CHAP. IAIN 



FIBU'RNUM. 



1037 



Sjiec. Char., $r. Leaves roundish-cor- 

 date, abruptly acuminated, unequally 

 serrated; serraturesawnless. Branches, 

 petioles, and nerves of leaves clothed 

 with powdery tomentum. Corymbs 

 terminal, almost sessile. Fruit ovate. 

 (Dons Mill,, iii. p. 441.) The outer 

 flowers of the corymbs are abortive 

 and radiant ; a circumstance, as Sir W. 

 J. Hooker observes, noticed by few 

 botanists. The berries are at first red, 

 but at length become black. In North America, it is known by the name 

 of hobble bush. It is very like V. Lantana, but is of more humble growth, 

 and the leaves are larger, and tomeritose. A shrub, a native of North 

 America, from Canada to Carolina, principally in the forests called Beech 

 Woods, about Quebec and Lake Huron ; and flowering in June and July. 

 In general appearance, it so closely resembles V. Lantana, as to leave little 

 doubt in our minds of its being only a variety of it. There are plants in 

 the Horticultural Society's Garden, and in Messrs. Loddiges's arboretum. 

 * 10. V. (L.) DAHU'RICUM Pall. The Dahurian Viburnum. 



Identification. Pall- FL Ross., p. 52. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 328. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 442. : Lodd. Cat., 



ed.1836, 

 Synonymes. Lonfcera mongolica Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. t. 38. f. t. 58. f. F. G., Gmel. Sib., 3. t. 25. ; 



C6rnus dadrica Laxm. 

 Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 38., and 1 58. f. F. G. ; Gmel. Sib., 3. t. 25. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate, somewhat cordate at the base, crenately ser- 

 rated, beset with stellate down, as well as the branchlets. Corymbs dicho- 

 tomous, few-flowered. Corollas tubular, somewhat funnel-shaped, bluntly 

 5-toothed. Berry 5-seeded (ex Pall., ed. 1.) ; 1-seeded, at first red, but at 

 length becoming black and sweet (ex Pall., ed. 2.). Allied to V. Lantana. 

 Flowers yellowish white. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 443.) A shrub, growing to 

 the height of from 6 ft. to 8 ft. ; a native of Dahuria, and introduced in 

 1785. There are plants in the Horticultural Society's Garden, and in the 

 arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. 



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



Identification. D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep., 1. p. 141. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 327. ; Don's MilL, 3. p. 441. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., 1. 1650. ; and our fig. 787. from the plant in the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, and fig. 788. from the Bot. Reg. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves roundish oval, quite entire, clothed with stellate 

 tomentum on both surfaces, grey beneath, as well as the branches. Corymbs 

 terminal, woolly. Flowers white. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 441.) A shrub, 



a native of Nepal, at 

 Sirinagur, which is 

 common in the Hima- 

 layas, at the height of 

 from 5000 ft. to 7000 

 ft., 30 N. lat. Intro- 

 duced into British gar- \ 

 dens in 1832, or be- 

 fore; and flowering in 

 the Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Garden in April 

 and May. In general 

 appearance it closely 

 resembles F.Lantana; 

 but the flowers are 

 much larger, and more 



tinted with pink ; and neither flat nor bell-shaped, but of a distinct obconical 

 figure. (Sot. Reg., 1. 1650.) Notwithstanding these points of difference, 

 we still think it only a variety of V. Lantana. 



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