58 CALYCIFLOEJ3. 



ORD. XLIT. CAPRIFOLIACEJE. 

 SAMBUCUS. ELDER. 



1. S. Ebulus (dwarf '.Z?., or Danewort.) Roadsides, wastes, 

 and stony places. A small shrub, from 2 to 3 feet high, with a 

 rough, angular, and furrowed stem. Leaves pinnate, with ser- 

 rated leaflets ; cymes with three principal branches. Flowers 

 purplish. Berries round and nearly black. The plant disagree- 

 able to the smell. Marychurch. (E. B. t. 475.) P. vn. vm. 



2. S. nigra (common E.) In woods, thickets, and waste 

 places, frequent. A small tree, with the stem and branches 

 hollow and filled with white pith; leaves pinnate, with ovate 

 serrated segments. Cymes with 5 main branches. Flowers white 

 or cream-coloured, strongly scented. Fruit black. Hedges and 

 woods about Torquay and Marychurch. (E. B. t. 476.) T. VI. 



VIBURNUM. GUELDER-ROSE. 



1. V. L an tan a (mealy 6r., or Way faring -tree.) Woods and 

 hedges, especially in a limestone soil, frequent. A large and much 

 branched shrub, with the young shoots and leaves very downy. 

 Leaves very broad and serrate, veined, with their under sides 

 mealy. It bears large dense cymes of white flowers, which ripen 

 into purplish-black berries. Ansti's Cove. Meadfoot Cliffs, 

 Torquay. Totness. Chudleigh. (E. B. t. 331.) Sh. iv. v. 



2. V. Opulus (common G.) In hedges and coppices, frequent. 

 A small tree, with opposite branches ; leaves 3- to 5-lobed. 

 Flower-cymes large, with white flowers, the outer ones radiant 

 and barren, the inner ones fertile. Berries red. Bradley woods, 

 near Newton. Forde bog. Chudleigh. Holy Street, near Chag- 

 ford, in a bushy place by the Teign. (E. B. t. 332.) T. vi. TII. 



LONICBRA. HONEYSUCKLE. 



!. Periclymenum"(c0wwt0ft H., or Woodbine.) Woods and 

 hedges, very frequent. A woody climbing plant, spreading itself 

 over bushes, trees, and rocks to a great extent. Leaves broadly 

 ovate, the lower ones stalked, the upper ones closely sessile. 

 Flowers pale yellow or reddish, in sessile, terminal heads. 

 Berries red. Park Hill wood. Bushy places about Meadfoot. 

 Ansti's Cove, etc. (E. B. t. 800.) Sh. vi.-ix. 



