ELDER 



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pinnate, pseudo-palmate at the base, looped and reticulate, 

 with a tendency to form infra-marginal veins. 



(b) Leaflets more or less lanceolate, on very short 

 petiolules or sessile : never twining, shoots stout. 



(i) Stipules represented by a thin interpetiolar 

 ledge or line. Petiolules short. Venation 

 reticulate, with large meshes. 



Sambucus nigra, L. Elder (Fig. 30). Shrub or small 

 tree : shoots with large white pith and prominent lenticels. 



Fig. 30. Elder, Sambucus nigra, p. 153 (D). 



Leaves 20 30 cm. in total length. Leaflets about 5 7, 

 or even 9, on short petiolules. Lamina thin, not obviously 



