^^"=^^^'- CAPRIFOLIACE^. 3^3 



2. Sambucus Canadensis, Linn. n 



c, rr Common Elder. 



Stem 6 - 10 feet high, stout, filled with pith; the branches straight, swelled at the ioints 

 Lower leaves somet.mes bipinnate ; upper ones usually whh from 5 to 7 leaflet and oft n 

 w,th several large foliaceous stipelles : leaflets with short stalks, nearly smoo h bo.e ^h n 

 young, velvety-pubescent underneath, but at length smoothish Cvmes 5 8 117 ' 

 .n d.ameter. Flowers of a sickly odor. Teeth !f the calyx acut^ror^'w^L IZ:: 



Th, kets, banks of streams, and along fences ; very common. Fl. June - August Fr 

 August - September. Th,s plant, like the S. m,ra of Europe, which h greatly ^esmbl^s' 

 .a popular med.cme. The inner bark is used in makmg an ointment for 'or ,'and T ike- 

 ^.se employed as a purgative. An infusion of the flowers is thought to be a dTapl^or Uc 

 The hemes are apenent and sudorific. See Wood 4. Backers U. S. Lpens. p. ',7'°"'" 



7. VIBURNUM. Linn. ; Endl. gen. 3340. ^^,,,,^ ^^^^ ^ 



[An ancient Latin name, of uncertain origin.] 



Ltmb of the calyx 5-toothed. Corolla rotate or somewhat campanulate, 5-lobed. Stamens 5 

 Ovary 3-ceIled ^ one of the cells contaming a single suspended ovule, the others abortive • 

 st,gmas3. sessile Fruit drupaceous, l-celled, 1 -seeded, with a thm pulp ; the endocarp 

 (seeds of most authors) crustaceous, mostly compressed. Seed conformed to the cavity of 

 the endocarp; the testa membranaceous. - Shrubs or small trees, with petiolate, entire or 

 lobe leaves. Flowers white, .a terminal cymes, rather showy ; the marginal ones sometimes 

 sterile and very large. 



