Sambucus, — Viburnum. 925 
inserted at the base of the corolla. Ovary 3—5-celled with 1 pendu- 
lous ovule in each cell; stigma sessile, 3—5-lobed. Fruit a berry- 
like drupe, with 3—5 seed-like pyrenes, each containing a single 
seed. — ‘Trees, shrubs, or tall herbs. Leaves opposite, pinnate. 
Flowers white or yellow, rather small, in large terminal corym- 
bose cymes. 
The genus is widely dispersed over Europe, temperate Asia, and North 
America. 
1287. Sambucus nigra L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p.385. — 
Boiss. Flor. O. Ill, p. 2. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’EKg., p. 82 
no. 489. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 241. — A small 
shrub or tree, with the stem and branches full of pith. Leaf- 
segments 5—7, ovate, pointed, 5—8 cm long, regularly and sharply 
toothed, and nearly glabrous. Corymbs, 10—12 cm broad, several 
times branched, the first time into 4 or 5 but the branches less 
numerous at each subsequent division. ‘The bracts very minute, 
Flowers white or creamcoloured. Fruits black. — Flow. March to 
April. 
N.d. Often cultivated in gardens, sometimes subspontaneous. 
Local name: beylasan. 
Common in Central and Southern Europe to the Caucasus, widely 
cultivated in the Mediterranean region. 
523. (2.) Viburnum Linn. 
Calyx minute, 5-toothed. Corolla rotate or somewhat campa- 
nulate, 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Ovary 1—3-celled, one of the cells 
containing a single ovule, the others empty. Drupe baccate, con- 
taining a single compressed bony nut. — Shrubs or small trees. 
Leaves lobed or undivided, the petioles sometimes winged. Flowers 
in terminal cymes, small, white; the marginal ones occasionally 
radiant and sterile. 
A rather large and widely-spread genus extending further into the 
tropical regions of both the New and the Old World than any other of the 
family. The flowers, at first sight very much like those of Sambucus, have 
yet a more distinct tube, and the foliage is very different. 
1288. Viburnum Opulus L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p. 387. — 
Boiss. Flor. Or. II, p.3. — Not generally a tall shrub when wild, 
but it will grow into a small tree, and is always glabrous in all its 
parts. Leaves 5 or 8 cm broad, divided to near the middle into 
3 or sometimes 5 broad angular pointed lobes, which are usually 
coarsely toothed or again lobed; the slender leafstalks have 2 or 
