; but the flowers are 



: much larger, and more tinted with pink ; and neither flat nor bell-shaped, but 



i of a distinct obconical figure. 



a^ 12. V. dentaVum Lin. The iootheA-leaved Viburnum. 



i Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 381. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 326. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 441. 



' Synonymes. V. dentilum lucidum Ait. Hurt. Ke'i\ 1. p. 372. ; /'. dentatum glabellura Micfix Fl. 

 Bar. Anicr. 1. p. 179. ; Arrow-wood ; Viorne dentee, Fr. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Hort. Vind., 1. t. 36. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 35. ; and owrfigs. 951. and 952. 



V;(', .it.i r.vl 



949. r. (?I.)rotii.if6lium. 



950. K. {?l.|cotuiilblium 



