430 Mr. CurLEN's Account of indigenous Vegetables, 
 WBALTREZ. Bloffoms white. Berries black. In moift 
wood land. June. 
Viburnum "ie lobatis, rod Nanded ofis. Syfk. Nat. 
. WATER ELDER. Blofloms white. Berries red. dn duce he 
in wet ‘and... < June. pa i 
"CASSINE ? Linn. Gen. Plant. 333. 
buts filiis ablongis f rratis.  Syft. Nat: 
OOQPINTER DERRY, The number of filaments is from five to : 
feven, and the number of feetls equal to the number of laments. 
- Bloffoms white... Berries „red; and generally, rernain on the 
fhrub through. the winter. In Swamps. June. pun 
Pease 
dr SAMBUCUS. x. Gen. "Plant. 334. ^ 
Sambucus guis. guns qur HL, d arborea. Sylt, Nat. 
cuELDER. Bloffoms-white. - Berries black. -In PAN and 
moift landi. Mays o> d 
dri Withering obferves, Fai the inner green t bark is ane 
tive, andjmay beufed with advantage where acrid purgatives are 
.requifite. |. In Amal dofes itis: diuretic, and hath’ done eminent 
fervice in obftinate glandular obftruétions, and in dropfies. ai idi 
fheep that have. the rot are placed in a fituation where they can ^ 
get at the bark and the young fhoots, they will foon cure thém- 
felves. The leaves are purgative like the bark, but more naufe- 
ous, The i inner bark and leaves are ‘ingredients i in feveral cool- 
ing ointments. A decoétion of the flowers, taken internally, 2 
is faid to promote expectoration in pleurifies. If the flowers 
are frefh gathered, they loofen the belly. Externally, they are 
ufed in fomentations to- cafe pan and abate inflammation, . 
7 will give a flavour to vinegar. A rob prepared from the. 
d. =e | berries 
