108 PENTANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. Sambucus. 



dages lower down. Stipidas none. Cymes large, white, with 

 linear bracteas. Several marginal powers dilated, flat, radiant, 

 without stamens or pistils. In the cultivated variety, the whole 

 ci/ine, nearly, consists of such, and becomes globular. Berries 

 elliptical, bright red, very juicy, but bitter and nauseous. Seed 

 compressed. 

 The variety just mentioned, called the Snow-ball tree, or Guelder- 

 rose, is commonly planted in shrubberies, along with the Lilac, 

 and Laburnum, grouping elegantly with the various purple hues 

 of the former, and the " golden chain" of the latter j but they 

 are all mere summer beauties, nor does any thing profitable or 

 ornamental follow. 



174. SAMBUCUS. Elder. 



Linn. Gcn.U7. Juss.2l4. R. Br. 335. Toiirn. t. 376. Lam. 

 t.2l]. Gartn. t.27. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 173. 



Cal. superior,' of 1 leaf, small, in 5 deep segments, perma- 

 nent. Cor. of 1 petal, nearly wheel-shaped, but slightly 

 concave, in 5 deep, obtuse, somewhat reflexed, segments. 

 Filam. awl-shaped, about the length of the corolla, in- 

 serted into its base, alternate with the segments. Anth. 

 roundish heart-shaped. Germ, inferior, ovate, obtuse. 

 Style none. Stigmas 3, obtuse. Berry globular, of 1 cell. 

 Seeds 3, convex at the outside, angular inwards. 



Stem arborescent with a solid spongy pith, rarely herba- 

 ceous. Leaves opposite, stalked, pinnate, serrated, de- 

 ciduous. Fl. white, or purplish, in terminal cymes. Ber- 

 ries purple, cathartic. 



1 . S. Ebulus. Dwarf Elder. Danewort. 



Cymes with three main branches. Stipulas leafy. Stem 

 herbaceous. 



S. Ebulus. Linn. Sp. PL 385. WiM. v. 1. 1494. Fl. Br. 336. Engl. 



Bot. V. 7. t. 475 . Curt. Lond.fasc. 3. 1. 18. fVoodv. suppl. t. 260. 



Hook. Scot. 96. 

 S. n. 671. Hall. Hist. V. 1.299. 

 8. humilis, sive Ebulus. Bauh.Pm.456. RaiiSyn.46l. Mill. Ic. 



151. t.226. 

 Ebulus. Matth.Valgr.v.2.608.f. Camer.Epit.979.f. Fuchs. 



Hist. 65. f. 7c. 38./. 

 E. sive Sambucus humilis. Ger. Em. 1426./. 



In waste ground, and about hedges, but not common either in En- 

 gland or Scotland. 

 Perennial. Julij. 



