134 CAPRIFOLIACE^E. [Sambucus. 



2. VIBURNUM. Linn. Guelder-rose. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla campanulate, 5-lobed. Stamens 5. 

 Fruit succulent, 3-seeded. Name of doubtful origin, 



Pentandria. Trigynia. 



1 . V. Opulus, Linn. Common Guelder-rose. Leaves 3-lobed ; 

 footstalks beset with glands. Br. Fl. 1. p. 142. E. FL v. \\.p. 

 107. E.ot.t.332. 



Woods, hedges, and crevices of rocks, not unfrequent. Hedges near 

 Dundrum ; Powerscourt woods ; rocky banks at the upper end of 

 Collin Glen, and other places near Belfast ; banks of Lough Neagh, 

 near Antrim Cfastle. Fl. June, July. T? . Small tree, or large shrub, 

 very glabrous. Leaves large, subcordate, broad. Cymes large, white, 

 with linear bracteas. The perfect flowers small ; abortive one in the 

 circumference, consisting of a very large plane, five-lobed petal, with- 

 out either stamen or pistil. Flowers erect. Berries reddish-purple, 

 drooping. The snow-ball tree, well known in gardens and shrubberies, 

 belongs to this species. In it, nearly all the flowers are enlarged and 

 form globular heads. 



3. SAMBUCUS. Linn. Elder. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed. Berry inferior, 3 or 4- 

 seeded. Name, from ffa/ifivKij, a musical instrument, in the 

 construction of which this wood is said to have been em- 

 ployed. Pentandria. Trigynia. 



1. S. Ebulus, Linn. Dwarf Elder. Cymes with three main 

 branches; stipules leafy; stern herbaceous. Br. Fl. 1. p. 143. 

 E. Fl. v. ii. p. 108. E. Bot. t. 475. 



Waste places and way-sides. Near the gate in Powerscourt de- 

 mesne, at the entrance to the deer park ; near Kenmare, County of 

 Kerry. Plentiful near Hollywood and Lisburn, and other places in 

 the counties of Down and Antrim ; Mr. Templeton and Mr. Camp- 

 bell. Fl. July. !. Stem two to three feet high, angular and fur- 

 rowed. Leaves pinnate ; lea/lets serrated. Cymes large, terminal, 

 purplish. Anthers large, purple. Berries spherical, black. The 

 plant has a fetid smell, and is violently purgative. 



2. S. nigra, Linn. Common Elder. Cymes with five main 

 branches ; stipules obsolete ; leaflets ovate ; stem arboreous. 

 Br. Fl. 1. p. 143. E. FL v. ii. p. 109. E. Bot. t. 476. 



Woods and hedges, frequent. FL June. J? . A small tree having 

 the steins and branches abounding with pith. Cymes terminal, large, 

 cream-coloured, smelling unpleasantly. Anthers small, yellow. Ber- 

 ries purple-black, sometimes white. The bark is used by country prac- 

 titioners medicinally, and the berries are frequently used in England for 

 making wine. 



