TREES AND 8HRUBS, 



Tinkled above, from 6 to 12 centimetres long; corymbs dense, from 4 to < 



tres broad; drupes 4 millimetres high; leaves from 6 to 12 eentimetres 1 



It v .on 



x broad; drupes 5 to 6 millimetres high; leaves from 4 to I 



tt, v. n 



A vim, Franchet, Nouv. Arch. Mia. Hi»t. Nat. Pari,, ser. 2, viii. 251 (1886); PI. Dand. i 

 , A. David (ex Franchet); western China, & H. Wilton (No. 3728). 

 nnamohifouum, Render. See p. 31, t. 114. 

 towKQUVM, Hemsley. See p. 33, t. 115. 



VI. OdONTOTIJ*TS, n 



53. ^ 

 Chin, 

 Fifcunleciduous (except in Nos. 44,46, and 54), dentate, with straight veins (except No. 41); drupes bright red, ovoid or 



generally 'tone compressed, with three ventral and two dorsal furrows often obsolete; albumen solid; shrubs, usually with 



54. V: pubescence; winter-buds with two pairs of scales; chiefly distinguished from the other sections by its winter-buds 

 Leavoairs of scales, the bright red drupes, and the straight-veined dentate leaves; Viburnum dilatatum, Thunberg, may •erve 



fascicl. • of this section, 

 lower * 



Leaves three-nerved at the base, with only three or four pairs of veins; ovaries glabrous. 



Stone concave on the ventral side; leaves usually entire, coriaceous; corymbs and branchlets usually glabrous. 



Stone slightly convex on both sides; leaves with a few coarse teeth near the apex; corymbs and branchlets pubescent. 



40. v. raetnaL 



Leaves with five or more pairs of veins, the basal ones not more developed than the others, dentate. 



Corymbs and branchlets glabrous, the leaves with only a few long hairs on the veins beneath or quite glabrous. 

 Leaves broadest near the base. 



Leaves persistent, ovate, quite glabrous, obscurely and remotely dentate. 46. V. jawmitm. 



Leaves deciduous, distinctly and closely dentate. 



Petioles about 1 centimetre long; leaves from 6 to 12 centimetres in length; stamens half as long or as 



long as the corolla. 47. V. tiiuvmh m. 



Petioles very short; leaves from 4 to 8 centimetres long; stamens very short, the filaments scarcely longer 

 than the anthers; corymbs few-flowered. IB. V. riii.ni.nnn in m. 



Leaves broadest above the middle, at least those below the corymb; stamens mnch longer than the corolla; corymb 



Corymbs, branchlets, and leaves more or less pubescent. 



Leaves, at least those below the corymb, broadest above the middle, pubescent on both surfaces; stamens longer 

 than the corolla. 



Petioles, peduncles, and branchlets covered with pale Tillous hairs : fr,lit8 about r > millimetres long. 



50. V.muTurv. 

 Petioles, peduncles, and branchlets covered with long hispid fulvous hairs; fruits about 7 millimetres long; 



Leaves broadest near the base. 



Corymbs on peduncles from 1 to 3 centimetres long. 



Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, long-acuminate, from 5 to 10 centimetres long; corolla slightly pubescent. 



52. V. Moxaha. 



Leaves rhombic-ovate to elliptic-ovate, acute, from 5 to 6 centimetres long; corolla densely pubescent. 



53. V. Fordi.*-.. 

 Leaves rounded at the base, ovate, pubescent on the npper surface (sometimes glabrous in Xo. 56). 



Leaves coriaceous, densely pubescent on the lower surface, slightly pubescent on the npper surface, 



acute; corymbs covered with spreading yellowish brown hairs. 54. V. hjrti u.M. 



Leaves membranaceous, loosely covered on the upper surface with simple or furcate hairs, glabrous 

 on the lower surface with the exception of the simple hairs on the veins; corymbs covered with 

 velutinous pale yellow pubescence. 55. V. WrxJOW. 



Corymbs short-stalked or nearly sessile, terminal and often also lateral; stamens shorter than the corolla; 

 leaves ovate. &• v - UJZOinctni. 



Petioles stipulate. 



Leaves glabrous or pubesc« 



