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SAMBUCUS* 



Llnnean Class and Order. Penta'ndriaI, Trigy'nia. 



Natural Order. Caprifolia'ce/e ; sect. Sambuci'nea? ; De- 

 mand. — Hindi. Syn. p. 131 ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. pp. 206 & 

 207. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 460. — Loud. Ilort. Brit. p. 519. — 

 Capiufolia ; sect. 3, Juss. Gen. PI. pp. 210 & 213. — Sm.Gram. 

 of Bot. pp. 129 & 130. 



Gem. Char. Calyx (figs. 1 & 2.) superior, of 1 sepal, very 

 small, 5-cleft, permanent. Corolla (figs. 3 & 4.) of 1 petal, nearly 

 wheel-shaped, but slightly concave, in 5 deep, blunt, reflexcd seg- 

 ments. Filaments (figs. 4 & 5.) 5, awl-shaped, as long as the 

 corolla, inserted into its base, alternate with the segments. Anthers 

 roundish heart-shaped. Germen (see figs. 1 & 2.) inferior, egg- 

 shaped, blunt. Style none. Stigmas (see figs. 4 & 6.) 3, blunt. 

 Berry (figs. 7 & 8.) inferior, globular, of 1 cell, with 3 seeds. Seeds 

 convex at the outside, angular inwards. 



The superior, 5-cleft corolla, and 3-seeded berry, will distinguish 

 this from other genera in the same class and order. 



Two species British. 



SAMBUCUS E'BULUS. Dwarf Elder. Danewort?. Wall- 

 wort or Walewort. 



Spec. Char. Cymes with three principal branches. Stipulas 

 leafy. Stem herbaceous. 



Eng. Hot. t. 475. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. 213! — Linn. Sp. PI. p.385. — Hulls. FI. 

 Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 130. — Sro. FI. Brit. v. i. p.336. Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 103. — 

 With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 400. — Hindi. Syn. p. 132. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 143. — 

 Woodv. Med. Bot. Suppl. t. 260. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 171. — Sibth. FI. Ox. 

 p. 104. — Abb. FI. Bedf. p. 70. — I’urt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 162. and v. iii. p.349. — 

 Jtelh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 129. — Thornton’s Family Herbal, p. 327. — Hook. 

 FI. Scot. p. 96.— Grev. FI. Edin. p. 72. — FI. Devon, pp. 55 & 164. — Johnst. FI. 

 of Berw. v. ii. p.278. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 86. — Perry’s PI. Varvic. Select®, 

 p. 26. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 22. — Mack. Catal. PI. of Ircl. p. 31. — Sambucus hu- 

 milis, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 489. — Sambucus humilis seu Ebulus, Hay’s 

 Syn. p. 461. — Ebulus, sire Sambucus humilis, Johnson's Gerarde, p. 1426. 



Localities. — In waste ground, way-sides, and about hedges. Not common. 

 Oxfordsh. In the Parks behind Wadham College, (1794). In the same place, 

 1834: VV. IS. Near Ensham. Outside of Tackley Park. Miss Armetridino. 

 Between Tackley and Whitehill : G. Coles, Esq. Tusmore Park, plentifully. 

 G. Woodward, Esq. — Uedfordsh. Hedges, common. — Cambridgesh. ftlad- 

 ingly, near the well ; near the road to Hinton; Oakington ; Barrington; Evers- 

 den, &c. — Cheshire; in Rainow, road-side Bridge near Goodwin’s Mill. — 

 Cumberland ; Alston Moor. Very near Aspatria, in a field on the East side 

 of the town . —Derby sh. S. Normanton ; Bakewell ; Dethick; Wirksworth; 

 Alport near Youlegrave; Bolton; and Behind the White Hart, Buxton. — 

 Devon: In afield at Staverton. Dalicli ; Woodbury Hill; Marychurch. — 

 Dorset; In Spetisbury Town Street ; and in hedges above the village near the 

 Kings.— Durham ; Lane between Cawsev Hall and Beamish Burn. — Essex; 

 In a lane leading to Upton. Ditch in the lane opposite Ham Hall. In the 



Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2 Same magnified. — Fig. 3. Back view of Corolla. — 

 Fig. 4. Front view of do. with the 5 stamens and 3 stigmas. — Fig. 5. A separate 

 Stamen. — Fig. 6. The Stigmas, magnified. — Fig. 7. Berry. — Fig. 8. Transverse 



section of ditto. 



* From Sambuca, a musical instrument of the ancients, (perhaps the same 

 as the Italian pipe sampoyna), usually made of this plant. Dr. Withering. 

 f See Anchusa sempervirens, folio 48, note -f. 

 f From a notion of its having sprung from the blood of the Danes. 



