Woodbine. 



Danewobt. 



324 THE HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 



of the northern parts of the northern hemisphere, and recommended 

 by properties of considerable interest. Independently of the fragrance 

 of the honeysuckle, the virtues of the elder-tree are enough to attract 

 attention. Six species grow wild in England, four of them occurring 

 spontaneously near Manchester. 



A. 



Stem twining. 



1. Stems slender, cord-like, scrambling up and over bushes and\ 



trees to the height of many yards. Leaves oblong, entii-e ; 

 flowers closely sessile, in terminal heads ; corolla an inch 

 and a half long, irregularly two-Upped, yellowish or pinky, 

 and very fragrant. Fruit a head of red translucent ber- 

 ries, each the size of a pea 



B. 



Stems not twining. Flowers in cymes, numerous and white. 



* Leaves pinnate. Berries black. 



2. Herbaceous plant. Segments of the leaves seven to eleven, ' 



lanceolate, the lowest short, broad, and close to the stems, 

 resembling stipules 



3. Tree. Segments of the leaves five to seven, ovate ; cymes ) „ 



ea c • • 1, t Elder. 



of flowers five or six inches across j 



** Leaves fan-lobed, entire. Berries crimson. 



4. A small tree, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves two or three> 



inches across, divided to near the middle into three broad, 

 angular, pointed lobes. Flowers small, in cymes two or 

 three inches in diameter, the outer ones much enlarged, V 

 so as to form a kind of ray or border, but destitute of 

 stamens and pistils. Berries of a fine translucent crimson, 

 and hanging on the tree till shrivelled by the frost ) 



HABITATS AND LOCALITIES. 

 1. Woodbine — {Lonicera Periclymenum.) 

 Hedges and in woods, everywhere. Tallest and most luxuriant 

 in Atherton Wood, near Leigh, climbing to the very tops of the trees. 

 Fl. summer and autumn. 



Curtis, i. 15; E. B. xii. 800; Baxter, iv. 287. 



2. Banewort — [Sambucus Ebiihis.) 

 " Near Dobcross, Saddleworth, and between Tyldesley and Bolton." 

 (B. G.) Cultivated about Boothstown. (J. E.) Fl. July. 

 Curtis, i. 103 ; E. B. vii. 475; Baxter, ii. 122. 



3. Eldek — {Sambucus nigra.) 

 Hedges, everywhere. Fl. June, July. 



E. B. vii. 476. 



Wild Guelder- 



BOSE. 



