VIBURNUM. 



temperate parts of Europe, on a chalky or marly foil, fk)wer- 

 ing ill May, and not rare in various parts of England, efpe- 

 cially Oxfordfhire. It hasjuftly been deforibedby Ray, as 

 of a taller (lature in the northern counties than in the fouth. 

 In general it is a tufted bu(h, with round, pliant, mealy 

 twigs. ( See the explanation of the generic name. ) All the 

 ftalis, the backs of the elliptic-heartftiaped veiny haves, and 

 in fome meafure their upper furface, are clothed with denfe, 

 hoary, Harry hairs, often loaded with dull from the road, 

 which fcarcely adds to the powdery afpeft of tlie plant. 

 Flo'-jjcrs white, in large, rather convex, ftalked cymrs. 

 Stigmas feffile, very (hort and thick. Berries roundiih, 

 abrupt, compreffed ; when young red on the outermoft fide, 

 yellow on the other ; finally quite black, mealy and aflrin- 

 gent, with a large, flat, (mrov/ed/eeJ. The foliage turns in 

 autumn to a dark red. 



14. V . grandifolium. Large-leaved, or American, Way- 

 faring Tree. (V. Lantana 0, grandifolium ; Ait. ed. i. 

 V. I. 372. ed. 2. n. 6, /?, by millake called grandijlorum. 

 Willd. n. II, e. V. lantanoides ; Michaux Boreal. -Amer. 

 V.I. 179. Purlh n. 11.) — Leaves roundifh-heartfhaped, 

 abruptly pointed, unequally and obtufely ferrated ; their ribs 

 and ftalks downy, with ftarry hairs. Cymes quite feffile. 

 Berries ovate. — In (hady woods, on high mountains, from 

 Canada to Virginia, principally m the forefts called Beech- 

 woods, flowering in June and July. Known by the name of 

 Hobble-bufli. Berries red ; but when ripe, black. Purjb. 

 Of more humble growth than the laft, with more trailmg 

 branches, and larger greener leaves. Michaux has well 

 feparated it frtom the European Lantana, but we cannot 

 adopt his barbaroufly-formed fpccific name, though too many 

 fuch illiterate deformities are unaccountably introduced 

 daily by more claffical writers. The error of grandijlorum, 

 for grandifolium, is one of thofe very few which efcapcd the 

 late fupremely accurate Dryander. It were an injury to his 

 memory not thus to correft him. 



15. V. tomentofum. Downy Japanefe Viburnum. Thunb. 

 Jap. 123. Willd. n. 12. ( Sijo, vulgo Adl'ai, &c.; Kaempf. 

 Am. Exot. 854.) — " Leaves ovate, pointed, ferrated, 

 veiny ; downy beneath. Cymes lateral." — Obferved by 

 Thunberg, in various woods between Miaco and Jedo, as 

 well as cultivated, in Japan, flowering in April and May. 

 Tiie branches are round, fmooth, reddifli, divaricated, fub- 

 divided. Leaves ovate, (not hcart-fhaped,) ribbed; the 

 upper ones moft downy beneath. The youngefl. branches, 

 and all thcflalis, are downy. Cymes axillary, at the extre- 

 mities of the fmall branches. i^/oiu«v radiant. Thunberg. 

 Kxmpfer fays xhefloiuers are blue, compofing a large denfe 

 ball, the outer ones largeft. 



16. V. hirtum. Hairy Japanefe Viburnum. Thunb. 

 Jap. 124. Willd. n. 13. — " Leaves ovate, ferrated, villous. 

 Footftalks hairy." — Native of Japan. Stem afcending in a 

 zigzag manner, round, fmooth ; its branches alternate, round, 

 fmooth at the bafe, hairy at the extremity. Leaves oppo- 

 fite, refembling thofe of a nettle, acute, deeply and equally 

 ferrated, an inch long, veiny ; the veins clothed with white 

 clofe hairs. Footjlalks and jloiver-jlalh covered with hori- 

 zontally fpreading hairs. Fh-wers minute, not radiant. 

 Stigma two-lobed. Thunberg. 



17. V. accrifoUum. Maple-leaved Viburnum. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 384. Willd. n. 14. Ait. n. 7. Purfh n. 12. 

 Venten. Jard. de Cels, t. 72. — Leaves three-lobed, pointed, 

 fharply ferrated ; downy beneath. Footftalks hairy, with- 

 out glands In rocky mountainous fituation?, from New 



England to Carolina, flowering in May and June. Berries 

 black. Purfh. The branches are round, finely downy, with 

 ftarry hairs. Such are found alfo on xht footflalks, but in- 



termixed with fimple much coarfer ones. The leaves are 

 rather acutely lobed, and llrongly ferrated, very much re- 

 fembling thofe of the Common Vine. Stipulas fetaceous, 

 in pairs on the bafe of each footftalk. Cyme of many- 

 downy branches, on a long terminal common flalk. Flowers 

 not radiant. This appears by the manufcripts of the cele- 

 brated Peter CoUinfon, to have been imported by him in 

 1736. 



18. V. orientale. Oriental Guelder-rofe. Pallas Rofl'. 

 V. I. p. 2. 31. t.58. f. H. Willd. n. 15. Opulus orientalis, 

 folio ampliflimo tridentato ; Tourn. Cor. 42.) — Leaves 

 three-lobed, pointed, coarfely and rather bluntly toothed. 

 Footftalks fmooth, without glands. — Native of rather alpine 

 fituations in Imiretta. Pallas. Differs from the laft, to 

 which it is very nearly akin, in having leaves ftrongly 

 toothed, not ferrated, and an ovzXfeed, with three ribs and 

 two furrows at each fide, as in V. Lantana, inftead ot the 

 heart-fliaped feed of the acerifolium. IVilldenoiu. Berries 

 red. Pallas. 



19. V. Opulus. Common Guelder-rofe, Water Elder, 

 or Snow-baU Tree. Linn. Sp. PI. 384. Willd. n. 16. 

 Fl. Brit. n. 2. Engl. Bot. t. 332. Fl. Dan. t. 661. 

 (Sambucns aquatilis five paluftris ; Ger. Em. 1424. S. 

 aquatica ; Camer. Epit. 977.) — Leaves three-lobed, fharply 

 toothed. Footftalks fmooth, furniflied with glands. Cymes 

 radiant. — Native of watery thickets and hedges throughout 

 Europe, flowering in June. A fmall buftiy tree, fmooth in 

 all its partE, only the backs of the leaves being occafionally 

 downy. Their three lobes are unequally toothed or ferrated. 

 The footjlalks bear, towards the top, feveral cup-like glands, 

 and towards the bafe, a pair or two of linear flipulas. 

 Cymes large, fmooth, ftalked, of numerous white jlo-wers, 

 the marguial ones abortive, dilated and radiant. Berries 

 oval, drooping, fcarlet, very fucculent, not eatable. Seed 

 heart-fliaped. A variety with globofe cymes, compofed en- 

 tirely of radiant j?oitcr J, is commonly cultivated in gardens 

 and ftirubberies, as-a companion to the lilac and laburnum. 

 The foliage turns in autumn to a beautiful pink or crimfon, 

 as in many genera of trees and flirubs that are principally 

 American. 



20. V. molle. Soft -leaved American Guelder-rofe. Mi- 

 chaux Boreal. -Amer. v. i. 180. Purfti n. 13. ("V. alni- 

 folium ; Marfli. Arb. 162.") — " Leaves roundifli-heart- 

 fliaped, plaited, furrowed, toothed ; downy beneath. Foot- 

 ftalks {lightly glandular. Cymes radiant. Berry oblong- 

 ovate." — In hedges in Kentucky, near Danville, as well as 

 in Tennaflee and Upper Carolina, flowering in June and 

 July. Berries red. This fpecies refembles the following. 

 Purjh. The leaves are undivided, not three-lobed. The 



Jloiuers are radiant. The barh falls off' every year in thin 

 flireds. Michaux. 



21. V. Ox^coccus. Cranberry Guelder-rofe. Purfh n. 14. 

 (V. Opulus (5; Ait. n. 8. Michaux Boreal.-Amer. v. i. 

 j8o. " V. trilobum ; Marfh. Arb. 162.") — Leaves three- 

 lobed, acute at the bafe, three-ribbed ; lobes divaricated, 

 elongated, pointed, fparingly toothed. Footftalks furnifhed 

 with glands. Cymes radiant. — In fwampsand fhady woods 

 of Canada, and on the mountains of New York and New 

 Jerfey, flowering in July. Berries red, of an agreeable 

 acid, refembling that of Cranberries, Vaccinium macrocar- 

 pon, for which they are a very good fubftitute. Ptirjh. 

 We have never examined this fpecies, though it probably 

 may be found in the London nurferies. If the fruit an- 

 fwers to the above character, and is plentiful, it would be 

 worth cultivating for the table. The tivigs are defcribed of 

 a fhining red. 



22. V. edule. Smaller Eatable Guelder-rofe. Purfh 



n. 15. 



