Sambucus.] caprifoliace^. 137 



of Arran, truly wild; Flar. Hib.^-lO. On an islet in tte 

 lake at Lough-gall Manor, Armagh, apparently indigenous ; 

 A. G. M. 



[Viscum album, Linn, (the Mistletoe), is not at present 

 known as a native of Ireland. Rutty records that it was 

 once found on a Crab-tree at Island-bridge, Dublin. Wade 

 notices a single plant which he saw growing at Kilmainham 

 on an apple-tree which had been brought from England. 

 Dr. Patrick Browne also mentions the Mistletoe as occurring 

 "In Betulis, Gastle-mac- Garrett, tantum." This locality is 

 near Claremorris, in Mayo ; but it seems possible that the 

 bushy, nest-like, excrescences so often seen upon the Birch 

 were mistaken for the Mistletoe.] 



ORDER XXXIV.— CAPRIFOLIACEm 



SAMBUCUS Linn. 



1. X S. Ebulus (Linn.) — Dwarf Elder, Banewort. 



Districts 1 2 3 4 5 6 - - 9 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, English. 



Hedges, waysides, waste places, and about ruins ; rather 

 rare, and usually in suspicious stations. Fl. August. 



2. S. nigra (Linn.) — Common Elder. 

 Districts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British, inclining to English. 



Woods, thickets, hedges, &c. ; frequent. Fl. June. 



This is much cultivated in cottage-gardens, whence both 

 the ordinary form and that known as Cut-leaved Elder 

 frequently escape to roadsides and hedges. But the plant is 

 no doubt truly native in many places throughout Ireland. 



VIBURNUM Linn. 

 1. "V. Opulus (Linn.) — Common Guelder-rose. 

 Districts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British, inclining to English. 



