CAPRIFOLIACEAE. — SAMBUCUS 307 
pedicelli breviter hispidulis; pedicelli 1-3 mm. longi. Fructus salmoneo- 
ruber, subglobosus, calycis dentibus erectis persistentibus coronatus, 
circiter 3 mm. diam., trispermus; semina late ovoidea, leviter com- 
pressa, 1.7 mm. longa et 1.5 mm. lata, laevia, luteo-albida. 
Western Szech’uan: Sungpan, alt. 2300-2700 m., August 1910 
(No. 4020). 
This species is most closely related to S. Wightiana Wallich, which is easily dis- 
tinguished by the ovoid fruits, the trigonous oblong-ovoid, rugose seeds, scarcely 
1 mm. in diameter, and: by the larger leaflets. In the smooth roundish light-colored 
seeds S. Schweriniana differs from all the other allied species. 
The two preceding Sambucus belong to a group of apparently much confused 
Species. As the conclusions I arrived at after a study of copious material differ in 
several respects from the treatment of these species by other writers, I add here a 
complete account of the three other species of this group with remarks on their rela- 
tionship and affinities. 
Sambucus javanica Reinwardt apud Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 
657 (1825). — De Candolle, Prodr. IV. 322 (1830). — G. Don, Gen. 
Syst. III. 437 (1834). — Hasskarl in Flora, XXVIII. 1, 243 (1845).— 
Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 124 (1856). — Hooker f. & Thomson in Jour. 
Linn. Soc. II. 180 (pro parte) (1858). — Clarke in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. 
Ind. III. 2 (pro parte) (1882). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 
348 (1888). — Schwerin in Mitt. Deutsch Dendr. Ges. XVIII. 41 (pro 
parte) (1909). 
Sambucus canadensis Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 126 (non Linnaeus) (1784). 
Si is Lindley in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. VI. 297 (1826). — 
De Candolle, Prodr. IV. 322 (1830). — Hance in Ann. Sci. Nat. sér. 5, 
V. 217 (1866); in Jour. Bot. VII. 295 (1869); XII. 260 (1874). 
Sambucus Thunbergii G. Don, Gen. Syst. III. 438 (1834). 
Sambucus Thunbergiana Blume apud Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bot. TI. 
265 (1865-66); Prol. Fl. Jap. 153 (1866-67).— Kurz, Forest Fl. Brit. 
Burma, II. 3 (1877). 
racemosa Tanaka, Useful Pl. Jap. 115, fig. 433 (non Linnaeus) (1895). 
Western Hupeh: Patung Hsien, thickets, alt. 1000-1300 m., 
August 1907 (No. 2520; sub-shrub 1.20-2 m. high, flowers white, fruits 
red); without precise locality, June 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 1261*); 
Ichang, A. Henry (No. 1694); Nan-t’o and mountains to northward, 
A. Henry (No. 2007); Patung district, A. Henry (Nos. 2537, 2388). 
Kiangsi: Kuling, abundant, alt. 1000 m., July 29, 1907 (No. 1730; 
sub-shrub, 1.20-2 m. high; flowers white). Chekiang: Ningpo, 
1908, D. Macgregor. Kwangtung; Canton, 1869, H. F. Hance. 
Yunnan: Mi-e district, A. Henry (No. 9924); Szemao, southern 
mts., alt. 1500 m., A. Henry (Nos. 12809, 12340). Formosa: Kelung 
and Hainan, C. Ford; without locality, R. Oldham (No. 202); Tamsui, 
