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CAPRIFOLIA^CE-ffi. TlBU'llNUM. 



1039 



B. Half-hardy Species of Viburnum bclongbig to the Section \ibur, 



V. odoratissimum Ker, V. sinense Zcyh., Cojfia mono- 

 sperma Hook, et Am. {Bot. Keg., t. 456. ; and our Jig. 791.) The 

 leaves are evergreen, glabrous, and coriaceous ; and the flowers 

 white, with the scent of those of O'lea fragrans. The berries 

 are red when they begin to ripen, but at length they become 

 blackish and shining; they are 1-seeded, and crowned by the 

 lobes of the calyx which are erect. It is a native of China, 

 whence it was introduced in 1818, and flowers in February. 

 It thrives against a wall, where the soil is dry, and sufficient 

 protection is given during winter. Plants have stood out in 

 Colvill's Nursery, King's Road, at Kew, at Syon, and in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, for several years; and, though 

 their branches are frequently injured by the frost, they never 

 fail to spring up vigorously with the return of summer. 



V. villbsum Swartz., Don's Mill., iii. p. 441., has the leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, quite entire. It is a shrub, growing to the 

 height of 5 ft. or 6 ft., a native of the south of Jamaica, on the 

 mountains; and introduced in 1824. This species agrees with r 

 V. Tinus in the leaves being entire, and in the tomentum^ 

 with V. Lantana. 



V. monogynum Blum., Don's Mill., iii. p. 442., has the leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, attenuated at both ends, glandularly denti- 

 culated above the base, paler beneath. Corymbs divaricate, 

 terminal, downy. Flowers monogynous. A shrub, a native 

 of Java, in woods on the mountains, said to be nearly allied (o 

 V. erosum. 



§ iii. O'pulus To urn. 



Identification. Tourn. Inst., t. 376. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 328. ; Mcench Mali., p. 605. 



Sect. Char. Outer flowers of the corymbs radiant and sterile, much larger 

 than the rest, which are fertile. Seed obcordate. {Don's Mil/., iii. p. 442.) 

 Leaves mostly 3-lobed, and deciduous. 



& 15. V. O'pulus L. The Guelder Rose. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 384. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 328. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 442. ; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 



Synonymes. V. lobatum Lam. Fl. Fr., 3. p. 363. ; O'pulus glandulbsus Mcench Meth., p. 505. ; O'pu- 

 lus Bail Syn., 460., Du Ham. Arb.,2. t. 16.; Sambilcus aquatica Banh. Pin., 456., Trag. Hist., 

 1002., Math. Valgr., 2. p. 607. ; Marsh Elder, Rose Elder, Water Elder ; Viorne-Obier, l'Obier 

 d'Europe, Fr. ; Schwalkenbeer Strauch, Wasserholder, Schneeball, Ger. 



Derivation. Altered from Populus, the poplar, from some supposed resemblance between the 

 leaves of the plants, and those of the poplar. 



Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 332. ; Hayn. Term., t. 32. f. 4. ; Du Ham. Arb., 2. t. 16. ; N. Du Ham., 

 2. t. 39. ; and our Jig. 792, 



Spec. Char., eye. Quite glabrous in every 



part. Leaves broad, 3-lobed, acuminated, 



unequally serrated, veiny. Petioles beset 



with glands towards the top, and several 



oblong leafy appendages lower down. 



Cymes pedunculate, white, with linear 



bracteas; with several of the marginal 



flowers dilated, flat, radiant, and without 



stamens or pistils. Berries elliptical, 



bright red, very juicy, but bitter and nau- 

 seous. Seed compressed. Branches 



smooth, green. Leaves bright green in 



summer, but in autumn assuming a 



beautiful pink or crimson hue, like other 



European species of genera that are 



principally American; such as Cornus, 



.Rhus, Quercus, &c. ; and of which the 



American species have the same quality. 



Flowers white. Berry crowned by the limb of the calyx. (Bon's Mill., iii. 



p. 442.) A shrub, or low tree, growing to the height of from 6 ft. to 12 ft., 



in a wild state, and higher in gardens. It is found throughout Europe, and 



part of Asia, in moist hedges and swampy thickets ; flowering in May and 



June. It is frequent in Britain, and also in Sweden, as far north as lat. 61°. 

 Varieties. 



& V. O. 2 sterilis Dec. Prod., iv. p. 328., Don's Mill., iii. p. 442. ; V. O. 



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