6 IXXTV. CAPBIFOLIACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) IVihurnum. 



corymbs pubescent upwards, bracteoles or caducous, corolla-tube glabrous^ 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 329 ; H.f.^ T. in Journ. Zinn. Soc. ii. 179 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat.. 

 ii. 120 ; BrandisFor. Fl. 259 ; V. cylindricum, Ham. in Don Prodr. 142 ; DC. 

 I. c. 329. 



TEMPteKATB HiMAiATA, alt. 4-8000 ft, ; from Kumaon to Bhotan and Khasia. 

 Mts., alt. 3-5000 ft., frequent. — Distkib. North Birma ; Java. 



A large shrub, or small tree, 15-20 ft. Leaves 4-9 by 2-2^ in., base ouneate or 

 obtuse, quite entire in some Himalayan, often toothed in Javanese and Sikkim speci- 

 mens, often punctate beneath; petiole 4-1 JD., glabrous or subpilose. Corywai termi- 

 nal, peduncled or sessile, umbellate or corymbose ; bracts J in., linear, caducous ; 

 bracteoles minute, ovate. Calyx-tvhe glabrous or puberulous ; limb 0. CoroUa-itibe 

 i in,, white. Anthers oblong, exserted. Drupe J by |- in., moderately compressed,, 

 elliptic, shortly acute, black. Seed 2-grooved dorsally ; endocarp subosseous, 3-grooved 

 ventrally little concave. 



Vae. capitellata, Wight Ic. t. 1022 (sp.), leaves entire or subsinuate, corolla gla- 

 brous (pilose in Wight's Ic), drupe 5 by J^ in., much compressed. V. hebanthum, 

 Thw. 'Eimim. 136 pm-%, not of W. # A. — Deccan Mts. alt. 4-7500 ft. Ceylon on 

 Adam's Peak (C. P. n. 39). 



Var. z^lanica, Gardner ms. (sp.) ; berry j by J in. broad ovoid very little com- 

 pressed. Oersted in Vidensk. Meddel.. 1860, t. vii. fig. 24, 25. V. hebanthum, 

 Thw. Enum. 136 partly. V. coriaceum, var. ;8, H. f. 4~ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 179. 

 —Ceylon, alt. 6000 ft., Gardner, Thwaites. 



10. V. bebantlium, W. ^ A. Prodi: 388 ; leaves oblong acuminate 

 coriaceous sinuate or sinuate-dentate glabrous with tufts of hairs in the axils of 

 the nerves beneath, corymbs minutely pilose upwards, bracteoles f in. linear,, 

 corolla-tube densely pubescent. Wight Ic. t. 1023 ; H.f.^ T. in Journ. Linn, 

 Soc. ii. 179, excl. syn. V. pubigei-a ; not of Thwaites. 



NiLGHEBKT Mts., alt. 4-7500 ft., frequent ; Mayaburam, Sir F. Adam. 



A large shrub, doubtfully distinct from V. coriacewn by the densely pubescent 

 yellowish corolla. 'The fruit resembles that of V. coriacetim, var. capitellata, but the 

 leaves are rarely entire as in var. capitellata, and are less acuminate. 



Sect. II. Pseudo-Tiuus. G/mes corymbose or umbeUately divided.. 

 Drupe succulent, 1-celled, compressed ; endocarp slightly intruded. Albumen 

 ruminated, margins incurved. 



11. V. cordifolium, Wall. Cat. 462 ; leaves elliptic cordate acuminate 

 sharply serrate, stellately pubescent on the nerves beneath, corymbs not radiant 

 tei-minal sessile stellately hairy, coroUa rotate. DC. Prodr. iv. 327 ; S.f.^ T, 

 in Journ. lAnn. Soc. ii. 175. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 9-12,000 ft., from Komaon to Bhotan, frequent. 



A large shrub, flowering before leafing. Leaves 4i by 2^ in., nearly glabrous- 

 above, parallel-veined ; petiole |-1 in. Gorymh in flower small dense, in fruit 3-5 in- 

 diam. ; bracts I in., linear-oblong, woolly, caducous. Calyx-tube soon glabrous, lobes-, 

 lanceolate, stellately woolly. Anthers small, shortly exserted. Berry i by i in. 

 little compressed. Seet^ dorsally with one shallow farrow, ventrally with much in- 

 flexed edges; testa full of red glands following the ruminations of the albumen. 



V. lantanoides, Michx., of N. America, has broader less serrate leaves, the corymbs; 

 usually radiant and the normal flowers much smaller ; V. ,fwrcatum, Blume, of Japan, 

 is almost identical with V. lantanoides. The three are closely allied and united bv 

 Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 265. 



Sect. III. Tinus, Omst. (genus). Cymes umbellate. Drupe diy, hard^ 

 blue. Albumen ruminated. 



