'HAP. LXIH. CAPRIFOLIA^CE^E. i'AMBU^CUS. 1027 



Sect. I. SAMBI; X CEJE Hmnb. ct Kth. 



Sect. Char. Corolla monopetalous, regular, rotate, with 5 segments only con- 

 nected a little at the base; rarely tubular. Style wanting. Stigmas 3, sessile. 



VS Town. Limb of calyx 5-cleft. Corolla rotate, urceolate. Berry 

 roundish, pulpy, 1-celled, 3 4-seeded, hardly crowned. 

 FIBU'RNUM L. Limb of calyx 5-cleft, permanent. Corolla rotate, subcam- 

 panulate, and tubular. Berry ovate or globose, 1-seeded from abortion ; 

 crowned by the calycine teeth. 



Sect. II. LONICE N RE, Brown. 



Sect. Char. Corolla monopetalous, more or less tubular, usually irregular. 

 Style filiform, crowned by three distinct, or concrete, stigmas. 



DIERVI'LL/I Tourn. Calyx bibracteate at the base, with an oblong tube, and a 

 5-parted limb. Corolla funnel-shaped, 3-cleft. Stigma capitate. Capsule 

 oblong, not crowned, 1-celled, many-seeded. Seeds minute. 



LONGER,* Desf. Tube of calyx 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped, 

 or campanulate, with a 5-parted, usually irregular, limb. Stigma capitate. 

 Berry 3-celled. Cells few-seeded. 



LEYCESTE^R//* Wall. Calyx with an ovate tube, and a 5-parted irregular limb, 

 ciliated with glands. Corolla funnel-shaped, with the tube gibbous at the 

 base, and the limb 5-parted and campanulate. Stigma capitate. Berry 

 roundish, 5-celled, crowned by the calyx. Cells many-seeded. 



SYMPHORICA'RPOS G.Don. (Symphoria Pers.) Calyx with a globose tube, and 

 a small 4 5-toothed limb. Corolla funnel-shaped, with an almost regular 

 4 5-lobed limb. Stigma semiglobose. Berry crowned by the calyx, 4-celled, 

 two of them empty, and the other two containing 1 seed each. (Don's 

 Mill., iii. p. 436.) 



Sect. I. SAMBTPCEJE. 

 GENUS I. 



SAMBITCUS Tourn. THE ELDER. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Trigynia. 



Identification. Tourn. Inst, 376. ; Lin. Hen., No. 372. ; Gzcrtn. Fruct., t. 27. ; Lam. 111., t. 211. : 

 Schkuhr Handb., t. 83. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. S2I. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 436. 



7'hyteuma Lour. Coch., p. 138., but not of Lin. 

 Derivation. From mnnlmke, which the Latins have changed to sambuca, a musical instrument, 

 which is believed to have been made of elder wood. 



Gcu. Char.y $c. Calyx small, divided into 5 deep segments, permanent. 

 Corolla rotate, urceolar, 5-lobed. Lobes obtuse. Stamens 5, about the 

 length of the corolla. Filaments awl-shaped. Anthers roundish, heart- 

 shaped. Style none. Stigmas 3, obtuse. Berry globular, pulpy, of 1 cell, 

 containing 3 5 seeds, which are convex on the outside, and angular inside. 

 (Don's A/V//., iii. p. 436.) Low deciduous trees, natives of Europe and 

 North America ; ornamental for their compound leaves, and large ter- 

 minal cymes of flowers; which are succeeded by purplish, red, white, or 

 green berries, having cathartic properties, and from which a wine is made. 

 All the species are of easy culture, in good soil, rather moist and loamy ; 

 and they are all readily propagated by cuttings. 



A. Leaves pinnate. Flowers cymosc or corymbose. 

 5 1. S. NI V GRA L. The common, or black-fruited, Elder. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 385. ; Don'3 Mill., 3. p. 437., Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Synonyntfs. Bourtry, or Bour Tree, Arntree, Scotch ; Sureau, Fr. ; Hollander, Gcr. ; Sambuco, Ital 



Sauco and Sabuco, Span. ; Flaeder, Swcd. : Hylde, Dan. 

 Engraves. N. Du Ham., 1. t. 55. ; Heyne Term. Hot, t. 32. f. 2. ; Enpl. Bot., t 476. ; VVoodv IVfe.l 



Bot., t. 78. ; Fl. Dan., t. 545. ; our fig. 773. ; and the plate of this species in Vol. II. 



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