490 260. Sambuc. 43. CAPRIFQLIACEiE. PL ex. cal* 
Stem arborescent, much branchy; leaflets mostly 5, bald; 
berry globose, blood-purple. — Plant narcotic, wood hard, 
tough, yellow ; inner bark purgative, acrid, and in small 
doses diuretic ; leaves purgative, drive away insects ; flowers 
in decoction diaphoretic, and expectorant, used to flavour 
vinegar, deleterious to turkeys ; berries poisonous to all 
poultry, laxative and diaphoretic, used to colour wines. 
|3. viridis. Berries green or white. 
Satnbucus acinis albis, Raii Syn. 461,2. 
Sambucus fructu albo, Ger. em. 1422, 2 ; Park. 208. 
White-berried elder. 
y. laciniata. Leaves jagged ; berries greenish white. 
Sambucus laciniato folio, Rail Syn. 461,3; Park. 208. 
Sambucus laciniatis foliis, Ger. cm. 1422,3. 
Parsley-leaved elder. 
C. Calyx not bracteated ; corolla many-petaled ; style 1. 
VII. 261. CORNUS. Pliny. Cornel. 
Calyx 4-toothed ; corolla 4-petaled ; stamens 4 ; drupe not 
crowned ; nut 2-celled, 2-seeded. 
1 . Cornus sanguinea . Bloody cornel. 
Stem arborescent ; branches upright ; leaves ovate, both 
sides green ; cyme naked, depressed. 
Cornus fcemina, Raii Syn. 460, 1 ; Ger. em. 1467 ; Park. 1521. 
Cornus sanguinea, Lin. S. P. 171. 
Wild cornel-tree. Dogberry. Hounds-tree . Honnds-berry. Prick-tim- 
ber. Gatter-tree. 
Woods and hedges ; shrubby ; July. 
Branches opposite, dark purple ; leaves not in the least 
cut; flowers white, odoriferous; drupe black .—Wood hard, 
smooth, used for skewers ; leaves change to blood-red in 
autumn ; drupe bitter, styptic, dyes purple, long in ripen- 
ing, when ripe yield a viscid oil. 
2. Cornus herb ace a. Herbaceous cornel . 
Stem herbaceous ; branches binate ; leaves opposite, 
sessile, distinctly ribbed ; umbells axillary, peduncles invo- 
lucrated. 
Chamaepericlymenurn, Raii Syn. 26 1 , 1 ; Ger. em. 1296,5; Park. 1461. 
Cornus Suecica, Lin. S. P. 171. 
Cornus herbacea, Hudson FI. Angl. 71. 
Cornus biramis, Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 221. 
Dwarf cornel. Dwarf honeysuckle. 
Alpine fields; perennial; June and July. 
