CHAP. LXIII. CAPRIFOLIA‘CER. SAMBUCUS. 1031 
B. Leaves pinnate. Flowers panicled. 
2 3. S.racemMo’sA L, The racemose-flowered Elder. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 386. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 438. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. S. montana Cam. Epit., 976.; S. cervini Tabern., 1029. ; Lob. Icon., t. 163. 
Engravings. Jacq. Icon. Rar., \. p. 59.; N. Du Ham,, 1. t. 56.; and our fig. 777. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Shrubby. Leaves pinnate. 
Leaflets 5, membranous, oblong, acumi- 
nated, serrated, unequal at the base. Pe- 
tioles glabrous. Panicle ovate. Leaves 
pale green, pretty smooth. Flowers of a 
whitish green colour. Fruit red or scarlet 
when ripe. (Don’s Mill., iti. p. 438.) A 
native of the middle and south of Europe 
and Siberia, on the mountains ; where it 
forms a large shrub, or low tree, growing 
from 10 ft. to 12 ft. high. It was intro- 
duced in 1596, and flowers in April and 
May. This tree has a splendid appearance “+ 
when covered with its panicles of fine, 
large, scarlet fruit. Captain 8S. E. Cook, 
who found it in abundance in Spain, in- 
forms us that the panicles of fruit resemble 
miniature bunches of grapes of the most 
brilliant scarlet ; and that, when in perfection, he thinks it the most beautiful 
wild fruit he has ever seen. Its large leaves, with their deeply serrated 
pinne, are also very ornamental. It grows as freely as the common elder, 
and deserves a place in every collection; though it is very seldom found, in 
British gardens, of such a size as to display its beauty. We should think 
it would succeed if budded on the common elder ; and, as that species is 
abundant in many places, plants might be trained to a single stem, and 
budded with S. racemésa, standard high. Price of plants, in the London 
nurseries, 1s. 6d. each; and at Bollwyller, 50 cents. 
Variety. 
% S. x. 2 lacinidta Koch in Dec. FI. Fr. Supp., p. 3000. — Leaflets jagged. A native of the 
Palatinate of the Rhine. 
z 4. §.(R.) pu‘BENS Michx. The downy Elder. 
Identification. Michx. Fl, Bor. Amer., 1. p. 181.; Don’s Mill, 3. p. 438. 
Synonymes. S. racemdsa Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer.,1. p. 279., but not of Lin. ; S. pubéscens Lodd. Cat. 
Spec. Char., §c. Shrubby. Leaves pinnate. Leaflets 5, membranous, ovate- 
lanceolate or oblong, acuminated, serrated, pubescent, but chiefly on the 
under side. Panicle thyrsoid. Berries red. Flowers whitish. Closely re- 
sembling S. racemosa, of which it is probably a variety. (Don’s Mill, iii. 
p- 438.) It is a native from Carolina to Canada, on the highest mountains, 
as far as the Saskatchawan. There are plants in the Horticultural Socie- 
ty’s Garden, and in the arboretum of the Messrs. Loddiges. 
Variety. 
% S. (r.) p. 2 heptaphglia.— Leaves larger than those of the species. Leaflets7. Sir W. J. 
Hooker received specimens from the Rocky Mountains, and more especially from the 
Pacific, remarkable for the great size and length of their leaflets; and for there being 
almost constantly seven upon each rachis: but he says, “I do not find that these, or 
the eastern state of the plant, can in any way be distinguished from the European S. 
racemdsa.”* (Fl. Bor. Amer., i. p.579.) It isa native of North America, on the east 
side of the Rocky Mountains, and on the shores of the Columbia, near Fort Vancouver, 
and at its confluence with the sea. 

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C. Leaves bipinnate. 
S. ebuldzdes Desf., Don’s Mill., 3. p. 438.; Phytetma bipinnata Lows. ; is a native of China, with 
suffruticose stems, white flowers, and perforated 3-celled fruit. Neither it, nor the following 
species, have yet been introduced. 
S. phyteumdides Dec. Prod., 4. p. 323.; Phytetima cochinchinénsis Lour ; has suffruticose stems, and 
leaflets serrated and wrinkled, with small 1-seeded berries. 
Three other species are described in Don’s Mii/er, as natives of China and Japan, but requiring to 
be examined into, as it is not certain that they belong to the genus. 
