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VIBURNUM* *. 



Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria f, Trigy'nia. 



Natural Order. Caprifolia'ce.e ; sect. Sambuci'nea3 ; De- 

 cand. — Lindl. Syn. p. 131. Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. pp. 206 

 and 207. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 460. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 519. — 

 Caprifo'lia ; sect. 3. Juss. Gen. PI. pp. 210 & 213. — Sm. Gram, 

 of Bot. pp. 129 & 130. — Dumosje, Linn. 



Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) superior, very small, of 1 sepal, in 

 5 deep segments, permanent. Corolla (figs. 2 & 3.) of 1 petal, 

 shortly funnel-shaped, with 5 blunt, spreading, marginal lobes. 

 Filaments (fig. 2.) 5, awl-shaped, spreading, as long as the corolla, 

 inserted into its tube, alternate with the segments. Germen (see 

 fig. 1.) inferior, roundish, a little compressed. Style none. Stigmas 

 3, sessile, blunt. Berry (figs. 4 & 5.) roundish, either globular or 

 compressed, of 1 cell. Seed solitary, hard, roundish, compressed. 



The superior, 5-cleft corolla; and berry with only one seed; 

 will distinguish this from other genera in the same class and order. 



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Two species British. 



VIBURNUM LANTA'NA. Pliant Mealy-tree. Mealy Guelder- 

 rose. Wayfaring-tree. 



Spec. Char. Branches mealy. Leaves heart-shaped, serrated, 

 veiny ; downy beneath. 



Engl. Bot. t. 331. — Jaquin’s Florae Austriacae, t. 341. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 384. 



— Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 129. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 334. Engl. FI. v. ii. 

 p. 107. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 399. — Lindi. Syn. p. 132. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 

 142. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 170. — Sibtli. FI. Oxon. p. 104. — Abb. FI. Bedf. 

 p. fi9. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 160. — Relhan's FI. Cantab. (3rd ed.) p. 129. — 

 Hook. FI. Scot. p. 96.— FI. Devon, pp. 54 & 164. — Johnston’s FI. of Berw. v. ii. 

 p. 278. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 86. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 22. — Viburnum farino- 

 sum, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 488. — Viburnum, Ray’s Syn. p.460. — Lantdna 

 she Viburnum, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 1490. 



Locai.ities. — I n woods and hedges, especially on a chalky or limestone soil. • 

 Common in many parts of England. — Rare in Scotland. — \ r ery common in the 

 vicinity of Oxford. 



A Shrub or small Tree. — Flowers from May to July. 



A large shrub, with numerous, opposite, round, pliant branches, 

 which are clothed, in a young state, with a kind of mealy pubes- 

 cence, consisting of tufted stellated down. Leaves deciduous, 

 opposite, heart-shaped, rounded, finely serrated, strongly veined, 

 downy, especially on the under side ; the down radiated, each hair 

 consisting of several rays diverging from a point. Stipulas none. 

 Bracteas several, small, pointed. Flowers in large terminating, 

 solitary, many-flowered cymes. Corolla white, cloven about half 

 way down, spreading. Anthers yellowish. Stigmas sessile, short, 

 blunt. Berries compressed, in an early state red on the outer side, 

 yellow on the inner ; finally black, with a little mealy astringent 

 pulp. Seed large, heart-shaped, flat and furrowed. 



Fig. 1. Germen, Calyx, and Stigma. — Figs. 2 & 3. Corolla and Stamens. — 

 Fig. 4. Three of the Berries. — Fig. 5. A separate Berry. 



* Name of doubtful origin. 



t See Attchusa sempervirens, folio 48, note f. 



