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SAMBUCU5. Gen. pi. syi. 



Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. 5 iida. Bacca ^-fperma. 

 SAMBUCUS cymis triparticis, llipulis foliaceis, 



caule herbaceo. Sp.. pi. 385. Syfi: Nat. 219. 



{Miller, icon. 226. cpL Ger. Em. 14.16.) 

 Dwarf-Elder or Dane-wort. A'^glis. 

 By v/ay fides, but not con'.mon. I obferv'd it near 



Dumfries.^ in the road from thence towards Caer- 



la-vrock caftle, and at Dv.phn., the feat of Lord 



KinnoiiU near Fei'th^ 5jc. %. VII. 

 The leaves have three or four pair of pinnae, much 



longer than thofe of the common elder: the tips 



of the petals are red and inflex'd. 

 The roots are a pov^-erful diuretic : a decoction of 



them has been found ferviceable in the dropfy. 



SAMBUCUS cymis quinquepartiti.^, caule arboreo 

 Sp. pi. 385. [Ger. Em. 1422./. i.; 



Common Elder. Anglis. An druman. Gaulis. 



In v/oods and hedges frequent, l? . Vi. 



An infufion of the inner green bark of this fhrub 

 in white wine, or it's exprefs'd juice to the quan- 

 tity of half an ounce, o,r an ounce, is faid to 

 prove a moderate cathartic, and in fmall dofes 

 to be an efficacious deobftruent. The bruifed 

 leaves in a cataplafm are fometimes applied out- 

 wardly in eryfipelas and pleurifies, and are reck- 

 oned to be very relaxing. The dryed flowers are 

 a fudorihc, and the juice of the berries, infpif- 

 fated to the confiftencc of a rob, proves a fafe 



and 



