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Fr. rather large u purplish-black ” or black’’ (Sm.) “ reddish - 
black ” (Bab.), not or scarcely eatable. 
Used by the country people in fomentations for bruises or 
contusions. 
2. S. maderensis Lowe. Sabvgueiro. 
Subarboreous smooth ; 1. quinato-pinnate smooth, Ifts. ob- 
long-lanceolate elongate subabruptly acuminate sharply and 
closely serrate ; cymes 3-5-partite, U . all perfect partly sessile 
nearly or quite scentless. — Prim. (ed. 2) App. iy. S. Icinceo- 
lata Herb. Banks ! Buch ! 195. no. 284. S. nigra $ lanceolatu 
Lowe Prim. 31. — Tr. Mad. reg. 2, 3, £. Deep moist woods 
and thickets ; occasionally in cottage gardens. Woods a little 
below the Encumeado de S. Vicente, at the bottom of the 
Voltas in the Chao de Madeira above Seixal, Iiib. de Ponte- 
clero or dos Queimados (W. branch of the Rib. de S. Jorge), 
Rib. de Boa Ventura, Ravines above S ta Anna ; in gardens 
at Funchal, Camacha &c. FI. May, June; fr. Aug., Sept. — 
A small tr. 10-20 ft. high with bushy head and straggling 
branches exactly as in S. nigra L., the trunk seldom thicker than 
the thigh. Whole pi. quite smooth. L. shining bright full gr. ; 
lfts. mostly 2 rarely 3 pairs, the odd one sometimes double, all 
shortly stalked with a small inconspicuous stiff stipel at the 
base of the petiolet ; terminal and upper pair of lfts. much elon- 
gated and acuminate, often 5 or 6 in. long and only 1-2 broad, 
the lower pair somewhat shorter and broader in proportion ; all 
sharply serrate. Cymes terminal mostly 5-partite and smaller 
with shorter stouter and stiffer branches than in S. nigra L. 
but often 5 or 6 in. broad. FI. and branches of cyme pale yel- 
lowish-w. or cream-col. almost quite scentless or without the 
peculiar Frontignac fragrance of S. nigra L., a few sometimes 
hexamerous and many of them sessile. Sep. acute. Pet. 
spreading or reflexed oval rounded at tip. Stam. spreading 
or reflexed ; anthers rather large y. ; fil. w. Ov. pale yellowish 
faintly ribbed. Fr. mostly pale vellowish-gr. rarely black, 
milder and sweeter than in S. nigra L. and not decidedly un- 
pleasant. A xarope (syrup or decoction) of the fl. is a fa- 
vourite remedy. 
Very distinct from its Canarian representative, S. palmemis 
Link, which is equally arboreous and has oblong-lanceolate 
lfts., but is altogether pubescent. S. palmensis occurred not 
unfrequently in the ravines, Barranco de Galga, dos Nogales, 
del Agoa, &c., towards Los Sauces in the N. of Palma, in 1858. 
It is remarkable, considering the abundance of Viburnum 
rugosum Pers. (BM. t. 2082) in the Canaries, and that V. tinus 
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