1038 ARBORETUM AND FRUT1CETUM. PART III. 



A 12. V. DENTA^TUM Lin. The toothed-leaved Viburnum. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 384. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 326. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 441. ; Lodd Cat ed 1836 

 Synonymes. V. dent&tum lucidum Ait. Hurt. Kcw., 1. p. 372. ; V. dentatum glabellum Mic/i.r Fl 



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

 Engravings. Jacq. Hort. Vind., 1. t. 36. ; Wats. DencL Brit., t. 35. ; and our figs. 789. and 790. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Partly glabrous. Leaves ovate, 

 and nearly orbicular, plicate, coarsely and dentately 

 serrated, with the nerves thick and feathered, gla- 



brous on both surfaces. Cymes 



or corymbs pedunculate. Berries 



small, and nearly globose, of a 



dark blue colour, and crowned by 



the calyx. In North America, the 



tree is known by the name of 



arrow-wood. {Doris Mill., iii. p. 



441.) A shrub, a native of North 

 America, found from New York to Carolina, in mountain woods ; and also 

 in Mexico, where it attains the height of 4 ft. or 6 ft., and flowers in June 

 and July. It was introduced in 1763; and, though it flowers in British 

 gardens, it does not very frequently ripen fruit there. 



Varieties. In the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, are plants named V. d. 

 pubescens, V. d. foliis variegdtis, V. acumindtum, V. longifblium, and V. 

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



* 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. V. dentatum /3 pubescens Ait. Hort. Kciv., 1. p. 168. ; V. dentatum semi-tomentbsuin 



Mich. Fl. Bar. Amer., 1. p. 179. ; V. tomentbsum llafin. Med. Rep., 2. p. 860. ; V. vil!6sum Rafin. in 



Dcsf. Journ., 1. p. 228.; V. Rafinesquidnum Schultes Syst.,6. p. 630. 



Spec. Char., $c. Pubescent. Leaves ovate, acuminated, on short petioles, 

 coarsely serrate-toothed, villous beneath, with the nerves feathered and 

 prominent. Corymbs pedunculate. Fruit small, ovate. Flowers white. 

 This shrub is smaller in every part than V. dentatum. (Z)ow'i- Mill., iii. 

 p. 441.) A shrub, 3 ft. high ; a native of Virginia and Carolina. Introduced 

 in 1736, and flowering in June and July. 



& 14. V. (D.) M'TIDUM Ait. The shming-leaved Viburnum. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 371. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 202. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 326. ; 

 Don's Mill., 3. p. 440. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Quite glabrous. Leaves linear-lanceolate, shining above, 

 obsoletely serrated or entire. Branches tetragonal. A low shrub, with 

 small leaves. Flowers white. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 440.) It is a native of 

 Carolina and Georgia, in sandy barren woods ; where it forms a shrub, 

 growing from 2ft. to 4ft. high; flowering in May and June. Introduced 

 in 1758. 



A. Hardy Species of Viburnum belonging to the Section Viburnum, not yet 



introduced. 

 V. punctatum Hamilt. in D. Don. Prod. FL Nep., p. 142., is a native of Nepal, with oval-oblong 



V. acumin&tum Wall. (Dec. Prod, 4. p. 325.) is a native of the Neellgherry Mountains, with elliptic 

 leaves, closely resembling those of the preceding species. 



\.elllpticum Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 280., is a native of North America, on the banks of the 

 Columbia, growing to the height of 4 ft., with elliptic leaves, about 2 inches long. 



V nervbsum D. D<;n Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 141., is a native of Nepal, closely resembling V. Lan&na. 



V. cordifdlium Wall. (Dec. Prod., 4. p. 327.) is a native of Nepal, with heart-shaped acuminated 

 leaves, 4 in. long, and 2 in. broad. 



V. Mullaha Ham. in D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 141., is a native of Nepal, with ovate-acuminated 



V. stellatum Wall. (Dec. Prorf.,4.p.327.) is a native of Nepal, with ovate-cordate leaves, and scarlet 

 berries. It grows to the height of 20 ft. 



V. involucratum Wall. (Dec. Prod., 4. p. 327.) has ovate-acuminated leaves, and is also a native of 

 Nepal, where it grows to the height of from 4 ft. to 6 ft. 



V. erdsum Thunb. Fl. Jap., p. 124., has broad ovatu-acuminated leaves ; and, in Japan, is a shrub 

 from 4 ft. to 6 ft. high. 



