518 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
of leaves hooked a little, and somewhat cartilagi- 
nous. (Don’s Mill.) A robust shrub or low tree. 
New England to Carolina, among hedges and on ,, 
the borders of woods; and found throughout Ca- © 
nada. Height 6ft. to lOft. Introduced in 1761. 
Flowers white; July. Fruit black; ripe in Sep- 
tember. Decaying leaves purple red and yellow 
Naked young wood yellowish and reddish green. 
In British gardens, this species forms, when pruned 
to a single stem, a handsome small tree, flowering 
freely and producing abundance of fruit, which is 
greedily eaten by birds. Propagated by layers, or by 
seeds, 938. Lenthgo. 
& £3. V. (L.) Pruniro'tium LZ. The Plum-tree-leaved Viburnum. 
Identification. Lin. Sp , 383.3; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 325. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 440. 
Synonyme. V. Lentago Du Rot. 
Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 23.; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 38.; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., 
vol. vi. ; and our jig. 939. 
939. V.(L.) prunifdlium. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves roundish-obovate and oval, glabrous, rather mem- 
branous, crenately serrated, ending in a short acumen. Petioles marginate, 
glabrous. Cymes sessile. Berries ovate or roundish. (Don’s Mill.) A large 
shrub or low tree. New England to Carolina, in hedges and fields ; and also 
Canada, about Lake Huron. Height 8 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 173). 
Flowers white ; May and June. Fruit dark blue; ripe in September. 
2 ¥ 4, V. (L.) Pyriroyium Poir, The Pear-tree-leaved Viburnum. 
dacniifieation: Poir. Dict., 5, p. 658.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 325. ; Don’s Mill., 
. p. 440. 
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 22. ; and our figs. 940. and 941. 
Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate, acutish, 
glabrous, subserrated. Petioles smooth. 
Corymbs somewhat pedunculate. (Don’s 
Mill.) A \arge shrub or lowtree. Penn- 
sylvania, New Jersey, &c., on the banks 
of rivers. Height 5ft. to 8ft. Intro- 
duced in 1812. Flowers white ; May,and 
June. Fruit ovate oblong, black; ripe in : 
240) VE Meg September. 941. ¥. (La) pytifotiam. 
