214 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
PENTANDRIA. TRIGYNTA. 
COROLLIFLORZ, CAPRIFOLIACEA. 
SAMBUCUS. (Exprr.) 
Generic Character. Calyx five-cleft. Corolla of one petal, 
wheel-shaped, and five-lobed. Berry below the flower. Leaves 
divided, or pinnate. 
SaMBUCUS NIGER. Common Elder. This common tree 
is used medicinally, and also for making wine. The leaves are 
divided into fine leaflets, each being neatly cut at the edges. 
The bunches of flowers are formed of five principal branches, 
cream-coloured, with small yellow anthers. Berries purple- 
black. 
SamBucus Exsutus. Dwarf Hider. This species is not 
uncommon in England. ‘The clusters of flowers have only 
three principal branches ; flowers purplish, anthers large and 
purplish. Leaves divided, leaflets much longer than in niger. 
Berry black. Stem two or three feet high, and much fur- 
rowed. 
HEXANDRIA. MoNnoGynia. 
PETALOIDES. LILIACER. 
ALLIUM. (Onton.) 
Generic Character. Flowers below the fruit, and consisting of 
