72 PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



106. HERACLEUM. 



1. H. sphondylium, rough, hairy ; stem 3 or 4 feet high, fur- 

 rowed ; leaves large, pinnate ; leaflets pinnatifid, cut, and serra- 

 ted. Common Cow-parsnip. 



Hab. Borders of fields and moist meadows. July. $ 



" I have fed," says Mr COBBETT, " working-horses, six or 

 eight in number, upon this plant for weeks together. 

 Hogs, cows, and horses, are equally fond of it. Many 

 a half-starved pig h. ve I seen within a few yards of cart- 

 loads of this pig-meat ! This arises from want of the early 

 habit of attention to such matters." 



III. TRIGYNIA. 



107. VIBURNUM. 



1, V. opulus, leaves smooth, 3-lobed, unequally serrated foot- 

 stalks beset with glands ; flowers white in terminal cymes. Com- 

 mon Guelder-rose. 



Hab. Moist woods and hedges. Fenwick Wood. On the 

 road to Norham, about five miles from Berwick. June. 



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The Snow-ball tree is a cultivated variety, commonly planted 

 in shrubberies, along with the Lilac and Laburnum, 

 grouping elegantly with the various purple hues of the 

 former, and the " golden chain" of the latter ; but they 

 are all mere summer beauties, nor does any thing profit- 

 able or ornamental follow. Sm. 



108. SAMBUCUS. 



1. S. nigra, stem arboreous ; leaflets ovate ; stipulas obsolete ; 

 cymes with 5 main branches. Common Elder. 

 Hab. Hedges and woods. June. ?j 



BOERHAAVE asserts, that the expressed juice of the Com- 

 mon Elder, from a drachm to half an ounce at a dose, is 

 the most valuable of all hydrogogue medicines, where the 

 viscera are sound. GERARDE had said the same thing 



