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VIBURNUM odoratissimum. Ke- Gaw/. 
China Laurestine. 
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PENTANDRIA J7RIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. CAPRIFOLIA. Jussieu gen. 210. Div. IIT. Calyx bractea- 
tus. Stylus nullus: stigmata 3. Cor. monopetala. ; 
VIBURNUM. Supra vol. 5. fol. 376, 
V. odoratissimum, sempervirens, glabrum; foliis coriaceis elliptico-oblongis, : 
distantér subdentatis margine reflexo: thyrso omnind hermaphrodito bra- - 
chiato, ramulorum pedunculis trichotomo-pedicellatis. - 
Frutex sempervirens, erectus, glaber, ramis teretibus robustis punctis ex- 
tantibus, verruculatis. Fol. opposita (modo verticillato-trina), coriacea, 
patentia, elliptico-oblonga, distantér nervosa, margine subtili cartilagined 
reflexa obsolete distantérque dentata vel interdum subintegra, petiolum versis 
attenuata, acumine brevi obtusulo apiculata, subtis pallentia, juniora lucidé 
letéeque virentia, seniora opaciora, majora nunc 5-uncialia latitudine ferme 
3-unciali: petiolus ad maximum 4 uncie longus. Thyrsi terminales brachiato- 
decompositi, stricti, laxiis numerosiflori, subtriunciales, glabri, patentes 
bracteati, ramulis in pedunculos trichotomo-pedicellatos terminantibus: pe- 
dicelli proprii brevissimi crassi basi cicatrice dilapse bractee profunde notati ; 
bractex sphacelate, acuminate, caduce ; pedicellorum minime. Cal. mi- 
nutus, campanulatus, rotundaté 5-lobulatus, pallidus. Cor. carnosula, tur- 
binato-rotata, alba, caduca, lutescentér-emarcescens: tubus triplo longior 
‘calyce vel magis fauce dilatata; limbus sublongior tubo, revoluto-reflecten- 
dus, laciniis rotundatis convexis. Fil. tubo adnata, lacintis corolle alterna, 
divaricata, equalia limbo, subulata, alba, stricta, persistentia: anth. in- 
cumbentes, oblonga, bilobe, lobis linearibus bast sagittato-distinctis: pollen 
ochroleucum. Gerin. disco glanduloso depresso viridi orbiculato fundo calycis . 
delitescente insidens, virens, conicum, equale calyct, rotundaté trigonum, 
tubo corolle inclusum, stigmate obsolete tricolli continuo pallido pruinoso 
apiculatum. 
A handsome evergeen shrub, with blossom scarcely in- 
ferior in fragrance to that of the well-known Sweet Olive of. . 
India (Ours fragrans). The species is of recent introduc- 
tion, and said to be native of China. It does not appear — 
to have been recorded. The plant from which the drawing 
has been taken was kindly sent to us by Sir Abraham Hume 
from the collection at Wormleybury, where it flowered last 
February for the first time in this country. It has been 
treated till now as a hothouse plant, but will probably be 
found to flower more freely when it shall have been treated 
less tenderly. We saw fine strong samples of it in the stove 
