LjViBUCUS E b u l u s . D w a r f Elder.
[ SAMBUCUS Lin. Gen. PA PentanBRIa T rigYnia .
Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. 5-fida. Baeva. 3-fpermdi
RaiiSyn. Gem A rbores e t F r u t ic e S;
SAMBUCUS Ebulus cymis tripartitis, .ftipulis foliaceis, caule herbaCeb. Lin. Syjl. Feget. p. 244.'
Sp. PI. p. 385. FI. Suecic. n. 266;
SAMBUCUS herbacea; floribiis umbeliatis. Haller, hifl. n. 671.
SAMBUCUS Ebulus< Scopoli Fl. Cam. n. 371.
[ SAMBUCUS humilis feu Ebulus. Bauh. Pin. 456.
EBULUS five Sambilcus humilis. Ger. emac. 1426; Parkins. 209* Rail Syn. 461. Dwarf-Elder*
Walwort, or Danewort.
Hudfon. Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 130.
„ Lightfoot. Fl. Scot. p. 171.
■ ■ iX repens, vix efadicandd.
■ ftjS orgyalis, herbaceus* teretiu sculus, glaber, '
r undique ftriato-fulcatus* fubgeniculatus : ge-
niculis purpureis* füperne ramofus, ramis
öppofiti’s, efedlis.
LlA oppofita, pinnata, quadrijuga, feii fexjuga,
* cum impari, ftipulata feu exftipulata* foliolis
ovato-lanceolatis, bafi inaequalibus, ferratis,
venofis* fupra glabris, fubtus pubefcenti-fca-
bris, pallidioribus, inferioribus faepe lobato-
incifis.
rULE quaternae, petiolatae, fubcordaf®, fe/ratae, :
fuperioribus fepe recurvatis.
lYMBUS terminalis, tripartitus, ramis fubnudis* '
exterioribus teretiufeulis, intermedio com- •
preflo j compofitus e cymis pluribus pedun- ;
culatisj nudis; floribus pedicellatis.
RO O T creeping, fcarce to be eradicated.
STA LK fix feet high, herbaceous, roundifh, fmooth,
channeled, joints fomewhat enlarged, purp-
lifli, branched above, the branches oppofite
and uprighti
LEAVES oppofite, pinnated, having four or fix pair
of pinnae with an odd one at the extremity,
with or without ftipulae* the pinnae orfmall
leaves ovato-lanceolate, Unequal at the bafe,
ferrated, veiny, fmooth above, downy with
a flight roughnefs underneath, and whiter,
the lowermoft often cut into lobes.
STIPULAE growing in fours, {landing on foot-fialks,
fomewhat heart-fhaped, ferrated, the upper-
moft often bent back.
CORYMBUS terminal* divided into three branches
which are fomewhat naked, the. outer ones
roundifh, the middle one flattened, compofed
of numerous cymae, Handing on partial foot-
flalks, bloflbms alfo furnifhed with foot-
ftalks: •.
CALYX : .a Perianth-hum of one leaf, placed above
the germen, having five teeth, which are
fhort, broad, pointed, upright and purple.
fig’ 1
COROLLA monopetalous, wheel.-fhaped; divided into
five legments, which are ovate, pointed,
hollow and turn’d back, externally at the tip
purplifh and wrinkled, fig. 2.
STAMIN A : five F ilaments, nearly upright, roundifh,
thick, wrinkled, white, the length of
the corolla; A nther.® firft reddifh, large,
double, at a little diftance from each other,
parallel, oblong, grooved above, laftly becoming
of a blackifh colour, fig. 3.
PISTILLUM : G ermen placed below the corolla
fomewhat ovate, faintly angular, and fmooth;
Style none, St igm a t a three, fomewhat
kidney-fhaped, coloured, and glutinous. fig’ 4- 5-
*YX*. PeriantHitiM monophyllum, fuperum*
quiuquedentatum, dentibus o.vato-abutis, e-
redtis, purpureis* fig. 1.
lOLLA monopetala, rotata* quinqtiepartita, la-
ciniis ovito-acutis, concavis, reflexis, externe
ad apicèm.purpurafcentibus et rugofis._$g\ 2.
§M1NA: F il am e n t a quinque, fuberedta, te e-
tiuscula, crafla, rugofa, alba, longitudine
corollas; A nther® primum rubicundze, mag-
ns, didymas, fibi invicem paululum remote,
p arallelffi, obloiigae, fupra fulcatas, <^e-
mumnigricantes.^. 3.
pJLLUM: Germen inferum, fubovatum, obfblete
angulatum, glabrum ; S t ylu s nullus ; St ig mata
tria, fubreniformia, colorata, gluti-
nofij fig. 4.
ftefiUafeS,iir00tl ’ a n d b a rk o f the dw a r f Elder have a naufeous, fharp, bitter tafte, and a kind o f acrid
L D l . ell; they are all ftrong cathartics, and as fuch are recommended in Dropfies, and other cafes
W h "v? ° f t^lat kind are ir?dicated- T h e bark o f the root is faid to be the ftrongeft; the leaves the
| j bUt 1 I lH f P a1110° churlifh medicines for general ufe : they fometimes evacyate violently upwards
ke r ? the ft°mach and °CCafion great uneafinef's o f the bowels : by boiling they become like
Int tha VkS m! der and more fafe in their operation ; the berries o f this plant are likewife purgative, but lefs
land in f 110ther. Parts : a rob prepar’ d from them may be given to the quantity o f an ounce as a cathar-
L , r . ma; ler on®s as an aPerient and deobftruent in chronic diforders. In this laft intention it is faid bv
fmoft pu f!!e1untiy ufed in Swiflerland in the dofe o f a dram. L ew is ’ s D lfp . p . 137.
}o plac„ hy, Gardens this plant is cultivated, but is rarely met with wild about London ; I have obferved
M u one, in a hedSd which fnrrounds a part of Mr. Beaufoy’s Garden, Cupers-Bridge,
| ° thergill the °ther m a Lane leadin§ down t0 Upton, Eflex, by the garden wall of the late
■ke common Elder in many refpe&s, particularly in being herbaceous, and in having a root
f mid-rib• !S V,ecy t rouble fome in gardens, its leaves alfo are narrower with more numerous pinna attached
It iefs do f . | Ewe/ pinnVof which are fubjedt to a Angular variation as is fhewn in the. figure.
Bowers inV* dlffer, in its fruftification as will appear from the defeription to which the reader is referred
u June and July, and but rarely ripens its berries. ’