CHAP. LXIJI. 



CAPRIFOLIA 



7'IBU RNUM. 



1039 



B. Half -hardy Specie's of Viburnum belonging to the Section Vthurnum. 



791 



V. odoratissimum Ker, J'. .sim'-nse Zei/fi., Co 

 sperma Hook, et Arn. (Hot. Keg., t.4">6. ; and our/ A r - 



.re evergreen, glabrous, and coriaceous ; and the flowers 

 white, with the scent of those of O'lea fragrans. The berries 

 are red when they begin to ripen, but at length they become 

 blackish and sinning; they are 1-seeded, and crowned by the 

 lobes of the calyx which are erect It is a native of China, 

 whence it was introduced in 1818, and flowers in February. 

 It thrives against a wall, where the soil is dry, and sufficient 

 protection is given during winter. Plants have stood out in 

 Colvill's Nursery, King's Road, at Kew, at Syon, and in the 

 1 lorticultural Society's Garden, for several years ; and, though 

 their branches are frequently injured by the frost, they never 

 (ail to spring up vigorously with the return of summer. 



V. viUdsum Swartz., Don's Mill., iii. p. 441., has the leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, quite entire. It is a shrub, growing to the 

 height of 5ft. or 6 ft., a native of the south of Jamaica, on the 

 mountains; and introduced in 1824. This species agrees with 

 y. jTinus in the leaves being entire, and in the tomentur 

 with /'. Lantana. 



V. nionogynum Blum., Don's Mill, iii. p. 442., has the leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, attenuated at both ends, glandularly denti- 

 culated above the base, paler beneath. Corymbs divaricate, 

 terminal, downy. Flowers monogynous. A shrub, a native 

 of Java, in woods on the mountains, said to be nearly allied to 

 y, erosum. 



iii. O'pulus Tourn. 



Identification. Tourn. Inst., t. 376. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 328. ; Moench Mcth., p. 005. 



Sect. Char. Outer flowers of the corymbs radiant and sterile, much larger 



than the rest, which are fertile. Seed obcordate. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 442.) 



Leaves mostly 3-lobed, and deciduous. 



at 15. V. O'PULUS L. The Guelder Rose. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 384. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 328. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 442. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



St/nonymes. V. lobatum Lam. Fl. Fr., 3. p. 363. ; O'pulus glandulbsus Mocnch Mcth., p. 505. ; O'pu- 

 lus Batt Syn., 460., Du Ham. Arb., 2. t. 16.; Sambucus aqufttica Pauh. Pin., 456., Trag. Hist 

 1002., Math. Valgr., 2. p. 607. ; Marsh Elder, Rose Elder, Water Elder; Viorne-Obier, 1'Obier 

 d'Europe, Fr. ; Schwalkenbeer Strauch, Wasserh older, Schneeball, Ger. 



Derivation. Altered from Populus, the poplar, from some supposed resemblance between the 

 leaves of the plants, and those of the poplar. 



Engravings. Engl. Bot., t 332. ; Hayn. Term., t. 32. f. 4. ; Du Ham. Arb., 2. t. 16. ; N. Du Ham., 

 2. t. 39. ; and OUT fig. 792, 



792 



Spec. Char., $c. Quite glabrous in every 

 part. Leaves broad, 3-lobed, acuminated, 

 unequally serrated, veiny. Petioles beset 

 with glands towards the top, and several 

 oblong leafy appendages lower down. 

 Cymes pedunculate, white, with linear 

 bracteas; with several of the marginal 

 flowers dilated, flat, radiant, and without 

 stamens or pistils. Berries elliptical, 

 bright red, very juicy, but bitter and nau- 

 seous. Seed compressed. Branches 

 smooth, green. Leaves bright green in 

 summer, but in autumn assuming a 

 beautiful pink or crimson hue, like other 

 European species of genera that are 

 principally American; such as Cornus, 

 jKhus, Quercus, &c. ; and of which the 

 American species have the same quality. 

 Flowers white. Berry crowned by the limb of the calyx. (Don's M///.,iii. 

 p. 442.) A shrub, or low tree, growing to the height of from 6 ft. to 12 ft., 

 in a wild state, and higher in gardens. It is found throughout Europe, and 



Sart of Asia, in moist hedges and swampy thickets; flowering in Muv and 

 une. It is frequent in Britain, and also in Sweden, as far north as lat. <>1. 

 Varieties. 



A V. (). 2 s/m/w Dec. Prod., iv. p. 328., Don's Mill., iii. p. 442.; V. O. 



3 z 



