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V owe Po alt = coastal = rene valleys on either side to cismontane southern California and no 
Low lifornia; o Arizon w Mexico, western Texas, and Mexico. Type locality: Mexico. Aceh. oo 
ha “a the preceding searie. New mexicana shows much variation throughout its extensive range, and _ local 
are commonly found. Sambucus orbiculata Greene, unde er which Schwerin descri two varieties, 
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puberula and glabra, representing tomentose and glabrous oc is characterized by orbicular to oval leaflets 
that are abruptly cuspidate, and are dentate or serrate. This form with broad leaflets occurs rather frequently 
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from the San Francisco Bay region southwa o Santa Barbara County and the Channel Islands. Plants with 
ovate- lanceglate leaflets, often cadnates based and jig ‘pubescent to glabrous, which are considered to be 
typical of S. mexicana, occur just as frequently in this ar 
Th ioeatien at which S. velutina was originally foun 4 is s Posé eek [Poso Creek]. According 
to the itinerary given in the fifth volume of the report on the exploration for a Pacific railroad route, the Ocoya 
or Posé Creek depot camp seven miles north of the Kern River made in a flat along the stream in the lower 
foothills where the vegetation contrasted with “the “eis sad vat sched surface of a ape ota hills, which 
ba withow ae or any green vegetation.”’ This bed tomentose-leaved — of S. mexicana occurs rather 
mmonly n Joaquin Valley, California, and is not to be confused w the ‘nularanenn: leaved forms of 
S pies A ee Cs hishe? clemenbicias | in the ainccak Steere} Nevada. 
3. Sambucus ey A. ay: Black Elderberry. Fig. 5031. 
Sambucus melanocarpa A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 19: 1883. 
Sambucus melanoc mmunis Schwerin, maj Deni Ges. 1909: 43, 328. 1909. 
Sambucus melanocarpa fiirstenbergti Schwerin, lo 
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Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa Me Min “Ti Man, Calif, Shrubs 529, 1939. 
Shrub 1-3 m. high with smooth, erect, glabrous stems. Leaflets usually 5-7, dark green above 
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5031. Sambucus oe 
5029. Sambucus caerulea 
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5030. Sambucus mexicana 
