Viburnum] 



LX. CAPRiIPOIjIACEiE 



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11. V. atrocyaneum, C. B Clarke. Mhlimi liills. Maiiipur 6-8,000 ft. An evergreen 

 tohrub, 1. tohinnig, almost entire, blade 3-4, pet. ;j-l in. long. Fl. in binall terminal 

 compound unibelb, diupe dry, bard, blue, seed concave, albumen luminate, red resinous 

 glands as m F. cordlfoVrnm. Neaily allied to F. T'lnus, L., of the Mediteuanean region. 



12. V. erubescens, Wall. PL As 

 Wall. ; Wight Ic. t. 1024. 



A small deciduous iree. 

 Youui^-est shoots, inflores- 

 cence and 1. on the nerves 

 beneath slightly pubescent. 

 L. ovate or elliptic, upper 

 part serrate, blade 2-4, pet. 

 .^>-l in. long. PL white 

 or pale rose-coloured, in a 

 pedunculate drooping thyrsus 

 at the ends of short branch- 

 lets, the labt ramifications 

 having usually 3-fld. cymes, 

 bracts linear. Oalyx-teeth 

 ovate, corolla tubular \-\ in. 

 long. Drupe red, \ in. long. 

 Seed deeply grooved. 



Himalaya from Kumaon east- 

 wards, in Sikkim common in 

 second growth at 6-10,000 ft. 

 Nilgiris. PI. March-May. Cey- Pig. 151. 

 Ion. China 13. V. Simonsii, Hook, 

 f. & Th. Khasi hiPs. A shrub or small 



Ear. t. 134. — Syn. F. Wiglifianum^ 



Pig. 152.— Yiburnum nervosum, Don 



— Viburnum erubescens, "Wall. FL, Fr. ^. 



tree, 1. coriaceous, elliptic, glabrous, blade 

 3~4j, pet. •^-J in. long, sec. n. 

 oblique, 6^ pair. FL white 

 in an erect terminal thyrsus, 

 corolla short, campanulate. 

 Drupe J in. long, dull red. 



{b) M. appearing before 

 the L in compact terminal 

 corymbs, seed deeply con- 

 cave, endocarp T-shaped. 



14. V. nervosum, Don. 

 Vern. Quch^ Haz. ; Kalin, 

 Bash. ; Tilnij Tlryioi, Jaun- 

 sar. 



A shrub or small tree, 

 young shoots and inflores- 

 cence softly tomentosej 1. 

 membranous, elliptic, serrate, 

 hairy on nerves beneath, 

 blade 3-4, pet. |-1 in. long, 

 sec. n. 8-10 pair, closely 

 parallel. FL white or rose- 

 coloured, fragrant, in termi- 

 nal short dense ^ sessile 

 corymbs, corolla | in. long, 

 funnel-shaped with a spread- 

 ing limb. Drupe |-| £in. 

 long, edible. 



Himalaya, Kulu'to Sikkim, 

 7-^12,000 ft. FL May-July. 



