The? *BIRA Til § He HiEIROR AL 
GGEwaNalU' os Fx, 
WAT ECR-¥ EeEsDeE rR: 
; OF PAU LE Gi as: 
HE flowers are placed in umbells on fubdivided beenehe” The cup is minute, and dented in 
five places at the edge. Each flower is formed of a fingle petal, divided into 
which turn backward. ° The fruit is a roundifh berry. 
~ Linnzeus places this among the peatandria trigynia. 
five fegments, 
The Water Elder. _ The leaves are broad, and of a faint green; 
Opulus vulgaris. irregularly divided into three lobes, and ferrated. 
tS The flowets are white ; and the berries red, 
It is a weak fhrub of five feet high, It is common by waters, 
The branches are numerous, and their bark C. Bauhine calls it Sambucus aquatica Shore fim- 
brown. plici. : 
G E N U S XI 
WAYFARING “ER ER. 
VIBURNUM™. 
HE flowers are difpofed in {mall umbells. The cup is minute, and divided by five dents at 
the edge. The flower is formed of a fingle petal, divided into five obtufe fegments; and 
thefe turn back. The fruit is a roundifh berry, containing a fingle feed. 
Linnzus places this among the peutandria trigynia. 
The Wayfaring-Tree. whitifh green on the upper fide, and white and 
meally underneath, 
The flowers are white, and the berries, when 
‘The tree is of moderate ftature, and its bark | ‘pe, are black. et 
ors Dreastya We have it in hedges, principally in our fous 
. as hern counties. 
The twigs are whitifh and very tough. e 2 Rea 
The leaves are broad, roundifh, and of a pCoBaahine)callstit Zibyrndin, 
Viburnum. 
CPi iad Dingess Rae TORE atS XI, 
DOGBERRY-TREE. 
CORNUS. 2 
rypuE flowers are placed in {mall umbells, and have a little cup divided by four indentings at 
the rim, Each is compofed of four fmall, oblong, and pointed petals. The fruit is an 
oblong berry, containing a ftone with two kernels. - 
Linnzus places this among the setrandria monogynia. 
The Common Dogberry-Tree, The leaves are oblong, undivided, and of a 
Cornus Femina. . dufky green. 
~ The flowers are fmall and white; and the 
This is a fhrub of five feet high. berries, when ripe, are black. 
The twigs are tough, and covered with a red It is common in hedges. 
bark. C. Bauhine and others call it Coraus femina? 
Ge of Be egaNetc: Un yc 8 XIII. 
ELDER. 
Sy 4M BU CG U.S. 
A ae flowers are placed in large umbells. The cup is fmall, and divided into five parts at the 
edge. The flower itfelf is formed of a fingle petal; and is hollow, and divided.into five 
fmall fegments, which turn backwards. The berry is roundifh, and contains three feeds. 
Linnzus places this among the pentandria trigynia, 
N° sr. 6Q. 1. Jagged- 
