B145 



BUNCHBERRY ELDER 



Sambu'cus microbo'trys 



Flowers small, whitish, numerous, in 

 hemispherical end clusters (compound 

 cymes) about 2 in. across 



Leaves opposite, stalked^ divided 

 (odd-pinnately compound) into 5 to 7 

 leaflets 



Leaflets pale green, hairless, egg- 

 shaped to egg-lance-shaped, sharp- to 

 long-taper-pointed, coarsely toothed, 

 round and lopsided at base, 1 to about 

 4 in. long 



United petals (corolla) saucer-shaped, 

 5-lobed; lobes alternating with the 5 

 stamens 



Stems usually numerous, up to about 

 6K ft. high, smooth and hairless, 

 white-pithy (at least when young), 

 with opposite branches and reddish 

 bark 



Fruit (drupe) berrylike, bright red, 

 about X in. in diameter, crowned by 5 

 minute persistent teeth of outer united 

 flower parts (calyx), 3- to 5-celled, 

 each cell l-"seeded" 



