ambucus Ebulus. Dwarf Elder, 



SAMBUCUS Lin. Gen. PL Pentandria Trigynia. 



Cat. 5-partitus. Cor. 5-fida. Bacca. ^-fperma» 



Rati Syn. Gen. Arbores et Frutices. 



SAMBUCUS Ebulus cymis tripartita, ftipulis foliaceis, caule herbaceo. Lk. SyR Veeet o t.ljl 



Sp. PL p. 385. FL Sueck. n. 266. ° ' F ' ' 



SAMBUCUS herbacea; fioribus umbellatis. Haller. hlji, n. 671. 



SAMBUCUS Ebulus. Scopoli FL Cam. n. 371. 



SAMBUCUS humilis feu Ebulus. Bauh. Pin. 456. 



EBULUS five Sambucus humilis. Ger. emac. 1426. Parkins. 209. Raii Syn. 461. Dwarf-Elder,. 



Wahvort, or Banewort» 



Hud/on. FL Angl. ed. 2. p. 130. 

 Lightjoot. FL Scot. p. 171. 



RADIX repens, vix eradicanda. 



CAULIS orgyalis, herbaceus, teretiusculus, glaber, 

 undique ftriato-fulcatus, fubgeniculatus : ge- 

 niculis purpureis, fiiperne ramofus, ratnis 

 oppofitis, erecfis. 



FOLIA oppofita, pinnata, quadrijuga, feu fexjuga, 

 cum impari, ftipulata feu exiripulata^ foliolis 

 ovato-lanceolatis, bafi inaequalibus, ferratis, 

 venofis,, fupra glabris, fubtus pubefcenti-fca- 

 bris, pallidioribus, inferioribus fepe lobato- 

 inciiis. 



STIPUL^E quaterhae, petiolatae, fubcordatas, ferrate, 

 fuperioribus fepe recurvatis. 



CORYMBUS terminalis, tripartitus, ramis fubnudis, 

 exterioribus teretiufculis, intermedia com- 

 prefib ; compofitus e cymis pluribus pedun- 

 culatis, nudls ; fioribus pedicellatis. 



CALYX: Perianthium monophyllum, fuperum, 

 quinquedentatum, dentibus ovato-acutisj e- 

 reclis, purpureis. Jig. 1. 



COROLLA monbpetala, rotata, quinqtiepartita, la- 

 ciniis ovato-acutis, concavis, reflexis, externe 

 ad apicem purpurafcentibus et rugoCis. fig. 2. 



STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, fubereota, tee- 

 tiuscula, crana, rugofa, alba, longitudine 

 corollas; Antherje primum rubicundas, mag- 

 nae, didymae, fibi invicem paululum remo- 

 tae, parallelae, oblongae, fupra fulcafcae', ' de- 

 mum nigricantes. Jig. 3. 



PISTILLUM : Germen inferum, fubovatum, obfolete 

 angulatum, glabrum ; Stylus nullus ; Stig- 

 mata tria, fubreniformia, colorata, gluti- 

 nofa. Jig. 4. 5. 



ROOT creeping, fcarce to be eradicated. 



STALK fix feet high, herbaceous, roundiih, fmooth, 

 channeled, joints fomewhat enlarged, purp- 

 lifh, branched above, the branches oppofite 

 and upright. 



LEAVES oppofite, pinnated, having four or fix pair 

 of pinnae with an odd one at the extremity, 

 with or without ftipulae, the pinnae or fmall 

 leaves ovato-lanceolate, unequal at the bafe, 

 ferrated, veiny, fmooth above, downy with 

 a flight roughnefs underneath, and whiter, 

 the lowermoft often cut into lobes. 



STIPULvE growing in fours, {landing on foor.-ir.alks, 

 fomewhat heart-fhaped, ferrated, the upper- 

 moft often bent back. 



CORYMBUS terminal, divided into ihree branches, 

 which are fomewhat naked, the outer ones 

 roundiih, the middle one flattened, compofed 

 of numerous cymae, ffanding on partial foot- 

 ffalks, blofloms alfo furnifhed with foot- 

 ftalks: 



CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, placed above 

 the germen, having five teeth, which are 

 fhort, broad, pointed, upright and purple. 



fig- 1. 



COROLLA monopetalous, wheel-lhaped, divided in- 

 to five legment?, which are ovate, pointed, 

 hollow and turn'd back, externally at the tip 

 purplim and wrinkled, fig. 2. 



STAMINA : five Filaments, nearly upright, round- 

 iih, thick, wrinkled, white, the length of 

 the corolla; Anthers nrff reddifh, large, 

 double, at a little diftance from each other' 

 parallel, oblong, grooved above, laftly be- 

 coming of a blackifh colour. Jig. 3. 



PISTILLUM : Germen placed below the corolla, 

 fomewhat ovate, faintly angular, and fmooth; 

 Style none, Stigmata three, fomewhat 

 kidney- fliaped, coloured, and glutinous. 

 fig- 4- 5- 



THE leaves, roots, and bark of the dwarf Elder have a naufeous, fharp, bitter tafte, and a kind of acrid 

 ungratefullfmell ; they are all ftrong cathartics, and as fuch are recommended in Dropfies, and other cafes 

 where medicines of that kind are indicated. The bark of the root is faid to be the ftrbneeft ; the leaves the 

 weaken: ; but they are all too churlifh medicines for general ufe : they fometimes evacuate violently upwards, 

 alrnoft always naufeate the ftomach and occafion great uneafmefs of the bowels: by boiling they become like 

 the other draffics milder and more fafe in their operation ; the berries of this plant are likewife purgative, but lefs 

 virulent than the other parts : a rob prepar'd from them may be given to the quantity of an ounce as a cathar- 

 tic ; and in fmaller ones as an aperient and deobftruent in chronic diforders. In this la ft intention ic is faid by 

 Haller to be frequntly ufed in Swiflerland in the dofe of a dram. Lewis's Difp. p. 137. 



In moll Phyfic Gardens this plant is cultivated, but is rarely met with wild about London ; I have obferved 

 it two places only, the one in a hedge which furrounds a part of Mr. Beaufoy's Garden, Cupers-Bridge, 

 Lambeth Marfh, the other in a Lane leading down to Upton, EfTex, by the garden wall of the late' 

 Dr. Fothergill. 



It differs from the common Elder in many refpedts, particularly in being herbaceous, and in having a root 

 which creeps and is very troublefome in gardens, its leaves alfo are narrower with more numerous pinnae attached 

 to the mid-rib ; the lower pinna of which are fubject. to a lingular variation as is fhewn in the figure. 



Not lefs does it differ in its fructification as will appear from ihe defcription to which the reader is referred 



It flowers in June and July, and but- rarely ripens '#$ berries. 



