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V. erythfinum, 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, S-toothed.J^ inch 

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

 Jard. Fl. 4: 364; Jour, of Hort. 34: 39.)— Mountainous regions, 

 Java. 



Sent to England in 1852 and since grown by 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. ovatotn, Parsh. 

 Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept., i : 290, 1814. 



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

 Metagonia (Pyxothammis) 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. ovatum 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; butalso 

 found growing luxuriantly on southern slopes exposed to bright 

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



V. arboreum, Mai-shali, (Favkleberry, Sparkleberry) 

 Marshall, Arbust. Am. 157, 1785. 

 (Synonyms: V. diifusum, Ait. Bot. Mag. t.1607, Batodendron 

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

 3:43-) 



