PL ex, cal. 259. Opulus. 43. CAPRI FOLIACEAL 489 
Opulus palustris. Marsh Gueldres-rose , 
Leaves bald, 3-lobed, sharply-toothed ; petioles glan- 
dular. 
Opulus, Rail Syn. 460, 1. 
Sambucus aquatilis, sive palustris, Ger. em. 1424, 1. 
Sambucus aquatica, sive palustris, Park . 209. 
Viburuus Opulus, Lin. S. P. 384. 
Water elder. Whitten-trce. Oppel-tree . Dwarf plane- tree. 
Damp woods and hedges ; tree ; June. 
VI. 260. SAMBUCUS. Pliny. Elder . 
Calyx small, 5-cut ; corolla rotate, 5-lobed ; stamens 5 ; 
nuculanium 1 -celled ; Pyrenees, 1-seeded. — Stem herbaceous 
or arborescent; leaves opposite, pinnate with an odd one, 
or bipinnate, rarely 2-glandular; flowers umbellate, co- 
rymb us terminal ; berry black. 
a. Ebulus. Stem herbaceous ; stipules leaflike ; stamens 
upright; flowers pedicelled; corolla bellshape rotate . 
1. Sambucus humilis. Dwarf elder , 
Stem herbaceous; leaves pinnate; leaflets lanceolate; sti- 
pules petioled, leaflike, ovate ; cymes 3 or 5-parted. 
Sambucus humilis seu Ebulus, Rail Syn. 461,4. 
Ebulus sive Sambucus humilis, Ger. em. 1426; Park. 209, 
Sambucus Ebulus, Lin. S. P. 385. 
Sambucus herbacea, Stokes Rot. Mat. Med. 170, 
Danewort. Wallwort, 
Ruins and waysides ; perennial ; July. 
Root creeping ; stem simple, upright ; leaves dark green, 
serrated, leaflets equal at the base, glandular. — Root vio- 
lently cathartic in doses of 5js.; leaves drive away mice, 
and are supposed to prevent disease in swine if used as 
litter; berries dye blue. 
b. Stem arborescent ; stipules 0 ; stamens divaricating ; 
flowers nearly sessile ; corolla rotate. 
2. Sambucus niger. Black elder . 
Stem arborescent ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate, ser- 
rated ; cymes 5 or 7-par ted. 
Sambucus, Rail Syn. 461, 1 ; Ger. em. 1422. 
Sambucus vulgaris. Park. 207, 
Sambucus nigra, Lin. S. P. 385. 
Common elder. 
Woods and hedges tree; June. 
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