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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



951. V. demktum. 



952. V. dentatum. 



Spec. 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 daik blue 



colour, and crowned by the calyx. 



(Don's Mi//.) A large shrub. New 



York to Carolina, in mountain 



woods; and also in Mexico. Height 



4 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 1763. 



Flowers white ; June and July. 



Fruit small, nearly globose, dark 

 blue, and 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. fo/iis variegdtis, V. acuminatum, V. /ongifo/ium, and V. mon- 

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



j 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. ^. dentatura /3 pubescens Ait. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 168. ; 



y. dantatum senii-toment6sum Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 179. ; V. 



toraentbsum Kafin. Med. Rep. 2. p. 860. ; F. vill6sum Rafin. in 



Deif. Journ. 1. p. 228. ; /'. RatinesqU2(iwMj Schultes Sjst. 6. 



p. 630. 

 Engraving. Our fii;. 9-53. from a specimen in the British Museum. 



Sjyec. aitar., S^c. Pubescent. Leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nated, on short petioles, coarsely senate-toothed, 

 villous beneath, with the nerves feathered a;ul pro- 

 minent. Corymbs pedunculate. (jDomV ilf///.) Alow 

 shrub. Virginia and Carolina. Height 3 ft. 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. (d.) pubfacens. 



jj, 14. V. ni'tidum Ait. The shining-/et'erf Viburnum. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., \. 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. 



Sjjec. Cfiar., Sfc. Quite glabrous. Leaves linear-lanceolate, shining 

 above, obsoletely serrated or entire. Branches tetragonal. (Don's 

 Mi/I.') A low shrub, with small leaves. Carolina and Georgia, 

 in sandy barren woods. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. 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. 0'p?dus Tourn. 



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



Outer flowers of the corymbs radiant and sterile, much larger 



Identification 



Sect. Cliar. 



than the rest, which are fertile, 

 mostly 3-lobed, and deciduous 



Seed obcordate. (Don's Mi//.) Leaves 







15. V. O'puLUS L. The Guelder Rose. 



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



Symnnjmes. V. lobatum La7n. Fl. Fr. 3. p. 3r;3. ; O'pulus glandul6sus Mcench Meth. p. 505. ; O'pu- 

 lus Bait Syn. 460.; A'ambQcus aqu&tica Bauh. Pin. 456. ; Marsh Elder, PiOse Elder "'^'ater Elder; 



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