9f> PENTAND. TRIGYN. TETRAGYN. 



3. TRIGYNIA. 



70. VIBURNUM. 



1. V. Lantana (mealy Guelder-rose, or way -faring Tree), leaves 

 elliptico-cordate serrate veined downy beneath. Lighlf'. p. 1 70. 



E.B.t.331. 

 HAB. Woods and hedges. At Sir John Hall's, in Dunglass glen. 



Fl. June. T? . 



A large shrub much branched, young shoots very downy. 

 Flowers in large dense cijmes, white. Cal. teeth very minute. Berry 



purplish black. 



2. V. Opulus (common Guelder-rose, or Water- Elder), leaves 

 glabrous three-lobed acuminate and serrate, petioles with 

 glands. Lightf. p. 170. E. B. t. 332. 



HAH. Moist woods and hedges, not uncommon. Auchindenny woods, 

 &c., Maugh. Woods between Hamilton and Lanark, &c. Banks 

 of the Ness and other streams near Inverness, Mr. G. Anderson, 

 Hopk. Fl. June. J? . 



Small tree, very glabrous. Leaves large, subcordate, broad. Cymes 

 large, with white flowers j the perfect ones small, resembling the 

 last ; abortive ones in the circumference, consisting of a very large, 

 plane, 5-lobed petal without, either stam. or pistil. Flowers erect. 

 Berries reddish purple, drooping. 



71. SAMBUCUS. 



1. S. Ebulu? (Dwarf Elder), cymes with 3 principal branches, 

 leaflets lanceolate, stipules foliaceous, stem herbaceous. 

 Lightf. p. 171. E.B.t.475. 



HAB. Way-sides, but not common. Near Dumfries on the road to- 

 wards Caerlavrock castle. At Dupplin near Perth, Lightf. Road- 

 side between Kittochside and Carmunnock, Ure. Clyde iron- 

 works, &c., Hopk. Hedges at Cask, Perthshire, and near Culloden, 

 Mr. Murray. Near Inverkeithing, Mr. Stewart. Field by the road 

 from Edinb. to Dalkeith, Mr. J. T. Mackaj/. S. bank of the water 

 of Leith, &c., Maugh. FL July. 11 . 



Stem two to three feet high, angular and furrowed. Leaves pinnate ; 

 leaflets serrated. Cyme large, terminal, purplish. Anthers large, 

 purple. Berries spherical, black. 



2. S. nigra (common Elder), cymes with 5 principal branches, 

 leaflets ovate, stem a tree. Lightf. p. 171. E. B. t. 476. 



HAB. Woods and hedges, frequent. Fl, June. ^ 

 A small tree, stems and branches full of light pith. Leaves pinnated 

 leaflets serrate. Cymes terminal, large, cream coloured, smelling un- 

 pleasantly. Anth. small, yellow. Berries purple black. The bark 

 is used by country practitioners medicinally, and the fruit is employed 

 for wines and preserves. A variety is found with laciniated leaves. 



4. TETRAGYNIA. 



72. PARNASSIA. 

 1 . P. palmlrh (Grass of Parnassus) . Lighlf. p. 172. E. B. L 82. 



