PENTANDRlA. TRIGYNIA. Viburnum. 399 
V. op'ulus. Leaves lobed: leaf-stalks set with glands. 
(E. Bot. 332. E.)— FI. Dan. 661 — Ger. 1236.1— Dod. 846. 1 — Ger. Em. 
1424. I—Park. 209. 5—Trag. 1002— Matth. 1269— J. B. i. 553. 
(A small tree, smooth in every part, with many oppositely branched, 
spreading, stems from the same root. Leaves a hand’s breadth, unequally 
serrated, three-lobed, paler beneath, veiny, changing to bright red in au¬ 
tumn. E.) The neutral jlorets in the circumference of the umbel are the 
first td expand. They have five minute imperfect stamens and three pistils, 
which are sometimes (not always) covered by small projecting scales, of 
the same substance with the blossom. These abortive parts of fructifi¬ 
cation drop before the perfect flowers expand. The summits are scarlet, 
but there are no styles to the pistils, and hardly any filaments to the 
stamens. Leaf-stalks with one or two pair of glands; those near the 
extremity of the flowering branches with five to eight thread-like stipulse, 
frequently terminated by glandular knobs. Gough. Umbels large, with 
five to seven spokes. Blossoms white, (the outer ones very large, dilated. 
E.) Berries red, (drooping. E.) 
Var. 2. The Guelder-rose, (so called because first procured by the Dutch 
from Guelderland; or Snowball-tree, E.) is a variety in which nearly the 
black, but will fasten the roots also. Livia Viburni is found upon this species. The 
branches being long and exceedingly tough, often shooting nearly six feet from the bottom 
in a year, make excellent bands for faggots. A variegated sort may sometimes be observed 
in gardens, the discoloration probably occasioned by an ungenial soil, it being far from 
permanent. In autumn the leaves acquire a rich crimson hue. The powerfully fragrant 
Way-faring-tree, is the companion and rival of the Bird Cherry in Colwick plantations, 
near Nottingham. It is supposed to be the plant mentioned by Virgil: 
Verum haec tantum inter alias caput extulit urbes. 
Quantum lenta solent inter Viburna cupressi. Eel. 1. 
It would seem to be a truly inspiring subject, its appearance in Colwick wood having 
suggested the following lines:— 
“ Way-faring Tree ! what ancient claim 
Hast thou to that right pleasant name ? 
Was it that some faint pilgrim came 
Unhopedly to thee ; 
In the biown desert’s weary way, 
’Midst thirst and toil’s consuming sway, 
And there as ’neath thy shade he lay. 
Blessed the Way-faring tree ? 
Or is it that thou lov’st to show 
Thy coronals of fragrant snow, 
Like life’s spontaneous joys that flow 
In paths by thousands beat ? 
Whate’er it be, I love it well, 
A name, methinks, that surely fell 
From poet in some evening dell. 
Wandering with fancies sweet. 
A name, given in those olden days. 
When, ’midst the wild wood’s vernal sprays 
The “ merle and mavis ” poured their lays 
In the lone listener’s ear, 
Like songs of an enchanted land, 
Sung sweetly to some fairy band, 
Leaning with doffed helms in each hand, 
In some green hollow near.” W. H. E.) 
