132 The Useful Family Herbal. 
firm, channelled, and ina manner covered with 
Leaves: They are {mall in Proportion to the Big- 
nefs of the Plant, oblong, narrow, and pointed 
at the Ends, of a yellowifh green Colour, and 
not ferrated at the Edges; a Tuft of the fame 
kind of Leaves but fomewhat Jarger, furround ” 
the Bottom of the Stalk. The Root is long and 
white. he Flowers are fmall, but very nume- 
rous. oa 
The flowery Tops of this Plant dried, and 
given in Decoction, are faid to be a Remedy for 
the Evil, but the Report is not eftablifhed by any 
known Experience. 
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gh ELDER. : 
edt - SAMBUCUS: 7 
: A Common wild Shrub ; it grows irregularly. 
*% ‘The Stem or Trunk is covered with a rough 
whitith Bark, and the Wood is firm, but there is 
a Hollow within, this is fimalleft in the largett 
Parts of the Shrub, but it is never quite oblite- 
rated. The young Shoots are thick, long, and 
Green ; they grow quick, and are often 2 Yard 
ly. ‘Thefe contain a lar: uantity of Pith; 
d their Bark as they ftand | eee brownith, 
their under Surface woody. The Leaves are 
pofed of feveral Pairs of others, with an odd 
: _ nother kind of Elder, with Berries white when they 
a Se a ee ee 
long before they begin to change Colour, or grow 
_ one at the End: The Flowers ftand in vaft Clu- 
-fters, or Umbels, and are fmail and white; they. — 
are fucceeded by Berries, which are black whe? 
ripe, -and are full of a purple Juice. ‘There is 3 
