4 Lxxiv. capripolucejB. (0. B. Clarke.) [Yihiimmn^ 



Khasia Mts., alt. 6-6000 ft. ; Moleem, Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 3402); Kala- 

 Pani, H. f. ^ T.:. Moflong, 0. B. C. 



Leaves 2| by 1^ in., acute, dentate, parallel-nerved. Corynibs often on short 

 lateral branches. Flowers not seen. Drupe J by J in., compressed, OTate-oblong, 

 bright red; seed dorsally convex shallowly 2-grooTed, ventrally concave and 2- 

 grooved close to the medial line. 



3. V. stellulatum, Wall. PI. As. Rar. ii. 64, t. 169 ; Cat. 463 ; leaves 

 shortly petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate toothed stellately pubescent 

 rarely glabrate beneath, corolla small rotate. DC. JProdr. iv. 327 ; II. f. ^ T. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 174; Brandis For. Fl. 258. V. Mullaha, Ham.; Don 

 Prodr. 141 ; DC. I. c. 



Temperate Himai^aya, alt. 6000-11,000 ft.; from Kashmib to Sikkim, 

 common. 



A large shrub ; branches puberulous. Leaves 3 by 1 J in., base obtuse or cuneate^ 

 parallel- veined ; petiole J in. Corymbs terminal, in fruit divaricate, 3-5 in. diam., 

 .subglobose ; bracts | in., linear, membranous, caducous. Ccdyx-tube stellately hairy j 

 lobes minute, ovate. Corolla-lobes i in., round, pubescent in bud. Style short, 

 stigma capitate. 2>j7«p« i by Jin., compressed, broadly oblong, yellow-red; seed 2- 

 grooved on both faces, hardly concave ventrally. 



Vae. I. involucrata. Wall. Cat. 458 (sp.) ; branchlets and leaves rufous -villous, 

 corymbs densely villous, bracts lanceolate herbaceous persistent. — Nipal, Wallich ^ 

 Kumaon, Edgeworth, — V. forma monstrosa, H.f. ^ T. I. c. 175. 



Vab. 2. glahrescens ; corymbs with a few scattered hairs, leaves glabrescent except 

 on the nerves beneath, Ijracts caducous ? — V. involucratum, H.f. ^ T. I. c. 



4. V. G-riffitliiailum, C. B. Clarke.; leaves short-petioled elliptic or 

 subobovate acute toothed villous beneath, corymbs densely viUotis umbellately 

 4-7-rayed, calyx-tube glabrous, corolla very small rotate. V. foetidum, var> 

 Griffithianum, Kwx in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 121. V. foetidum, var. 

 grandifolium, Kurz Fm: Fl. ii. 2. "Viburnum sp., Oriff. Notul. iv. 259 ; Ic. PI 

 Asiat. t. 480, Jiff. 1. 



East Assam ; banks of the Kamyoon in the Naga country, GriMth { Kew Distrib 

 3403). 



Sranchlets stout, fuscous villous. Leaves 4J by 2 in., often unequal-sided, base 

 obtusely cuneate, nerves parallel, the lowest not unitins nor quite reaching the base of 

 the leaf ; petiole ^ in. Corymbs terminal, peduncled, 1-3 in. diam., dense even in 

 young fruit ; bracts 0, or few, lanceolate, ^ in. Calyx-tube glabrous, viscid and 



black in the young fruit; teeth broad-oblong. Coro«o-lobes Jg in,, round. More 



nearly allied to V. stellulatum than to V.feetidum. 



5. y. foetidum, Wall. PI. As. Rar. i. 49, t. 61 ; Cat. 466 ; leaves oblong- 

 rhomboid 3-nerved at the base remotely toothed nerves beneath stellately pubes- 

 cent, corymbs subumbellate stellate-pubescent, calyx-tube glabrous. DC. Prodr ^ 

 iv. 326 ; H.f.Sf T. in. Journ. Linn. <Soe.yi. 175 ;' Kurz For. Fl. ii. 2. 



Khasia Mts. and Assam, alt. 3000-5000 ft., common. — Distrib. North Birma 

 An erect shrub, 6-10 ft. ; branchlets stellate-hairy. Leaves 2i by ]i in., scarcely 

 acuminate, base cuneate or rounded, axils of the primary nerves with tufts' of hair 

 secondary transverse conspicuous beneath ; petiole A in. Corymbs terminal, 2-4 in' 

 diam., 4-8-rayed, peduncled ; bracts and bracteoles from linear-oblong to spathulate^ 

 Oblong, hairy. Calyx-teeth minute, triangular. Coral la-hbea i in. diam round 

 white. i)n(j)« i by i in., compressed, subacute, red &cd dorsally 2-grooved ven- 

 trally 3-grooved and hardly concave.— Specimens of this in Herb. Griffith arp ticketed 

 as from Darjeeling, whither he sent a collector; but the collections from thence wera 

 so mixed with others that no confidence is to be placed in their habitats 



Var. premnacea, Wall. Cat. 461 (sp.) ; bracts at the base of the umbel large leaf- 



