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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



9 



V. dentaVum Lin. The toothed-leaved Viburnum. 



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identification. Lin. Sp., p. 384. ; Dec. Prod, 4. p. 326. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 441. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836 

 Synonjfmes. V. dentatum lucidura Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 372. j V. dentatum glabelium Michx. FL 



For. Amer., I. p. 17R ; Arrow-wood; Viorne dentee, Fr. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Hort. Vind., 1. t. 3d. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t, 35. j and our Jigs. 789. and 790. 



Spec. Char., $c. Partly glabrous. Leaves ovate, 



and nearly orbicular, plicate, coarsely and dentately 



serrated, with the nerves thick and feathered, gla- 

 brous on both surfaces. Cymes 

 or corymbs pedunculate. Berries 

 small, and nearly globose, of a 

 dark blue colour, and crowned by 



tthe calyx. In North America, the 

 pOJ*<£^£ tr ee is known by the name of 

 arrow-wood. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 

 441.) A shrub, a native of North 

 America, found from New York to Carolina, in mountain woods , 

 in Mexico, where it attains the height of 4 ft. or 6 ft., and flowers in June 

 and July. It was introduced in 1763; and, though it flowers in British 

 gardens, it does not very frequently ripen fruit there. 



Varieties. In the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, are plants named V. d. 

 pubescens, V. d. folds variegdtis, V. acuminatum, V. longifolium, and V. 

 montanum, which are either varieties of, or identical with, this species. 



st 13. V. (o.) pube'scens Pursh. The downy Viburnum. 



Identification. Pursh. FL Amer. Sept., 1. p. 202. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 326. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 441. 

 Synonymes. V. dentatum /3 pubescens Ait. Hort. Kern., 1. p. 168. ; V. dentatum semi-tomentbsum 



Mich. Ft. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 179. ; V. tomentbsum liafin. Med. Rep., 2. p. 860. ; V. vill&sum Rafin. in 



Desf. Journ., 1. p. 228.; V. Rafinesqu/<$/mra Schultes Syst.,6. p. 630. 



Spec. Char., $c. Pubescent. Leaves ovate, acuminated, on short petioles, 

 coarsely serrate-toothed, villous beneath, with the nerves feathered and 

 prominent. Corymbs pedunculate. Fruit small, ovate. Flowers white. 

 This shrub is smaller in every part than V. dentatum. (Dot's Mill., iii. 

 p. 441.) A shrub, 3 ft. high ; a native of Virginia and Carolina. Introduced 

 in 1736, and flowering in June and July. 



14. V. (d.) ni'tidum Ait. 



The shmmg-leaved Viburnum. 



Dec. Prod., 4. p. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 371. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 202. 

 Don's Mill., 3. p. 440. 



Spec. Char., Sj-c. Quite glabrous. Leaves linear-lanceolate, shining above, 

 obsoletely serrated or entire. Branches tetragonal. A low shrub, with 

 small leaves. Flowers white. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 440.) It is a native of 

 Carolina and Georgia, in sandy barren woods; where it forms a shrub, 

 growing from 2 ft. to 4 ft. high ; flowering in May and June. Introduced 

 in 1758. 



A. Hardy Species of Viburnum belonging to the Section \iburnum, not yet 



introduced. 



V. punctatum Hamilt. in D. Don. Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 142., is a native of Nepal, with oval-oblong 

 leaves. 



V. acuminatum Wall. (Dec. Prod , 4. p. 325.) is a native of the Ncellgherry Mountains, with elliptic 

 leavers, closely resembling those of the preceding species 



V eUipttcvm Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. '280., is a native of North America, on the banks of the 

 Columbia, growing to the height of 4 ft., with elliptic leaves, about 2 inches long. 



V. nervosum I). I) >n Trod. I'l. Nep., p. 141., is a native of Nepal, closely resembling V. Lantana. 

 V. cordifbUum Wall. {Dec. Prod., 4:. p. 327.) is a native of Nepal, with heart-shaped acuminated 

 leaves, 4 in. long, and 2 in. broad. 



Y Mullaba ll'im. in D. Don Prod. FL Nep., p. 141., is a native of Nepal, with ovate-acuminated 

 leaves. 



V. itell&tum Wall. {Dec. Prod., 4. p. 327.) is a native of Nepal, with ovate-cordate leaves, and scarlet 

 It j<row.s to the height of 20 ft. 



I ,,/. lucratwn Wall. {Dec. Prod. f i. p.327.J has ovate-acuminated leaves, and is also a native of 

 Nepal, when- it grows to the height of from i ft. to 6ft. 



v. erbium Thunb. FL Jap., p. 134., has broad ovate-acuminated Icuvcj, and, in Japan, is a shrub 

 from i it to 6 ft. high. 



