Abelia] 



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Fig. 150 — Abel la trjiiora 



persistent, 1-1 in, long at the time 

 the seed ripens. Ovary 3 -celled, 

 fruit coriaceous indehiscent l~seeded. 



'N.-'W. Himalayaj Ka&liiiiir to Kimiaon 

 4-10,000ft J chiefly on limestone ; also 

 Trans-Indus Fl. May-Ang. 



4. VIBURNUM, Linn. ; 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 3. 



Shruhs or trees, wood close-grained, 

 leaves simple, when bruised smell 

 often disagreeable. Fl. white or pink, 

 pentamerous, regular, in a compound 

 umbel, thyrsus or corymb, the outer 

 11. sometimes sterile, larger and 

 zygomorphic (F. Ojndus, L., The 

 Gruelder Rose of Europe, Siberia and 

 North America). Stamens 5, ovary 

 l~3-celled, one pendulous ovule in 

 each cell. Drupe dry or fleshy, endocarp crustaceous, 1-seeded, seed flat, or 

 concave by the endocarp projecting into the cavity. Species about 100, a 

 few in Europe and the Mediterranean region, the majority in the temperate 

 and subtropical regions of Eastern Asia and North America. Of the 15 

 species here described, 4 are found both in the Western and Eastern region. 

 Two of these, F. coriaceum and erubescenSj extend from Ceylon to China, 

 F. odoratisshmmi is found in China, while F. jnmctatum is limited to 

 India. 



A. Seed flat, often with shallow grooves. Fl. in compound umbels. 



(a) Corolla short, rotate, funnel-shaped, or campanulate, 1. deciduous, 

 generally membranous. 



1. V. cotinifolium, Don ; Wight 111. t. 121 ; Oollett Simla Fl. 221. fig. 6S. 

 Vern. JBanguch^Heiz. ; Bhutnoi^ J a,uns. ; Battonda^ Grwia^ Grarhwal, Kumaon. 



A large decidu.ous shrub, you.ng shoots and underside of 1. woolly, with grey 

 stellate tomentum. L. rugose, ovate, elliptic or orbicular, obtuse, crenulate or 

 nearly entire, base rounded or nearly cordate, blade 2-5, pet. stout, \-\ in. long. 

 Corolla white, tinged with pink, tube \ in. long, turbinate, fr. red, |~-|- in. long, 

 edible. 



Baluchistan, in the Juniper tracts. Kiiram valley, common, 7-9,000 ft. N. W. 

 Himalaya above 4,000 ft., chiefly on sunny slopes. Bhutan 8,500-10,000 ft. Fl. April- 

 June.' 2. V. corylifolium, Hook. f. & Thorns, Khasi hills. A thm and straggling 

 shrub, branchlets, petioles and underside of 1. densely clothed with long soft hairs. 

 Corolla white, almost rotate. Drupe bright red, J in. long. 



3. V. stellulatum, Wall. PL As. Ear. 1. 169. — Syn. F. iiivolucratiom, Wall. 

 Yern. EicM, Richlio% Ensi^ N. W, Him. 



A shrub, branches long, bark dark grey. Branchlets, petioles and inflor- 

 escence with brown stellate pubescence. L. glabrous above, sparingly stellate- 

 pubescent beneath, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, with large distant 

 teeth, blade 3-5, pet. slender, |-1 in. long. FL small, very numerous, compound 

 umbels large, sessile or shortly pedunculate, calyx hirsute, corolla white, 

 pubescent, rotate. Drupe bright red, \ in. long. 



Himalaya, Kashmir to Sikkim, above 6,000 ft. PL April-July. 4. V. GriffitMantun, 

 C. B. Clarke. Upper Burma (Griffith). Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence densely 

 clothed with soft stellate hairs, leaves on both sides stellate-hairy, elliptic to obovate, 

 sharply serrate, compound umbels pedunculate, peduncles 1-2 in. long, calyx glabious, 

 5 V cordifolium, Wall. Himalaya, Kumaon to Bhutan 8-12,000 ft. A deciduous tree, 



