Sambucus Ebulus. Dwarf Elder. 
SAMBUCUS Lin. Gen. PI. Psntandria ‘Tsicynia. 
Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. 5-fida. Bacca. 3-rpernia. 
RaiiSyn. Gen. Arbores et Frutices 
SAMBUCUS ...T o,.:s Lin. 
SAMBUCUS herbacea; floribus umbellatis. Baller, hifl. a. 671. 
SAMBUCUS Eiulas. Scopoli FI. Cam. n. 371. 
SAMBUCUS humilis feu Ebulus. Bauh. Pin, 456. 
EBUUUS flue Sambucus Par,ne. ao, ... 46.. D.ar.Eider, 
Hudfon. FI. Angl. ed. 2. p. 130. 
Lightfoot. FI. Scot. p. 171. 
RADIX repens, vix eradicanda. 
CAULIS orgyalis, herbaceus, tefedusculus, glaber, 
undique firiato-fulcatiis, fubgeuiculatus : ge- 
niculis purpureis, fuperne raniofus, ramis 
oppofitis, eredlis. 
I'OLIA oppolita, pinnata, quadrijuga, feu fexjuga, 
cum impari, Ilipulata leu exrtipulata, foliolis 
ovato-lanceolatis, bali insequaiibus, ferratis, 
venolis, fupra glabris, fubtus pubefcenti-fca- 
bris, pallidioribus, inferioribus faepe lobato- 
incifis. 
STIPULyE quaternas, petiolafjc, fubcordatze, ferratze, 
fuperioribus fepe recurvatis. 
CORYMBUS terminalis, tripartitus, ramis fubnudis, 
exterioribus teretiulculis, intermedio com- 
preflb ; compofitus e cymis pluribus pedun- 
culatis, nudis; floribus pedicellatis. ' 
CALYX t Pertanthium monophyllum, fuperum, 
quinquedentatum, dentibus ovato-acutis, e- 
reftis, purpureis, fg. 1. 
COROLLA monopetala, rotata, quinquepartita, la- 
ciniis ovato-acutis, concavis, reflexis, externe 
ad apicem purpurafeentibus et rugofls.^;?^. 3. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, fuberedla, te e- 
tinscula, crafla, rugofa, alba, longitudine 
corolliE; Anther/E primum rubicunda;, mag- 
1V.E, didymze, flbi invicem paululum remo- 
ta, parallela, oblonga, fupra fulcata, de- 
mum nigricantes, fig. 3. 
PISTILLUM : Germen inferum, fubovatum, oblblete 
angulatum, glabrum ; Stylus nullus ; Stig- 
mata tria, fubreniformia, colorata, glutj- 
nofa. Jig. 4. 5. 
tobe eradicated. 
STALK fix feet high, herbaceous, rouiidilh, fmooth 
channeled, joints fomewhat enlarged, purp^ 
lift, branched above, the branches oppofite 
and upright. “ 
leaves oppofite, pinnated, having four or fix pair 
of pinna: with an odd one at the extremity 
with or without ftipnlas, the pinna: or fmall 
leaves ovato-laiiceolate, unequal at the bafe 
lerrated, veiny, fmooth above, downy with 
a flight roughnefs underneath, and whiter 
c-rTDiir “"'““«ft often cut into lobes. 
SlthULit growing in fours, ftaiidiug on foot-ftalks 
lomewhat heart-fliaped, ferrated, the upper- 
molt often bent back. 
CORYMBUS terminal, divided into three branches 
which are fomewhat naked, the outer ones 
roundilh, the middle one flattened, compofed 
of numerous cymte, ftanding on partial foot- 
lialks- funiiflied with foot- 
CALYX; aPERiANTHiu.Mof one leaf, placed above 
^e germen having five teeth, which are 
A ”1’ upright and purple. 
COROLLA monopetalous, wheel-fliaped, divided in- 
to five legmeiits, which arc ovate, pointed, 
hollow and turn’d back, externally at the tip 
purphflr and wrinkled, fir. a. 
STAMIN A : five Fieamknts, nearly upright, round- 
ilh, thick, wrinkled, v hire, the length of 
the corolla; Anther* firfl reddifh, large, 
double at a little diftance from each other, 
parallel, oblong, grooved above, laftly be- 
coming of a blackifli colour, fig-. 2 
PISTILLUM ; Germen placed below the corolla, 
fomewhat ovate, faintly angular, and fmooth; 
STYLE none, Stigmata three, fomewhat 
kidney-lhaped, coloured, and glutinous. 
fg- 4 - 5 - 
THE leaves, roots, and bark of the dwarf Elder have a naufeous, Iharp bitter rafle and - l-'-A r 
ungratefull Imell ; they are all (Irong cathartics, and as fuch are recommeLed in Dr™fies ^and oth°er caf“^ 
where medicines of that kind are indicated. The bark of tile root is faid to be the ftronveft ■ 
weaken ; but they are all too churlilh medicines for general ufe ; they fometime evUu ffviole 
almoft always iiaufeate the ftomach and occafioii great uncafiiiefs of the bowels • bv boiling thlv ^ upwards, 
the other draftics mUder and more fafe in their opL.ion ; the berries of thrs plant^re'^likSrffpur^ * 
virulent than the other parts ; a rob prepar d from them may be given to the quantity of an ounce as a cath^ 
tic ; and in fmaller ones as an aperient and dcobftruent in chronic diforders. In this haft intention i^i f /t 
Haller to be frequnrly ufed in Swiflerland in the dole of a dram. Lewis’s Dift i i ft*”* U 
fer^;:^THERofLL.'''= Eflex.\rrhrgatl1'^aST'lh’11fi 
It differs from the common Elder in many refpeas, particularly in being herbaceous and L- • 
which creeps and is very troublefome in gardens, its leaves alfo are narrow® with more numeroi^^i ninn»® re Tn 
to the mid-rib ; the lower pinna: of which are fubjeft to a fingular variation as is ihewn in the figure ^ 
Not lefs does It differ in its fruaificatioii as will appear from the defeription to which the reader L f .4 
It flowers m June and July, and but rarely ripens its berries. ^ reader is referred. 
