CHAP. LXIII. CAPRIFOLIA^CE^. A'AMBU CUS. 1027 



Sect. I. ^.AMBu'cEiE Hitmb. et^ Kth. 

 Sect. Char. Corolla monopetaloiis, regular, rotate, with 5 segments only con- 

 nected a little at the base; rarely tubular. Style wanting. Stigmas 3, sessile. 



Skubv^cvs Tourn. Limb of calyx 5-cleft. Corolla rotate, urceolate. Berry 



roundish, pulpy, 1-celled, 3 — 4-seeded, hardly crowned. 

 Tibu'rnum L. Limb of calyx 5-cleft, permanent. Corolla rotate, subcam- 



panulate, and tubular. Berry ovate or globose, 1-seeded from abortion ; 



crowned by the calycine teeth. 



Sect. IL LoNiCE^R£/E Brown. 

 Sect. Char. Corolla monopetalous, more or less tubular, usually irregular. 

 Style filiform, crowned by three distinct, or concrete, stigmas. 



Diervi'll^ 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, 1-celled, many-seeded. Seeds minute. 



LoNi'cERv4 Desf. Tube of calyx 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped, 

 or campanulate, with a 3-parted, usually irregular, limb. Stigma capitate. 

 Berry 3-celled. Cells few-seeded. 



Leyceste^r/^ 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 manj'-seeded, 



Symphorica'rpos G. Don. (Symphoria Pcrs.) Calyx with a globose tube, and 

 a small 4 — 5-toothcd limb. Corolla funnel-shaped, with an almost regvdar 

 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, (Z)o«'.v 

 Mill., iii. p. 430.) 



Sect. I. ^AMBU^CEiT:. 



Genus I. 



SAMBU'CUS Tourn. The Elder. Lin. Sj/st. Pentdndria Trigynia. 



Identification. Tourn. Inst., 376. ; Lin. Gen., No. 372. ; Ga?rtn. Fruct., t. 27. ; Lam. 111., t. 211. ; 



Schkuhr Handb., t. 83. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. .321. ; Don's Mill., a p. 436. 

 Synouymc. Plivtetima Lour. Coch., p. 138., but not of Lin. 

 Derivation. From sambukc, which the Latins have changed to sambuca, a musical instrument, 



wiiich is believed to have been made of elder wood. 



Gen. Char., Sfc. Calj/j; small, divided into 5 deep segments, permanent. 

 Corolla rotate, urceolar, 5-Iobed. Lobes obtuse. Stamens 5, about the 

 length of the corolla. Filaments awl-shaped. Anthers roundish, heart- 

 shaped. Stijle 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, 

 t \. S. Ni^GRA L. The common, or black-fruited. Elder. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 385. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 437., Lortd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Synonymes. Bourtry, or Bour Tree, Arntree, Scotch ; Sureau, Fr. ; Hollander, Ger. ; Sambuco, Itnl ; 



Sauco, and Saburo, Span. ; Flaeder, Suied. i Hylde, Dan. 

 EngTavinjis. N. Du Ham., 1. t. 5.5. ; Heyne Term. Bot., t. 32. f. 2. ; Engl. Bot., t. 476. ; Woodv. Me.) 



Bot t 78 ; Fl. Dan., t. 345. ; our fig. 773. ; and the plate of this species in Vol. II. 



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