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A large shrub, with white, mealy, flexible branches, and 

 large leaves, which are very hoary beneath. The flowers 

 are dull white and grow in terminal cymes ; the berries 

 are scarlet, turning black when fully ripe. It is most 

 frequently met with in a chalky or limestone soil. Fl. 

 May, June. Shrub. 



SAMBtfcus NIGRA (Common Elder). 



2. V. Opulus (Guelder-rose, Water Elder). Flowers 

 in cymes, the outer barren and radiant ; leaves smooth, 



