CHAP. LXIII. 



CAPIUFOLIA'CEiE. 5AMBU^CUS. 



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B. Leaves pinnate. Flowers paviclcd. 

 36 3. 5*. RACEMo'sA L. The racemofie-Jlotverecl Elder. 



Identification. Lin. Sp , 386. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 438. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. lS,;fi. 

 Si/nonumcs. S. montana Ca?>i. Epit., 976. ; S. cervlni Tabern.y U)29. ; Lob. Icon., t. lb.3. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Icon. Rar., 1. p. 59. ; N. Du Ham., 1. t. 56. ; and our <ig. Til. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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., iii. 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 1590, and flowers in April and 

 May. This tree has a splendid appearance 

 when covered with its panicles of fine, . 

 large, scarlet fruit. Captain S. 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 

 pinnEB, 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 w oukl 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. racemosa, standard high. Price of plants, in the London 

 nurseries. Is. 6d. each ; and at Bollwyller, 30 cents. 



Varieiif. 



afe'S. r. 2 lacinldia Koch in Dec. FI. Fr. Supp., p. 3000. 

 Palatinate of the Rhine. 



-Leaflets jigged. A native of the 



a 4. S. (r.) pu^bens JMic/ix. The downy Elder. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Hor. Amer., 1. p. 181. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 438. 



Si/nonymcs. S. racem6sa Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 279., but not of Lin. ; S. pub^scens Lodd. Cat. 



Spec. Char., c^-c. Shrubby. Leaves pinnate. Leaflets 5, membranous, ovate- 

 lanceolate or oblong, acuminated, serrated, pubescent, but chiefly on the 

 underside. Panicte thyrsoid. Berries red. Flowers whitish. Closely re- 

 sembling S. racemosa, of which it is probably a variety. (Don's Mi//., 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. 



Varieti/. 



ai S. (r) p. 9. heptaphijlla. — Leaves larger than tho.se of the species. Leaflets 7. Sir W. J. 

 Hooker received .specimens from the Rocky Mountain.", and more especially from the 

 Pacitic, 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 |ilant, can in any way be distinguished from the European S. 

 racemosa." (Fl. Bor. Amer., i. p. .579) It is a 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. 



C. Leaves bipinnafe. 



S. ebulb'ides Desf., Don's Mill., 3. p. 438. ; Phyteiima bipinnita Lotir. ; is a native of China, with 

 suffruticose stems, white flowers, and perforated 3.celled fruit. Neither it, nor the following 

 species, have vet been introduced. 



S. \)/ii/teu»Wides Dec. Prod., 4. p. 323. ; Phyteiima cochinchinensis Lour ; has sufl'ruticose stems, and 

 leaflets serrated and wrinkled, with small 1-seeded berries. 



Three other species are described in Don's Miller, as natives of China and Japan, but requiring to 

 be ex.imined into, as it is not certain that they belong to the genus. 



