Caprifoluceae 



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sterile flowers on margin, the bracts and bracteoles small, 

 deciduous; stamens about 1.5 times as long as the corolla-lobes, 

 the anthers pale yellow, fruit broadly ellipsoidal, 5-6 mm. 



long, becoming red, then black at maturity. May-June. 



Thickets in mountains; Honshu (Kanto Distr. and westw.), 



Shikoku, Kyushu. Formosa and China. 



Var. glabrum (Koidz.) Hara. V. tomentosum var. gla- 



briim Koidz. e.\ Nakai; V. amplissimum Satake Ke-nashi- 



YABO-DEMARi. Plant larger, less pubescent, soon almost 



glabrous; leaves to 15 cm. long. Honshu (Japan Sea side 



of centr. and n. distr.). 



4. Viburnum sieboldii Miq. Goma-ki. Large de- 

 ciduous foetid-smelling shrub with gray-brown branches, the 

 branchlets, under side of leaves especially on nerves, and in- 

 florescence with fascicled white hairs while young; leaves ob- 

 ovate-oblong, oblong or obovate, 8-15 cm. long, inclusive of 

 petioles, 15-25 mm. long, 4-8 cm. wide, abruptly acute to 

 rounded, cuneate or acute at base, toothed toward the tip, pale 

 green beneath, with 9-12 pairs of parallel lateral nerves, the 

 petioles 15-25 mm. long; inflorescence a panicle, 7-15 cm. 

 across, on short 2- or 4-leaved branchlets; stamens shorter than 



the corolla-lobes; fruit ellipsoidal, about 1 cm. long, red. 



Apr .-May. Thickets in lowlands and low mountains; Hon- 

 shu, Shikoku, Kyushu. 



Var. obovatifoUum (Yanagita) Sugimoto. V. obovati- 



folitim Yanigita Maruba-goma-ki. Leaves obovate to 



broadly so, to 25 cm. long. Japan Sea side of Honshu. 



5. Viburnum japonicum (Thunb.) Spreng. Cornus 



japonica Thunb.; V. biiergeri Miq.; V. macrophylltim Bl. 



Hakusan-boku. Large evergreen foetid-smelling shrub or 

 small tree; branches dark purple-brown, glabrous, often gland- 

 ular-dotted while young, as well as the inflorescence; leaves 

 subcoriaceous, glabrous, lustrous, broadly ovate, broadly obo- 

 vate, or ovate-orbicular, 7-20 cm. long, 5-17 cm. wide, ab- 

 ruptly acute, broadly cuneate or rounded at base, undulate- 

 toothed toward the tip, minutely glandular-dotted beneath, 

 with 5-8 pairs of parallel lateral nerves, the petioles 1.5-5 cm. 

 long; inflorescence on short 2-leaved branchlets, short-pedun- 

 cled, glabrous, 8-15 cm. across; stamens slightly shorter than 



the corolla-lobes; fruit ovoid, 6-8 mm. long, red. Mar.-Apr. 



Honshu, Kyushu. Formosa and Ryukyus. 



Var. fruticosum Nakai. Ko-hakusan-boku. Smaller 



ascending shrub less than 2 m. high. Honshu (Izu Penin- 

 sula and Izu Isls.). 



6. Viburnum brachyandrum Nakai. V. dilatatum var. 

 brachyandrum (Nakai) Makino Shima-gamazumi. De- 

 ciduous shrub; branches dark purple-brown, long-pubescent 

 and stellate-pilose while young; leaves broadly obovate, ob- 

 ovate-orbicular, or rhombic-orbicular, 8-13 cm. long, abruptly 

 acute, rounded to cuneate at base, deltoid-toothed, the petioles 

 1-1.5 cm. long, villous; inflorescence relatively large, short- 

 peduncled, terminal on short 2-leaved branchlets, long-pubes- 

 cent and stellate-pilose while young; stamens shorter than the 

 corolla-lobes. Apr. Honshu (Izu Isl.). 



7. Viburnum dilatatum Thunb. V. lantana var. japon- 

 icum Fr. & Sav. Gamazumi. Coarsely pilose deciduous 



shrub; young branches and inflorescence more or less scabrous; 

 leaves obovate to broadly so, broadly ovate or obovate -orbicu- 

 lar, 3-12 cm. long, 2-8 cm. wide, abruptly acute, rounded to ob- 

 tuse or sometimes cuneate at base, short mucronate-toothcd, 

 pale green and glandular-dotted beneath, coarsely pilose on both 

 sides, the petioles (5-) 10-15 mm. long; inflorescence 4-10 cm. 



across, pcduncled, on short 2-leaved branchlets; stamens longer 



than the corolla-lobes; fruit ovoid, about 5 mm. long, red. 



May-June. Thickets in hills and low elevations in the moun- 

 tains; common and extremely variable. Forma xantho- 



carpum Rehd. Kimino-gamazumi. Yellow-fruited. 



Viburnum hizenense Hatus. V. dilatatum subsp. hizen- 

 ense Hatus.; V. dilatatum var. hizenense (Hatus.) Ohwi. Al- 

 leged hybrid of V. dilatatum and V. japonicum. Plants nearly 

 glabrous except the nerves of leaves beneath, the young branch- 

 lets sometimes short-pilose. Kyushu (n. distr.). 



8. Viburnum wrightii Miq. Miyama-gamazumi. De- 

 ciduous shrub with purple-brown branches, these glabrous 

 when young; inflorescence with scattered long-appressed hairs 

 while young; leaves ovate-orbicular, broadly obovate, or 

 broadly ovate, 7-12 cm. long, 4-9 cm. wide, abrupdy acumi- 

 nate, rounded to broadly cuneate at base, mucronate-toothed, 

 usually glabrous above, usually minutely glandular-spotted and 

 appressed-pubescent on nerves beneath, the petioles 1-1.5 cm. 

 long, purplish red, long appressed-pubescent; inflorescence on 

 short 2-leaved branchlets, glabrous or long-pubescent, some- 

 times with minute glandular dots; fruit ovoid, red, 6-7 mm. 



long. May-June. Mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, 



Kyushu. Sakhalin, Korea, and China. 



9. Viburnum erosum Thunb. V. erosum var. punctata 

 Fr. & Sav.; V. erosum var. laevis Fr. & Sav.; V. erosum var. 



jurcipila Fr. & Sav.; (?) V. shiko\ianum Koidz. Koba-no- 



gamazumi. Deciduous shrub with gray or purplish branches; 

 young branches, leaves, and inflorescence with stellate and 

 short coarse hairs; stipules subulate, minute; leaves narrowly 

 ovate, elliptic, oblong or obovate, 3-10 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide, 

 acute, obtusely rounded or cuneate at base, toothed, the peti- 

 oles pilose, 2-5 mm. long; inflorescence 4-8 cm. across, short- 

 peduncled, on short 2-leaved branchlets; fruit red, broadly 



ovoid, 6-7 mm. long. May. Sunny hills and low elevations 



in the mountains; Honshu (Kanto Distr. and westw.), Shi- 

 koku, Kyushu; very common and variable. Forma xantho- 



carpum (Sugimoto) Hara. V. erosum var. xanthocarpum 



Sugimoto Kimi-no-koba-no-gamazumi. Yellow-Fruited. 



Korea and China. 



Var. taquetii (Lev.) Rehd. V. taquetii Lev. Saikoku- 



camazumi. Leaves irregularly incised. Honshu (w. 



distr.), Shikoku, Kyushu. 



10. Viburnum phlebotrichum Sieb. & Zucc. Otoko- 

 YozoME. Slender deciduous shrub with gray-brown branches; 

 young branchlets, upper surface of leaves, and inflorescence 

 glabrous or thinly long-pubescent; leaves nearly membranous, 

 ovate, elliptic, or rhombic-ovate, 4-8 cm. long, 2.5-4 cm. wide, 

 acute or acuminate, obtuse to subacute at base, coarsely mucro- 

 nate-toothed, with appressed silky-pubescence on nen'cs, the 

 petioles 3-7 mm. long, usually glabrous; inflorescence 1-6 cm. 

 across, rather small, few-flowered, nodding or nearly pendulous 

 on 2-leaved short branchlets; flowers white, often pinkish; 

 stamens shorter tlian the corolla-lobes, suberect; fruit broadly 

 ovoid, 7-8 mm. long, red. May. Mountains; Honshu, Shi- 

 koku, Kyushu. 



11. Viburnum awabuki K. Koch. V. odoratissimum 

 scnsu auct. Japon., non Kcr-Gawl.; V. odoratissimum var. awa- 



bul^i (K. Koch) K. Koch ex Ruempler Sanco-ju. Large 



evergreen nearly glabrous shrub or small tree; branches rather 

 stout, gray-brown; leaves coriaceous, narrowly oblong, 8-20 

 cm. long, 4-8 cm. wide, obtuse or acute at both ends, undu- 

 lately short-toothed on upper half or nearly entire, lustrous 



