CHAP. LXin. CAPRIFOLIA'CE/E. FIBURNUM. 1041 



{Don's Mill., iii. p. 442.) A native of Georgia, in Asia Minor, in woods, on the mountains, Sec. ; 

 where it forms ashrub growing to the height of from 6 ft. to 10ft, flowering in July. It was 

 introduced in 1827 ; but we have not seen a plant. 



* 18. V. (O.) Oxyco'ccos Pursh. The Cranberry-fruited Guelder Rose. 



Identification. Pursh. Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 203. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 328. ; Don's Mill, 3. p. 442. 

 Synonymcs. V. opuloldes MUM. Cat., 32. ; V. trilobum Marsh. Arb., p. 162. ; V. O'pulus ameri- 

 cana Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 378. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves 3-lobed, acute behind, 3-nerved. Lobes divaricate, 

 acuminated, coarsely and distantly serrated. Petioles glandular. Cymes 

 radiant. Flowers white. Berries subglobose, red, of an agreeable acid, 

 resembling that of cranberries, for which they are a very good substitute. 

 Very like the V. O'pulus of Europe. (Don's Mi//., iii. p. 442.) A native 

 of North America, on the mountains of New York and New Jersey, and 

 throughout Canada, to the arctic circle ; from Hudson's Bay to the Rocky 

 Mountains, in swamps and shady woods; where it grows to the height of 

 from 6 ft. to 12 ft., and flowers in July. In British gardens this species is 

 commonly seen as a bush ; and at Syon and Kew, and other places in the 

 neighbourhood of London, there are plants of it 12ft. high and upwards; 

 but, if it were planted by itself on a lawn, or in an arboretum, and trained 

 to a single stem, it would form a very handsome small tree, conspicuous in 

 July from the abundance of its white flowers, and in September from its 

 large bunches of red fruit. 



Variety. 



afe V. (O.) O. 2 subintegrifo/ius 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. 



s& 19. V.(0.) edu'le Pursh. The edible-fruited Guelder Rose. 



Identification.. Pursh Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 203. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 328. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 442. 

 Synonyme. V. O'pulus edulis Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 180. 



Spec. Char. y Sfc. Leaves 3-lobed, bluntish behind, and 3-nerved. Lobes very 

 short, denticulately serrated ; serratures acuminated. Petioles glandular. 

 Outer flowers of corymb radiant. A smaller and more upright shrub than 

 the preceding species. The berries of the same colour and size ; but, when 

 completely ripe, more agreeable to eat, and frequently employed as a sub- 

 stitute for cranberries. It does not seem to differ much from V. Oxycoccos, 

 except in the broader base of the leaf. (Don's Mi//., iii. p. 442.) A native 

 of North America, from Canada to New York, on the banks of rivers ; 

 where it forms a shrub from 5ft. to 10 ft. in height, flowering in July. It 

 was introduced in 1812. 



& 20. V. (O.) mo'lle Michx. The sofr-/eaved Guelder Rose. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 180. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p 328. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 442. 

 Synonyme. V. alnifblium Marsh. Arb., p. 162. 



Spec. Char., %c. Leaves nearly orbicular, cordate, plicate, toothed, rather tomentose beneath from 

 very soft down. Petioles rather glandular, corymbs radiant. Fruit oblong-ovate. Flowers white. 

 Berries red. Bark deciduous. Very like V. Oxycoccos, and, perhaps, only a variety of it. {Don's 

 Mill., iii. p. 442.) A native of North America, in Kentucky, near Danville, Tennessee, and Upper 

 Carolina, in hedges ; where it forms a shrub growing to the height of from 6 ft. to 12 ft., and flower- 

 ing in June and July. It is said to have been introduced in 1812 ; but we have never seen a plant 

 of it. 



A. SjJecies of Viburnum be/onging to the Section O'pidus, not yet introduced. 



V. microcarpum Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaia, 5. p. 170., is a native of South Mexico, with leaves 

 like those of a filbert, and black fruit. 



V. polycdrpum Wall. {Don's Mill., 3. p. 433.) is a native of Nepal, with cordate leaves, 4 — 5 in. 

 long, and 3 in. broad, growing to the height of 6 ft. to 8 ft. 



V. cylindricum Ham. in D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 142., is a native of Nepal, with the habit of 

 V. nudum, and the flowers of V. dahuricum. 



V. grandrfidrum Wall. {Dec. Prod., 4. p. 329.) is a native of Nepal, with elliptic, acuminated leaves, 

 in terminal bracteate corymbs 



V. erube'scens Wall. {Dec. Prod.,\. p. 329.) is a native of Nepal, very nearly allied to the preceding 

 species. 



V. coriuceum Blum. Bijdr., p. 656 , Don's Mill., 3. p. 443., has ovate, acuminated, denticulated 

 leaves, and terminal fastigiate corymbs. It is a native of Java, in woods on the higher mountains. 



Several other species are enumerated in Don's Miller, p. 443., as being natives of Japan, but not suf! 

 ficientlv known. 



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