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VIBURNUM 



17. Jap6nicuin, Spreng. ( I'. marrophijUifm, Blume). 

 Upn;:rbt .shrub, to 6 ft., with ghihrous hrauchey; Ivs, 

 broadly or rhombic - ovate to obIony;-ovate, acute or 

 shortly acuminate, remotely dentate except at the base, 

 3-G iu. long: fls. in short-peduncled, glabrous cymes 

 2-4 in. broad: fr. globose, red. Juno. Japan. —Hand- 

 some large-leaved shrub, but not hardy north. Ever- 

 green. 



2663. 



Viburnum tomentosum, var. plicatum — Japanese 

 Snowball. V. plicatum of gardens (X K) . 



18. dilatatum, Thunb. Upright bushy shrub, attain- 

 ing 10 ft., with the branches hirsute when voung: Ivs. 

 roundish or broadly ovate or obovate, usually abruptly 

 short-pointed, coarsely toothed, pubescent on both 

 sides, 2-5 in. long: tls. pure white, iu short-stalked 

 cymes, 3-6 in. broad; corolla pubescent outside: fr. 

 ovate, scarlet, 'A in. long. May, June. China, Japan. 

 B.M. fJ215. G.F. 4:150. M.D.G. 1899:241,242. A.F. 

 15:123. -Handsome hardy free - flowering shrub, espe- 

 cially decoratire with its numerous scarlet fruits re- 

 maining a long time on the branches. 



19. Wrightii, Miq, Ui-rigbt shrub, to 10 ft. high, with 

 the brandies alnM.)st glabrous: Ivs. almost orbicular or 

 Ijroadly obovate to ovate, abruptly acuminate, coarsely 

 dentate, almost glabrous except on the veins beneatli'. 

 3-0 in. long: tls. rather large, white, in usually sljort- 

 stalked, 2-4 in. broad cymes; corolla glabrous outside; 

 fr. globose, red. May, June. China, Japan.— Hardy 

 shrub, similar to the preceding, but of less dense habit, 

 with larger fruits in nodding cymes. 



20. phleb6trichuni, Sieb. & Zucc. Upright shrul), ;it- 

 taining 5 ft., with glabrous branches: ivs. ovatf^ to ob- 

 long acuminate, dentate except at the base, glal-nms 

 al ove with long appressed hairs on the veins beneatii, 

 „ -{ n 1 ng: lis. white, with purple calyx, mostly 

 sle der \ e liceled and nodding, in few-lid., loiig-])eiUui- 



lel 1 : fr. globose. May, June. Japan, China.— 

 In t i I t hardy north. 



1 dent^tum, Linn. Arrow-wood. Upright bushy 

 shr il tttiuing 15 ft., with glabrous branches: Ivs. 

 rather loug-petioled, orbicular to ovate, 

 acute or shortly acuminate, coarsely den- 

 tate, glabrous or pubescent only in the 

 axils of the veins beneath, 1^3 in. long: 

 long-peduncled, glabrous cymes, 

 2-3 in. broad: fr. sub -globose, bluish 

 black, glaucous. May, June. New Bruns- 

 wick to Minn., south to Ga. (i.F. 10:3.32. 

 Em. 2 :414.— Handsome native 

 _.^_ shrub, thriving best in moist 



soil. V. hevigafintt of some 

 nurseries, not Air., has some- 

 what larger Ivs. and seems to 

 bloom later. 



22. m611e, Michx. ( T'. tica- 

 hri'lhiin . Chapm. I'. JYi'/xr- 

 leiise, Hort.). Similar to the 

 preceding, but brauchlets, 

 cymes and under side of Ivs. 

 stellate - pubescent : Ivs. 

 larger, with stouter petioles, 

 dark green : peduncles 

 stouter: teeth of calyx more 

 pr<miinent: fr. large and more 

 pointed : blooms 2-3 weeks 

 later. Mass. to Fla. and Tex. 

 G.F. 4:30.- Handsomer than 

 the preceding on account of 

 its 1 ir-rer darker green foliage and more 

 robust habit. In gardens sometimes con- 

 founded with V. pubescevs and sometimes 

 found under the erroneous name of 1'. 

 MuHf Lunum. See supplementary list. 



23 Demetri6nis, Deane & Rob. Shrub, 



attaining 12 ft. : Ivs. orbicular or broadly 



o\ ^te, cordate, shortly acuminate, coarsely 



dentate, pubescent beneath or almost gla- 



i, lYi-AVz in, long: cymes long-peduncled, puberu- 



about 2>2 in. broad; fr. oblong, almost Yi in. long. 



Mo. B.B. 3:231. 



24. pub§scens, Pursh. Bushy shrub, 3-6 ft. high, with 

 slender, upright branches: Ivs. oval to ovate, rounded 

 or cordate at base, acute or acuminate, coarsely dentate, 

 almost glabrous above, pubescent beneath, Mi-^^i in- 

 long: cymes short-peduncled, dense, 1^2-252 in. broad; 

 stamens exceeding the corolla about one-half: fr. oval, 

 almost black, slightly flattened. June, July. Quebec 

 to Ga., west to Manitoba and 111. G.F. 3:125. A.F. 

 12:1101. Gng. 5:311. — Handsome shrub of compact 

 habit. 



25. er6sum, Thunl). Upright shrub, attaining 6 ft., 

 with slender, much-forked brancljes: Ivs. oblong-ovate 

 oroblong-obovate, narrowed toward the base, acuminate, 

 dentate-serrate, pubescent beneath at least on the veins, 

 2-3K in. long: cymes 2>^-3 in. broad, rather loose, 

 long-pednncled: stamens little or not exceeding the 

 corolla; fr. subglobose, red. May. Japan, China. G.F, 

 9:85. 



26. acerifdlium, Linn. DooKMAnKiE. Shrub, attaiu- 

 iug 5 ft., with slender, upright branches: Ivs. orbicu- 

 lar or ovate, 3-lobed, with acute or acuminate lobes, 

 coarsely dentate-serrate, pubescent or at length almost 



