1=2 "MAiNI. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9OI. 



V. erythrinum, Hook. 

 Hooker, Bot. Mag. t.4688.. 1852. 



An erect, glabrous, evergreen shrub with bright red twigs; 

 leaves ovate, obtuse, coriaceous, entire; flowers in long, one- 

 sided, terminal racemes ; corolla cylindraceous, 5~toothed,^2 inch 

 long, purple, reddish. ( Figured: Bot. Mag. t.4688; Lemaire, 

 Jard. FL 4: 364; Jour, of Hort. 34: 39. j — Mountainous regions, 

 Java. 



Sent to Kngland in 1852 and since grown b} 7 various nursery- 

 men as a greenhouse pot-plant. It is a strong plant, furnishing 

 an abundance of bloom in December and January. Not remark- 

 able, but worthy- a place in collections. A very distinct type, 

 the only other representative of which, so far as observed, is 

 V. Rollisoni, Hook, (Bot. Mag. t-4612). 



V. ova/turn, Parsh. 



Pur;h. K. Am. Sec:.. : : 290. 18:4. 



(Synonyms: V. lanceolatum Dunal in D . C . Prod. 7 : 570 ; 

 Meiagonia (Pyxothamniis) ovata, Nutt, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 

 ser. 2, 8 : 262. ) 



An erect, rigid, evergreen shrub, 3-8 feet high, with pubescent 

 branchlets ; leaves very numerous, thick, shining, ovate or oblong, 

 acute, serrate; flowers numerous, in short axillary clusters, fol- 

 lowed by dark purple fruit of agreeable flavor. (Figured: Bot. 

 Reg. t.1354; Lemaire, Jard. FL 4: 424. ) — Vancouver's Island to 

 Monterey, California. 



A distinctly western species, and one of California's most 

 beautiful hedge plants, but not well known. V. overturn is very 

 tenacious of life and bears pruning well; propagated from 

 suckers, cuttings, and seeds which it bears freely. Most abund- 

 ant on the northern mountain slopes of the coast range ; but also 

 found growing luxuriantly on southern slopes exposed to bright 

 sunlight. (T. H. Douglas, Card. & For. 6:116, 1893). 



V. arbor eum., Marshall, < Farkleberry, iSparkleberry) 

 Marshall, Arbust. Am. 157, 1785. 



(Synonyms: V. diitusum, Ait. Bot. Hag. t.1607, Batodendron 

 arboreum Nutt., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. ser. 2. 8 : 261 and Sylva, 

 3 = 43) 



