. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. I. S. arborescens. 2. S. callicarpa. 3- S. mexicana. 4- S. canadensis. S- S. glauca. Scarlet Tree Elder 849 ovoid or turbinate, 3- to s-toothed or lobed; the corolla is wheel-shaped, regular, and has 3 to 5 lobes; the 5 stamens adhere to the base of the corolla-tube, their slender filaments bearing oblong anthers which open outwardly; the ovary is com- posed of 3 to 5 cells, each containing a pendulous ovule, and ripens i
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. I. S. arborescens. 2. S. callicarpa. 3- S. mexicana. 4- S. canadensis. S- S. glauca. Scarlet Tree Elder 849 ovoid or turbinate, 3- to s-toothed or lobed; the corolla is wheel-shaped, regular, and has 3 to 5 lobes; the 5 stamens adhere to the base of the corolla-tube, their slender filaments bearing oblong anthers which open outwardly; the ovary is com- posed of 3 to 5 cells, each containing a pendulous ovule, and ripens into a berry- like drupe containing 3 to 5 i-seeded nutlets which have a fleshy endosperm nearly as long as the elongated flattish seed; the style is 3- to 5-parted. These well-known plants are of but slight economic value. The bark and flowers are of some little medicinal repute, and the fruits of some species are eaten or made into wine. The generic name applied by Linnaeus is the Latin name for the Old World Elder, Sambucus nigra Linnaeus, and is supposed to have reference to some musi- cal instrument that was made of its hollow stem. The arborescent species in our flora are: Inflorescence ovoid or conic; Pacific coast trees or shrubs; fruit red or scarlet. Leaflets lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate. Leaflets oval to obovate. Inflorescence convex or flat-topped; fruit blue or black. Foliage and inflorescence hairy, at least when young. Foliage smooth or very nearly so. Fruit not glaucous. Fruit glaucous, with a bloom. I. SCARLET TREE ELDER —Sambucus arborescens NuttaU This Elder reaches its greatest development of 9 meters in height on the rich bottom lands along streams in the lower valleys of the Columbia and Willamette rivers in Oregon. It also occurs in northwestern California and from Wash- ington north to Alaska, and is often shrubby. The light red-brown twigs have a thick brownish pith. The leaves are quite large, bright green and smooth on the upper surface, hghter gr
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