PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 171 



SAMBUCUS. Gen. pL 372. 

 Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. 5 fid a. Bcicca 3-rperma, 

 ekdus I. SAMBUCUS cymis tripartids, flipulis foliaceis^. 

 caule herbaceo. Sp. pi. 385. Syft- Nat. 219. 

 {Miller, icon. 226. opt. Gcr. Em. 1426.) 



Dwarf-Elder or Dane-wurt. Anglis. 



By way fides, but; not common, I obferv'd it near 

 Dumfries., in the road from thence towards Caer-" 

 lavrock caftle, and at Duplin., the feat of Lord 

 Kinnoul^ near Perth., 6lq., %. VII, 



The leaves have three or four pair of pinnae, much 

 longer than thofe of the common elder : the tips 

 of the petals are red and inflex'd. 



The roots are a powerful diuretic: a dcco(5lion of 

 them has been found ferviceable in tlie dropiy, 



nis-ra 2. SAMBUCUS cymis quinquepartitis, caule arborco. 

 Sp. pi. 385. (Ger. Em. 1422./. 1.) 



Common Elder, A?iglis. An druman. Gaulis. 



In woods and hedges frequent. T? . VI. 



An infufion of the inner green bark of this fhrub 

 in white wifte, or it's exprefs'd juice to the quan- 

 tity of half an ounce, or an ounce, is fiid to 

 prove a moderate cathartic, and in fmall dofes 

 to be an efficacious deobitruent. The bruifed 

 leaves in a cataplafm are fometimes applied out- 

 wardly in eryfipelasand pleurines, and are reck- 

 oned to be very relaxing. The dryed flowers are 

 -a fudorific, and the juice of the berries, infpif- 

 fe.^ed to the confidence of a rob, proves a fafe 



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