524 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
w 17. V.(0.) orntenra‘Le Pall, The Eastern Guelder Rose. 
Identification. Pall. Ross., t. 58. f. H.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 328. ; Don’s Mill., 3. 
nam O'pulus orientalis fdlio amplf{ssimo tridentato Tourn. Cor. p. 42. 
ngravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 58. f. H.; and our jig. 957. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves 3-lobed, acuminated, coarsely and 
bluntly toothed. Petioles glandless, glabrous. _Corymbs 
terminal, not radiant. Fruit oblong, compressed. Seed oval, 
furnished with two channels on both sides, as in V. Lantana. 
(Don’s Mill.) A low shrub. Georgia, in Asia Minor, in 
woods, on the mountains. Height 6 ft. to 10 ft. Intro- 
duced in 1827. Flowers white; July. Fruit; ?. 957. V.(0.) orientale. 
uw 18. V7. (0.) Oxyco’ccos Pursh. The Cranberry-fruited Guelder Rose. 
Identification. Pursh Sept., 1. p. 203.; Dec. Prod., 4. 
p. 328. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 442. 
Synonymes. V. opuldides Mihi. Cat. 32.; V’. trilobum 
Marsh. Arb. p. 162.; V. O’pulus americana Az. Hort. 
Kew. 1. p. 373. 
Engraving. Our fig. 958. from a specimen in the Lam- 
bertian herbarium. 
Spec. Char., Sc. Leaves 3-lobed, acute 
behind, 3-nerved. Lobes divaricate, acu- 
minated, coarsely and distantly serrated. 
Petioles glandular. Cymes radiant. (Don’s 
Mill.) A large shrub or low tree. New 
York and New Jersey, on mountains and 
throughout Canada, to the arctic circle. 
Height 6 ft. to 12ft. Flowers white ; 
July. Fruit subglobose, red, of an agree- 
able acid, resembling that of cranberries, 
for which they are a very good substitute ; ; 
ripe in September. 958. V.(0.) Oxycdecos. 
Varieties. 
uz V. (0.) O. 2 subintegrifolius Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. i. p. 281., Don’s 
Mill. iii. p. 442.— Leaves but little cut, very pubescent beneath, A 
native of the banks of the Columbia. 
gz V. (O.) 0.3 méllis. V. mélle Miche. 
Fl. Bor, Amer.i. p. 180., Don’s 
Mill. iti, p. 442.; V. alnifolium 
Marsh Arb. p. 162. (Our fig. 959.) 
— Leaves nearly orbicular, cor- 
date, plicate, toothed. (Don’s Mill.) 
Fruit oblong ovate, red. 
Very like VY. O’pulus, and there can be 
no doubt but that it is only the American 
form of that species. The fruit is com- 
paratively large, and not disagreeable to the taste. Were a great number ot 
seedlings grown till they produced fruit, and then the plant producing the 
largest and best-flavoured fruit selected and propagated by extension, the 
cranberry-fruited guelder rose might be cultivated in our kitchen-gardens and 
orchards for the same purpose as the common cranberry. We have no doubt 
whatever that its fruit would be soon as much relished by the public as the 
cranberry ; and, as the guelder rose is less difficult in regard to soil and situa- 
tion than that plant, a crop of fruit might be depended on with greater 
certainty. At all events, this and similar experiments offer interesting and 
useful employment to the amateur who has nothing better to do. 
2 19. V.(0.) Epu‘LE Pursh, The edible-fruited Guelder Rose. 
Identification. Pursh Sept., 1. p. 203.3; Dec. Prod., 4. p.328.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 442. 
959. V.(0.) O. médlle. 
