490 260. Sambuc. 43. CAPRIFOLIACE^. PL ex. cal. 



Stem arborescent, much branchy ; leaflets mostly 5, bald ; 

 lerry globose, blood-purple. — Plcmt narcotic, wood hard, 

 tough, yellow ; inner bark purgative, acrid, and in small 

 doses diuretic ; leaves purgative, drive away insects ; flowers 

 in decoction diaphoretic, and expectorant, used to flavour 

 vinegar, deleterious to turkeys ; berries poisonous to all 

 poultry, laxative and diaphoretic, used to colour wines, 



p. viridis. Berries green or white. 



Sambucus acinis albis, Raii Syn. 461, 2. 



Sambucus frnctu albo, Ger. em. 1422, 2 ; Park. 208. 



White-berried elder. 



y. laciniata. Z/eaw^ jagged ; berries greenish white. 



Sambncus laciniato folio, Raii Si/n. 461,3; Park. 208. 

 Sambucus laciniatis foliis, Ger. em. 1422,3. 

 Parsley-leaved elder. 



C. Calyx not bracteated ; corolla many-petaled ; style 1. 



VII. 261. CORNUS. Pliny. Cwnel. 



Calyx 4-toothed ; corolla 4-petaled ; stamens 4 ; drupe not 

 crowned ; nut 2-celled, 2-seeded. 



1. Cornus sanguinea. Bloody cornel. 

 Stem arborescent ; branches upright ; leaves ovate, both 



sides green ; cyme naked, depressed. 



Cornus fcemina, Raii Syn. 460, 1 ; Ger. em. 1467 j Park. 1521. 

 Cornus sanguinea, Lin, S. P. 171. 



Wild cornel-tree. Dogberry. Hounds-tree, Hounds-berry. Prick-tim- 

 ter. Gatter-tree. 



Woods and hedges ; shrubby ; July. 



Branches opposite, dark purple ; leaves not in the least 

 cut ; flowers white, odoriferous ; d^rupe black. — Wood hard, 

 smooth, used for skewers ; leaves change to blood-red in 

 autumn ; drupe bitter, styptic, dyes purple, long in ripen- 

 ing, when ripe yield a viscid oil. 



2. Cornus herlacea. ' Herlaceous cornel. 

 Stem herbaceous ; branches binate ; leaves opposite, 



sessile, distinctly ribbed; umhells axillary, peduncles invo- 

 lucrated. 



Chamaepericlymenuin, jRaii S^n. 26 1 , 1 ; Ger. em. 1896,5; Park. 1461. 



Cornus Suecica, lyfn. S. P. 171. 



Cornus hcrbacea, Hudson Fl.Angl.ll. 



Cornus birainis, Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 221. 



Dwarf cornel. Dwarf honeysuckle. " 



Alpine fields ; perennial ; June and July. 



