96 PENTAND. ^TRIGYN. TETRAGYN. 



3. TRIGYNIA. 



70, VIBURNUM. 



1. V. hanlana [mealy Guelder-rose, ox luay -faring Tree), leaves 

 clliptico-cordate senate veined downy beneath. Li'jhlf. p. 170. 

 E.B.trS'3\. 



Hab. 'Woods and hedges. At Sir John Hall's, in Dunp-lass glen. 



Fl. June. ^2 . 

 A large shrub much branched, young shoots very downy. 

 Flowers in large dense cijmes, white. Cal. teeth very minute. Berry 



purplish black. 



2. V. Opulus [conimnn Guelder-rose, or IValer- Elder) ^ leaves 

 glabrous three-lobed acuminate and serrate, petioles with 

 glands. Light/, p. 170. E. B. t. 332. 



Hab. Moist woods and hedges, not uncommon. Auchindenny woods, 

 &c., Maugh. M'oods between Hamilton and Lanark, Sec. Banks 

 of the Ness and other streams near Inverness, Mr. G. Aiiderso)i, 

 Hopk. FL June. Ij . 



Small tree, very glabrous. Leaves large, subcordate, broad. Ci/iiies 

 large, witli white flowers ; the perfect ones small, resembling the 

 last ; abortive ones in the circumference, consisting of a very large, 

 plane, 5-lobed petal without, ehhev stcon. or pisfi/. Flowers evect. 

 Berries reddish purple, drooping. 



71. SAMBUCUS. 



1. S. Ebid2i.9 {Dwarf Elder), cymes with 3 principal branches, 

 leaflets lanceolate, stipules foliaceous, stem herbaceous. 

 Light/. /J. 1 7 1 . E.B.t. 475 • 



Hab. \\'ay-sides, but not common. Near Dumfries on the road to- 

 wards Caerlavrcck castle. At Dupplin near Perth, Light/. Road- 

 side between Kittochside and Carmunnock, lire. Clyde iron- 

 works, &c., Hopk. Hedges at Gask, Perthshire, and near Culloden, 

 Mr. Miirraif. Near Inverkeithing, Mr. Stewart. Field by the road 

 from Edinb. to Dalkeith, Mr. J. T. Maekar,. S. bank of the water 

 of Leith, <S:c., Mnugh. Fl. July. 7/ . 



Stem two to three feet high, angular and furrowed. Leaves pinnate ; 

 leaflets serrated. Cijme large, terminal, purplish. Anthers large, 

 purple. Berries spherical, black. 



2. S. jiigra {common Elder), cymes with 5 principal branches, 

 leaflets ovate, stem a tree. Lightfp. 171. E. B. L 476, 



Hab. \Voods and hedges, frequent. Fl. June. Ij . 



A small tree, stems and branches full of light pith. Leaves pinnated ; 

 lecifiets serrate. Cymes terminal, large, cream coloured, smelling un- 

 pleasantly. A)dh. small, yellow. Berries purple black. — The bark 

 is used by country practitioners medicinally, and the fruit is employed 

 for wines and preserves. A variety is found with laciniated leaves. 



4. TETKAGYNIA. 



72. PARNASSIA. 

 1. V.pahislris {Grass of Parnassus) . Lightfp. 172. E.B. /.S?. 



