Viburnum] 



LX. CAPRIFOLIACE.E 



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11. V. atrocyaneum, < '. B. ('lark'-. Mishmi bills. Hani pur 6-8,000 ft. An evergreen 

 shrub. I. shining, almost entire, blade 3-4, pet. 1-1 in. lung. Fl. in small terminal 

 compound umbels, drupe dry, hard, blue, seed concave, albumen ruminate, red resinous 

 glands as in Y.eordifolium. Nearly allied to V. Tinas, L., of the Mediterranean region. 



12. V. erubescens, Wall. PL As. Rar. t. 134.— Syn. I". Wightianwm, 

 Wall. ; Wight Ic. t. 1024. 



A small deciduous tree. 

 Youngest shoots, inflores- 

 cence and 1. on the nerves 

 beneath slightly pubescent. 

 L. ovate or elliptic, upper 

 part serrate, blade 2-4, pet. 

 J— 1 in. long. Fl. white 

 or pale rose-coloured, in a 

 pedunculate.drooping thyrsus 

 at the ends of short branch- 

 lets, the last ramifications 

 having usually 3-fld. cymes. 

 bracts linear. Calyx-teeth 

 ovate, corolla tubular \-\ in. 

 long. Drupe red, j in. long. 

 Seed deeply grooved. 



Himalaya from Kumaon east- 

 wards, in Sikkim common in 

 second growth at 6-10,000 ft. 

 Nilgiris. Fl.March-May. I ey- 

 lon. China 13. V. Simonsii, Hook, 

 f. & Tb. Khasi hil's. A shrub or small tree, 



asm erubesceng, Wall. Fl.. Fr. A. 



Viburnum nervosum, I ton 



coriaceous, elliptic, glabrous, blade 

 3-4J, pet. |-| in. long, sec n. 

 oblique, 6-8 pair. Fl. white 

 in an erect terminal i byrsus, 

 corolla short, campanulate. 

 Drupe | in. long, dull red. 



b) Fl. appearing before 



the 1. in compact terminal 

 corymbs, seed deeply con- 

 cave, endocarp T-shaped. 



14. V. nervosum, Don. 

 Veru. Gi~i< L li. llaz. : Kcdin, 

 Bash, : 'I'ilni, Tiriini. J 

 sar. 



A shrub or small tree, 



young shoots and in' 



cence softly tomentose, 1. 



membranous, ellipl ic, Berrate, 



hairy on nerves beneath, 



3 i. pet. | i in. long, 



ii. 8 i" pair, closelj 



parallel. Fl. whit ■ r086- 



c iloured, fragrant, in termi- 

 nal sh"i-t dens,' 

 corj nibs, corolla | in. 

 Funnel shaped « it h a 8pread- 

 ing limb. Drupe 

 long, edible. 



Himalaya, Kulu to sikkim, 

 7 12,000 it. Fl. Maj July. 



