522 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Spec. Char., §c. Partly glabrous. Leaves ovate, 
and nearly orbicular, plicate, coarsely and den- 
tately serrated, with the nerves thick and fea- 
thered, glabrous on both surfaces. Cymes or 
corymbs pedunculate. Berries small, 
and nearly globose, of a dark blue 
colour, and crowned by the calyx. 
(Don’s Mill.) A large shrub. New 
York to Carolina, in mountain 
woods; and also in Mexico. Height 
4ft. to 6ft. Introduced in 1763. 
Flowers white; June and July. 958. Y. dentdtum. 
Fruit small, nearly globose, dark 
blue, and crowned by the calyx; not very frequently ripened in England. 
Varieties. In the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, are plants named V. d. 
pubéscens, V.d. foliis variegatis, V.acumindtum, V. longifolium, and V. mon- 
tdnum, which are either varieties of, or identical with, this species. 
a 13. V.(p.) pupr’scens Pursk. The downy Viburnum. 
Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 202.; Dec. Prod., 2. 
p. 326. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 441. 
Synonymes. V.dentitum 8 pubéscens Ait. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 168.5 
V. dentatum semi-tomentdsum Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 179.3 V. 
tomentdsum Rajfin. Med. Rep. 2. p. 860.; V. villdsum Rajin. in 
Desf. Journ. 1. p, 228.; V. Rafinesquiumum Schultes Syst. 6. 
p- 630. 
Engraving. Our fig. 953. from a specimen in the British Museum. 
Spec. Char., §c. Pubescent. Leaves ovate, acumi- 
nated, on short petioles, coarsely serrate-toothed, 
villous beneath, with the nerves feathered and pro- 
minent. Corymbs pedunculate. (Don’s Mill.) A low 
shrub. Virginia and Carolina. Height 3ft.  In- 
troduced in 1736. Flowers white ; June and July. 
Fruit small ovate; smaller in every part than V, 
dentatum. The fruit is dark blue, but sparingly , 
produced ; the leaves die off yellow and red. 953+ V. (d.) pubéscens. 
a 14. V.ni’ctpum Ait, The shining-leaved Viburnum. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p.371.; Pursh Fl, Amer. Sept., 1. p. 202.; Dec. 
Prod., 4. p. 326.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 440. 
Engraving Our fig. 954. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 
Spec. Char., Sc. Quite glabrous. Leaves linear-lanceolate, shining 
above, obsoletely serrated or entire. Branches tetragonal. (Don's 
Mill.) A low shrub, with small leaves. Carolina and Georgia, 
in sandy barren woods. Height 2ft. to 4ft. Introduced in 
1758. Flowers white ; May and June. Fruit;?. H.S. 
Judging from the plant in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, this is 
a very distinct species, and its smooth shining yellowish green leaves ,,, >. 4a, 
render it more ornamental than most of the others of this section. nitidum, 
§ iii. O’pulus Tourn. 
Identification. Tourn. Inst., t. 376.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 328.; Moench Meth., p. 605. 
Sect. Char. Outer flowers of the corymbs radiant and sterile, much larger 
than the rest, which are fertile. Seed obcordate. (Don’s Mill.) Leaves 
mostly 3-lobed, and deciduous, 
gz, 15. V. O’putus L. The Guelder Rose. 
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Identification. Lin. Sp., 384.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 328.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 442. 
Synonymes. V.lobatum Lam. Fi. Fr. 3. p. 368. ; O’pulus glanduldsus Manch Meth. p. 505.; O’pu- 
lus Rai Syn. 460.; Sambicus aquatica Bauh. Pin. 456.; Marsh Elder, Rose Elder Water Elder; 
