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Odour musky. Terminal fl. usually divided in fours, the others 

 in fives, but the numbers vary. — Woods and shady hedge-banlis. 

 P. IV. V. E. S. I. 



2. Sambtj'cus Linn. Elder. 



1. S. Eb'ulus (L.) ; herbaceous, st. furrowed, stip. leqflike ovate 

 serrate, 1. pinnate, leaflets lanceolate serrate, cyme with 8 prin- 

 cipal branches. — E. B. 475. — St. 2 — 4 feet high. Cymes ter- 

 minal. Fl. white, reddish externally ; anth. purple. Fr. red- 

 dish black. — ^Hedge-banks. P. VIII. Dwarf Elder. Banewort. 



E. S. I. 



2. 8. nigra (L.) ; arborescent, stip. inconspicuous or wanting, 1. 

 pinnate, leaflets ovate cuspidate serrate, cymes with 5 principal 

 branches. — E. B. 476. — A small tree. Cymes large, terminal. 

 Fl. cream-coloured. Fr. black, rarely green or white. — *S. 

 ladniata ; 1. 2 — 3-pinnate, Its. laciniate. — y. rotundifolia (DC.) ; 

 Its. usually S orbicular. — Woods and hedges, v. Isle of Wight. 

 T. VI. Elder. E. S. I. 



3. VlBUE'ifUM Linn. Guelder-rose. 



1. V. Lantdna (L.) ; I. oblong with a cordate base_/?ree/y den- 

 ticulate-serrate downy beneath, pubescence stellate. — E. B. 331. 

 — A shrub with round mealy branches. Young shoots, petioles, 

 and undersides of the 1. densely, upperside more sparingly, 

 covered with stellate down. Cymes terminal. Fl. wibite, not 

 radiant ; it. black. — Hedges and thickets on a calcareous soil. 

 T. V. Mealy Ouelder-rose. Wayfaring tree. E. 



2. V. Op'ulus (L.) ; I. 3 — 6-lobed, lobes acuminate and den- 

 tate, petioles with glands. — E. B. 332. St. 27. 6. — Branches 

 glabrous, tetragonal when young. L. slightly downy beneaDh, 

 with linear adnate stipules (?). Cymes large, with linear bracts ; 

 fl. white, inner ones fertile, outer barren and radiant. Fr. red. 

 — Hedges and thickets. T. VI. VII. Common Guelder-rose. 



E. S. I. 



4. Lonicb'ba Linn. Honeysuckle. 



Jl. X. Caprifdlium (L.) ; fl. ringent whorled terminal sessile, 

 1. deciduous glabrous on both sides blunt, upper I. eonnate-per- 

 foliate, style glabrous. — E. B. 799. — St. twining. Fl. white or 

 purplish. Fr. orange. Upper pairs of leaves connate, the rest 

 distinct.— Thickets. Sh. V. VI. E. S. ? 



2. L. Periclym' enum (L.); fl. ringent in terminal stalked 



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