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the perfect flowers expand. The summits are scarlet, but there 

 are no styles to the pistils, and hardly any filaments to the sta- 

 mens. Leaf. stalks with \ or 2 pair of glands ; those near the ex- 

 tremity of the flowering branches with 5 to 8 thread-like stipu- 

 le, frequently terminated by glandular knobs. Mr. Gouoh. 



Umbels with 5 to 7 spokes. Blossoms white* Berries red. 



Water Elder. Guelderose Mealy-tree. Woods and wet hedges. 



S. May, June. Berries ripe in Sept. 



Var. 2. The Guelder Rose is a variety in which the whole of 

 the umbel consists of neutral florets, and is contracted into a glo- 

 bular form. Dr. Stokes. 



SAMBUCUS. Cal 5-toothed : Moss, regular, with 



5 shallow clefts : berry juicy, closed, many- 

 seeded. 



S. Tufts with 3 divisions ; stipulae leaf-like : stem herba- E^ulus. 



ceous. 





Curt.-E. hot. 4 l 7$-Fl.datt.\\e>6~Wood<v. iQO-Bladiu. 4SS. 

 -Mill. 126-MattL l^Q-Lob. obs. 5$9. 2-Ger. em. 1420' 

 -7. B. i. a. 549. 2-Fuchs. 65-Ger. 123$-Trag. 79$- 

 Park. 209. 7. 





Stems very brittle. Leaves winged, with several pair of Ieafits. 

 Leafts spear-shaped, serrated, unequal at the base, the upper mar- 

 gin deficient. Woodward. Stem and leaf-stalks furrowed. Little 

 leaves at the base of the leaf-stalks heart-shaped. Calyx segments 

 sometimes 6", purple. Bloss. segments pointed, white above ; pur- 

 ple beneath. Anthers purple ; one fixed on each side of every 

 filament, so that there are properly speaking 10 anthers. Berry 

 o-cellcd, 3-seeded. 



Dwarf Elder. Wall<wort. Danewort. Hedges and road 



sides. [Tutbury Castle, StafFordsh. Mr. Pitt. — On Goosegreen, 

 near Dal ton, Lancashire. Mr. Atkinson. — At the foot of Tarn- 

 worth Castle Hill, towards the river.] S. July.* 



S. Tufts with 5 divisions : leaves winged : leafits nearly ni'gra 



egg-shaped, serrated : stem tree-like. 



JS. hot. 476-FL dan. 5±5-Black<w. \h\-Woodv.7§~Matth^ 

 126S-G<?r. \2M~Fucbs. 64-Ger. em. 1422. WDod. 845. 

 l-Ger.em. 1422. 2-Park. 208. \-Trag. 997-7-5. i.* 544. 



* Has the same medical properties with the S. nigra ■, but in some re- 

 spects more violent, and therefore less manageable. A drarn and a half 

 °* the root is a strong purge.— The berries give out a violet colour.— The 

 green leaves drive away mice from granaries, audtheSilesians strew them 

 "•'here their pijrs lie, under a persuasion that they prevent some of the 



diseases to which they are liable, Neither tows, goats, sheep, horses, or 

 ^wuie will eat it. 





