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On roadsides, in rubbishy wastes, and 

 stony places, in central and southern 

 Europe, and west central Asia, extend- 

 ing northward to southern Sweden. 

 Occurs in several parts of Britain, and 

 may be really indigenous in some of the 

 southern counties of England and Ire- 

 land, although it is believed by many 

 to be even there an introduced plant. 

 Fl. summer, later than the common JS. 



Fig. 456. 



III. VIBURNUM. VIBUENUM. 



Shrubs or small trees, with undivided or palmately-lobed leaves and 

 whitish flowers in terminal cymes. Calyx with a border of 5 small 

 teeth. Corolla with a short campanulate tube (in some exotic species 

 much longer) and 5 spreading divisions. Stamens 5, inserted near the 

 base of the corolla. Stigmas 3 or 2, sessile or on very short styles. 

 Ovary 3- or 2-celled in a very young stage, but at the time of flowering 

 1-celled, with a single ovule. Fruit a 1-seeded berry. 



A rather large and widely-spread genus, extending further into the 

 tropical regions of both the new and the old world than any other of the 

 family. The flowers, at first sight very much like those of the Elder, 

 have yet a more distinct tube, and the foliage is very different. 



Leaves toothed, undivided, downy underneath. Flowers 



all small and perfect . 1. Mealy V. 



Leaves 3 to 5-lobed, glabrous. Outer flowers of the cyme 



large, without stamens or pistils 2. Guelder-Rose V. 



The Laurustinus of our gardens is a species of Viburnum from 

 southern Europe. 



1. Mealy Viburnum, Viburnum Lantana, Linn. (Fig. 457.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 331. Way faring -tree.) 



A large, much branched shrub, the young shoots and leaves thickly 

 covered with a soft mealy down. Leaves ovate, 3 to 5 inches long, 



