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thick, ovate or orbicular, 2-5 in., cordate, crenate or nearly entire ; 
upper surface green, softly pubescent or nearly glabrous, lower 
grey, stellately tomentose, sometimes glabrous when old. Cymes 
round-topped, 2-3 in. across. Flowers numerous, white or tinged 
with pink, ^ in. long. Calyx glabrous. Corolla funnel-shaped. 
Drupe red, turning black when ripe, oblong, J in. (Fig. 68.) 
Simla, common; April, May. — Temperate Himalaya, 6000-11,000 ft. 
Nearly allied to the British Wayfaring Tree, V. Lantana. Fruit edible. 
2. Viburnum stellulatum, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 4. A shrub 
or small tree ; young shoots and cyme -branches stellately hairy. 
Leaves ovate or lanceolate, 2J-6 in., sharply toothed ; upper sur- 
face glabrous, lower stellately hairy, especially on the nerves. 
Cymes almost spherical, 3-5 in. diam. Flowers numerous, white, 
hardly j in. long. Calyx stellately hairy. Corolla rotate, stellately 
hairy outside. Drupe bright red, shining, oblong, J- in. 
Simla, Mahasu ; May- July. — Temperate Himalaya, 6000-11,000 ft. 
3. Viburnum coriaceum, Blume ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 5. A shrub 
or small tree ; young shoots and cyme-branches pubescent. 
Leaves glabrous, thick, oblong-lanceolate, 3-7 in., entire. Cymes 
flat-topped, 3-5 in. across. Flowers numerous, white, nearly \ in. 
long. Calyx glabrous, limb obsolete. Corolla tubular, lobes erect. 
Anthers purple. Drupe black, ovoid, J in. 
Simla, Summer hill ; July-September. — Temperate Himalaya, 4000- 
8000 ft. 
4. Viburnum foetens, Decaisne ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 8. A shrub ; 
young shoots and cyme-branches pubescent or tomentose. Leaves 
fetid when crushed, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, 2-5 in., sharply 
toothed ; upper surface glabrous or nearly so, lower hairy, 
especially on the nerves. Cymes numerous, 1-3 in. across. 
Flowers white or pink, f in. long, appearing before or with the 
leaves. Calyx glabrous. Corolla funnel-shaped. Stamens in 
two series, 2 near the mouth of the corolla-tube, 3 lower down. 
Drupe red, oblong, \ in. 
Narkunda ; April-June. — W. Himalaya, 7000-10,000 ft. 
2. ABELIA. In honour of Dr. Clarke Abel, physician to Lord 
Amherst’s Embassy to China in 1817. — N. Asia. 
Abelia triflora, R. Brown ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 9. A shrub, 3-6 
ft. Leaves glabrous or nearly so, lanceolate, l|-3 in., entire, 
minutely fringed, long-pointed ; stalks short, dilated at the base. 
Flowers pale pink or white, § in. long, in small, bracteate, 3- 
