Pl.ex.cal. 259. Opulus. 43. CAPRI FOLIAGES. 489 



Opulus palustris. Marsh Gueldres-rose, 



Leaves bald, 3-lobed, sharply-toothed ; petioles glan- 

 dular. 



Opulus, Rail Syn. 460, 1. 



Sambucus aquatilis, sive palustris, Ger. em. 1434, 1. 



Sambucus aquatica, sive palustris, Park. 209. 



Viburnus Opulus, Lin. S. P. 384. 



Water elder. Whitten-tree, Oppel-tree, Dwarf plane-tree. 



Damp woods and hedges ; tree ; June. 



VI. 260. SAMBUCUS. Pliny. Elder. 



Calyx smallj, 5-cut ; corolla rotate, 5-lobed ; slaynens 5 ; 

 nuculanium 1 -celled; pyrenceS, 1-seeded. — Stem herbaceous 

 or arborescent ; leaves opposite, pinnate with an odd one, 

 S. or bipinnate, rarely 2-glandular; flowers umbellate, co- 

 rymbus terminal ; berry black. 



a. Ebulus. Stem herbaceous ; stipules leaflike; stamens 

 tipright ; flowers pedicelled ; corolla bellshape rotate. 



1. Sambucus humilis. Dwarf elder. 

 Stem herbaceous ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate ; sti- 

 pules petioled, leaflike, ovate ; cymes 3 or 5-parted. 



Sambucus humilis seu Ebulus, Raii Syti, 461,4. 



Ebulus sive Sambucus humilis, Ger. em. 1426; Park, 209. 



Sambucus Ebulus, Lin. S. P. 385. 



Sambucus herbacea, Stokes Bot. Mat. Me^. 170. 



Danewort, Wallwort. 



Ruins and waysides ; perennial ; July. 



Root creeping ; stem simple, upright ; leaves dark green, 

 serrated, leaflets equal at the base, glandular. — Root vio- 

 lently cathartic in doses of 5js.; leaves drive away mice, 

 and are supposed to prevent disease in swine if used as 

 litter; berries dye blue. ^ 



b. Stem arborescent ; stipules ; stamens divaricating ; 



flowers nearly sessile; corolla rotate. 



2. Sambucus niger. Black elder^ 

 Stem arborescent ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate, ser- 

 rated ; cymes 5 or 7-parted. 



Sambucus, Raii Syn. 461, 1 ; Ger, em. 1423. 

 Sambucus vulgaris, Park. 207, 

 Sambucus nigra, Lin. S. P. 385. 

 Commoi^elder. 



Woods and hedges tiee; June. 



