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of leaves hooked a little, and somewhat cartilaginous.
(Boris Mill.') A robust shrub or low tree.
New England to Carolina, among hedges and on
the borders of woods ; and found throughout Canada.
Height Gft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1761.
Flowers white; July. Fruit black; ripe in September.
Decaying leaves purple red and yellow
Naked young wood yellowish and reddish green.
In British gardens, this species forms, when pruned
to a single stem, a handsome small tree, flowering
freely and producing abundance of fruit, which is
greedily eaten by birds. Propagated by layers, or by
seeds.
afe X 3. F. (L .) PBUNiFo'nuM L. The Plum-tree-leaved Viburnum.
Identification. Lin, Sp , 383. ; Doc. Prod., 4. p. 325. ; Don’s M ill, 3. p. ¿40.
tti/nonyme. V. Lentàgo Du Roi.
Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 23. ; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 38. : the plate ii
vol. VI. ; and our fig. 939. Arb. Brit., 1st edit.,
V. (L.) prunifi>lium.
Spec. Char., 4'c. Leaves roundish-obovate and oval, glabrous, rather membranous,
crenately serrated, ending in a short acumen. Petioles marginate,
glabrous. Cymes sessile. Berries ovate or roundish. (Boris Mill.) Alarge
shrub or low tree. New England to Carolina, in hedges and fields ; and also
Canada, about Lake Huron. Height 8 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1731.
Flowers white j May and June. Fruit dai-k blue; ripe in September.
^ X 4. F. (L.) p v rifoLium Poir. The Pear-tree-leaved Viburnum.
Identification. Poir. Diet., 5. p. 658.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 325.; Don’s Mill.,
3. p. 440.
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 22. ; and oar figs. 940. and 941.
Spec, Char., 4'c. Leaves ovate, acutish,
glabrous, subserrated. Petioles smooth.
Corymbs somewhat pedunculate. (Doris
Mill.') A large shrub or low tree. Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, &c., on the banks
of rivers. Height 5 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced
in 1812. Flowers white; May and
June. Fruit ovate oblong, black; ripe in
September. gn. r. (L.) pyrifoiium.
Resembles the preceding species, but is not so straggling in its growth,
afe 1! 5. F. (L .) NutiuM h . T\\q mikeá-corymbed Viburnum.
Identification. Lin. Sp., 383.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 325. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 440.
Synonyme. V. pyrifblium Roir.
Éngravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 20.; Mill. Icon., 274. ; and our fig. 942.
Spec, Char., 4’C. Leaves oval-oblong, angular at
the base, bluntish, with revolute obsoletely crenulated
margins, quite glabrous. Petioles beset
with scale-like scurf or down. Corymbs pedunculate,
not involúcrate. (Doris Mill.) A large
shrub or low tree. Canada to Georgia, in
swamps, particularly on a sandy soil. Height
C ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in Í752. Flowers
whitish ; May to June. Fruit globose, black or
dark blue; ripe in September.
Variety.
X V. (L .) n. 2 squamàtum ; K squamàtum
Willd. Enum. (Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 24. ;
and our 943.) ; has the surface, midribs,
and petioles of the
leaves scaly (whence
its name), and their
margins crenate, sub-
dentate. The peduncles
and pedicels are
also covered with
, minute ferruginous
^ scales ; and the leaves
' are smaller, and of a
bluer green than those
943. K.(L.)n.*quam.ùt«m. „ùdum.
’ I l ’
942. r. (L.)nùdum.
Sir W .J . Hooker says of this species, that he cannot satisfy himself of
permanently distinguishing characters between it and F. Lentàgo and F. ;)ru-
iiifòlium. We think all the four varieties of the same form.
66 5" 6. F. c a s s i n o C d e s L. The Cassine-like Viburnum.
Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 384. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 326. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 440. ;
Load. Cat., ed. 1836.
Synonynxe. V. punctàtum Rcfin.
Engraving. Oar fig. 944. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium.
Spec. Char., 4’(‘- Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute at both
ends, crenated, glabrous above, with subrevolute edges.
Under side of leaves, as well as the petioles, which are
keeled, and branches, which are tetragonal,
covered with scurfy dots.
Corymbs sessile. (Doris Mill.) A
large shrub or low tree. New York
to Carolina, in swamps. Height 3 ft.
to 5 ft. in America; 10 ft. to 12 ft. in
England. Flowers white; June and
944. r. wmnoldes.
July. Fruit ovate, bluish black; ripe in September.
66 Î 7. F. ic. ) LÆVÏGA'TUM WUld.
Viburnum.
The smooth
Identification. Willd. Sp., 1. p. 1491. Dec. Prod., 4. p. 326. : Don’s
_ Mill., 3. p. 440.
Si/nonymes. V.cassinoiáesDuRoiHarbÍ!. 2.p.486.; F. lanceolàtum
Hort. K ew .t. 19.; Fibúrnum caroliniànum Hort.; Cassine parágua L in.
Mnraí.220.; C«,wJnecorymbòsa AfíVÍ./c o n .t.83.f.l.; Thèamericano, Hai.
Engràvings. Mill. Icon., t. 83. f. 1. ; andour fig. 945.
L L 4 945. F. (r.) Itevifiittuin.