. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. Abelia] LX. CAPEIFOLIACEJ] 361. Fig. 150 —Abel la trjiiora persistent, 1-1 in, long at the time the seed ripens. Ovary 3-celled, fruit coriaceous indehiscent l~seeded. ''W. Himalayaj Ka&liiiiir to Kimiaon 4-10,000ft J chiefly on limestone; also Trans-Indus Fl. May-Ang. 4. VIBURNUM, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 3. Shruhs or trees, wood close-grained, leaves simple, when bruised smell often disagreeable. Fl. white or pink, pentamerous, regu


. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. Abelia] LX. CAPEIFOLIACEJ] 361. Fig. 150 —Abel la trjiiora persistent, 1-1 in, long at the time the seed ripens. Ovary 3-celled, fruit coriaceous indehiscent l~seeded. ''W. Himalayaj Ka&liiiiir to Kimiaon 4-10,000ft J chiefly on limestone; also Trans-Indus Fl. May-Ang. 4. VIBURNUM, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 3. Shruhs or trees, wood close-grained, leaves simple, when bruised smell often disagreeable. Fl. white or pink, pentamerous, regular, in a compound umbel, thyrsus or corymb, the outer 11. sometimes sterile, larger and zygomorphic (F. Ojndus, L., The Gruelder Rose of Europe, Siberia and North America). Stamens 5, ovary l~3-celled, one pendulous ovule in each cell. Drupe dry or fleshy, endocarp crustaceous, 1-seeded, seed flat, or concave by the endocarp projecting into the cavity. Species about 100, a few in Europe and the Mediterranean region, the majority in the temperate and subtropical regions of Eastern Asia and North America. Of the 15 species here described, 4 are found both in the Western and Eastern region. Two of these, F. coriaceum and erubescenSj extend from Ceylon to China, F. odoratisshmmi is found in China, while F. jnmctatum is limited to India. A. Seed flat, often with shallow grooves. Fl. in compound umbels. (a) Corolla short, rotate, funnel-shaped, or campanulate, 1. deciduous, generally membranous. 1. V. cotinifolium, Don; Wight 111. t. 121; Oollett Simla Fl. 221. fig. 6S. Vern. JBanguch^Heiz.; Bhutnoi^ Ja,uns.; Battonda^ Grwia^ Grarhwal, Kumaon. A large shrub, shoots and underside of 1. woolly, with grey stellate tomentum. L. rugose, ovate, elliptic or orbicular, obtuse, crenulate or nearly entire, base rounded or nearly cordate, blade 2-5, pet. stout, \-\ in. long. Corolla white, tinged with pink, tube \ in. long, turbinate, fr. red, |~-|- in. long, edible. Baluch


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