166 41, CAPEIPOLIACILS). 



terminal flowers. Eoot-1, ternate, 3-lobed. Stam. often more 

 or less united in pairs, showing their number to be normally 4. 

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

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

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



2. Sambu'ctjs Linn. Elder. 



1. S. JEh'ulus Q-i.) ; herbaceous,st.{u.Yiowei,stip. lea/like OYate 

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

 cipal branches. — J^. B. 475. — St. 2 — 4 feet high. Oymes ter- 

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

 dish black. — Hedge-banks. P. VIII. Dwarf Elder. Danewort. 



E. S. I. 



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

 pinnate, leaflete ovate cuspidate serrate, cymes with 5 principal 

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

 El. cream-coloured. Fr. black, rarely green or white. — *|3. 

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

 Its. usually 3 orbicular. — Woods and hedges, y. Isle of Wight. 

 T. VI. Elder. E.S.I 



3. ViBTrB'NTJM lAnn. Guelder-rose. 



1. V. Lanidna (L.) ; I. oblong with a cordate base__^»e?y ien- 

 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. white, not 

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

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



2. V. Op'ulus (L.) : I. 3 — 5-lobed, lobes acuminate and den- 

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

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

 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. VH. Common Guelder-rose. 



E. S. I. 



4. LomcB'EA Linn. Honeysuckle. 



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

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

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

 pm-plish. Fr. orange. Upperpairs of leaves connate, the rest 

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



2. L. Periclym'emtm (L.) ; Jl. ringent in terminal stalked 

 clusters, I. all distinct deciduous oval, st. twining. — E. B. 800. 



