viburnam

(Lat.=the wayfaring-tree.] Bot. Guelder-rose; a genus of Sambuceæ. Shrubs or trees with opposite branches, simple leaves, and terminal or axillary panicles of white or pink flowers; calyx limb five-cleft, corolla campanulate or funnel-shaped, five-lobed; stamens five, stigmas three, se ile, ovary one to three celled; fruit an inferior one-seeded berry. Species numerous. The branches yield a yellow dye [GUELDER-ROSE.] V. tin us is the Laurustinus (q. v.). An oil extracted from the seeds of V. coriaceum , a large Him a lay an shrub, is used by the Nepaulese for food and for burning. The fruit of V. cot in i folium , V. foetens, V. nervosum , and V. stellulatum , Him a lay an shrubs, are eaten by the natives. The wood of V. erubescens , a small Him a lay an tree, is very hard, close, and even-grained.