CHAP. LXIII. CAPRIFOLIA\CER. SAMBU CUS. 1027 
Sect. I. Sampu‘cea Humb. et Kth. 
Sect. Char. Corolla monopetalous, regular, rotate, with 5 segments only con- 
nected a little at the base; rarely tubular. Style wanting. Stigmas 3, sessile. 
SamBu'cus Tourn. Limb of calyx 5-cleft. Corolla rotate, urceolate. Berry 
roundish, pulpy, 1-celled, 3—4-seeded, hardly crowned. 
Visu’rnum L. Limb of calyx 5-cleft, permanent. Corolla rotate, subcam- 
panulate, and tubular. Berry ovate or globose, l-seeded from abortion ; 
crowned by the calycine teeth. 
Sect. II. Lonicre‘rzz# Brown. 
Sect. Char. Corolla monopetalous, more or less tubular, usually irregular. 
Style filiform, crowned by three distinct, or concrete, stigmas. 
Diervi'LL4 Tourn. Calyx bibracteate at the base, with an oblong tube, and a 
5-parted limb. Corolla funnel-shaped, 3-cleft. Stigma capitate. Capsule 
oblong, not crowned, l-celled, many-seeded. Seeds minute. 
Loni’cerd Desf. Tube of calyx 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped, 
or campanulate, with a 5-parted, usually irregular, limb. Stigma capitate. 
Berry 3-celled. Cells few-seeded. 
LeycesTe‘rz4 Wall. Calyx with an ovate tube, and a 5-parted irregular limb, 
ciliated with glands. Corolla funnel-shaped, with the tube gibbous at the 
base, and the limb 5-parted and campanulate. Stigma capitate. Berry 
roundish, 5-celled, crowned by the calyx. Cells many-seeded. 
SympHorica’RrPos G. Don. (Symphoria Pers.) Calyx with a globose tube, and 
a small 4—5-toothed limb. Corolla funnel-shaped, with an almost regular 
4—5-lobed limb. Stigma semiglobose. Berry crowned by the calyx, 4-celled, 
two of them empty, and the other two containing 1 seed each. (Don’s 
Mill, iii. p. 436.) 

Sect. I. SaMBuU‘cE. 
Genus I. 
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SAMBU‘CUS Tourn. Tuer Exvper. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Trigynia. 
Identification. Tourn. Inst., 376.; Lin. Gen., No. 372.; Gertn. Fruct., t. 27.; Lam. IIL, t. 211. ; 
Schkuhr Handb., t. 83.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 321.; Don’s Mill, 3. p. 436. 
Synonyme. Phytetma Lour. Coch., p. 138., but not of Lin. 
Derivation. From sambuké, which the Latins have changed to sambuca, a musical instrument, 
which is believed to have been made of elder wood. 
Gen. Char., $c. Calyx small, divided into 5 deep segments, permanent. 
Corolla rotate, urceolar, 5-lobed. Lobes obtuse. Stamens 5, about the 
length of the corolla. Filaments awl-shaped. Anthers roundish, heart- 
shaped. Sfyle none. Stigmas 3, obtuse. Berry globular, pulpy, of 1 cell, 
containing 3—5 seeds, which are convex on the outside, and angular inside. 
(Don’s Mill., iii. p. 436.) — Low deciduous trees, natives of Europe and 
North America; ornamental for their compound leaves, and large ter- 
minal cymes of flowers; which are succeeded by purplish, red, white, or 
green berries, having cathartic properties, and from which a wine is made. 
All the species are of easy culture, in good soil, rather moist and loamy ; 
and they are all readily propagated by cuttings. 
A. Leaves pinnate. Flowers cymose or corymbose. 
¥ 1. S.nt‘era L. The common, or black-fruted, Elder. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 385. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 437., Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. Bourtry, or Bour Tree, Arntree, Scotch ; Sureau, Fr. ; Hollander, Ger. ; Sambuco, J¢al.; 
Sauco, and Sabuco, Span. ; Flaeder, Swed. ; Hylde, Dan. 
Engravings. N. Du Ham., 1. t. 55.; Heyne Term. Bot., t. 32. f. 2. ; Engl. Bot., t. 476. ; Woodv. Med. 
Bot., t. 78.; Fl. Dan., t. 545. ; our fig. 773. ; and the plate of this species in Vol, II. 
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