VIBURNUM. PENTANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 321 



large. Fruit larg^e, subglobose, red, of an agreeable acid 

 taste ; seed flat, without ridges. 

 Hab. In woods ; particularly in mountainous regions. Com- 

 mon in New-England, and in the interior of New-York, above 

 the Highlands. May — June. 



The fruit is sometimes used as a substitlxte for Cranberries. 



10. V. edufe Phi: leaves 3-lobed, rather obtuse at the 

 base, 3-iierved ; lobes very short, with acuminate-dentate 

 serratures ; petioles glandular ; cymes radiate- P ur s h Fl, 

 I. p. ^203. Roem. 4> Schult. VI. p. 636. Y.Opulusy. 

 idideMich. FL I. p. 180. 



A smaller and more upright shrub than the preceding. Berries 

 the same colour and size, but when fully ripe more agreeable 

 to eat. 



Hab. On the banks of rivers. Canada to New-York. Pursh. 

 This species I have never seen, except 1 have confounded it 

 with the preceding, from which it appears to be scarcely dis- 

 tinct. They both are nearly allied to V. Ojiuliis of Europe. 



216. SAMBUCUS. L. 



Calyx minute, 5- cleft. Corolla subrotate, 5-cleft. 

 Stigmas minute, ses^le. Berry globose, 1-celled, 

 3-seeded. Gen, pi. 505. Nutf. Gen. I. p. 203. 

 Juss. p. 214. Lam. Ill t. CCXII. Roem. ^ 

 Schult. Gen. 1226. Nat. Ord. Caprifolia Juss. 



Elder. 



1. S. canadensis L. : nerves and petioles very smooth ; 

 leaflets oblong-oval, about 3-pairs, acummate, smooth ; midrib 

 subpubescent ; cymes lax, 5-cleft ; stem frutescent. fVilld. 

 S'pec. I. p. 1494. Mich. FLl. ^. \2>\. Pursh Fl.l.^. 

 203. Big. Bost.^.ll. E Uiott Sk.\.p.3GS. Walt. 

 Cor. p. 116. Roem. ^ Schult. W.T^.GAO. Cold. 

 J^oveb.Gl. 



A shrub 6 — 10 feet high, erect, smooth ; branches swelled at the 

 joints. Leaves frequently bipinnate ; leaflets on short petioles, 

 much acuminate, acutely serrate, shining; the younger ones 

 often subpubescent. Fiovjers in large spreading terminal 

 cymes. Teeth of the calyx acute. Corolla white ; segments 

 ovate, spreading or revolute. Berries deep purple or black, 

 oval. 



Hab. In swamps and along hedges in moist grounds. May— 

 jyjy^ Common Elder. 



2. S. pubens M i c h. : petioles and leaves beneath pubes- 

 cent ; leaflets ovaManceolate; cymes panicubte ; ?tem fruti- 

 cose. Mich. Fl. \. p. 181. Willd. Eniwi. Horl. Berol 



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