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Show The 518 Wehave it in hedges, but not common, flowers in July. C. Bauhinecalls it Sambucus laciniato folio, 1. Jagged-leaved Elder. (872 Sambucus foliis laciniatis. Gt The fhrub grows irregularly to ten or twelve feet high. The bark is whitifh and rough. It lks 5 The leaves are placed on divided footfta oband are themfelves alfo parted into feveral long, jagged, and indented feoments. The flowers are white; and the berries, when ripe, are black. Corr Ne Sed. “Opis 0 offive broad THE cup is divided into five oblong, hollowfegments. The flower is compofed under a flefhy fub. petals. Thefruit is roundifh, with a longitudinal furrow; and contains ftance an oblong ftone with a kernel. 3 RVR VISCUM, HE flowersare often feparately male and female, but not conftantly fo: they confift of fmall cup, divided into four oval parts; with either filaments without ae fi OBA SD Ia or both together: in each cafe the forn — of the fruit, or with 2a rudiment without filaments, oe ; m aad ad ftr ftruéture flat feed of the fower isthe fame. Thefruit is a roundifh berry, containing a fingle, ced, of a heartad 2 like fhape. i‘ ; The berries are white, juice. and full of a flimy It is common on apple-trees, and other kinds growing to their branches as mofs. The fhrub is very much branched, and a foot NU & G, HERBAL MISLETOE, Common Mifletoe. : Vifcum vulgare. XIV, US Nr PER BRITISH Wehave three other fpecies wild in England 1. TheCommon Elder, Sambucus vulgaris. The berries black. 2. The White-berried Elder, Sambucus baccis albis. The berries of a greenifh white. 3. The Dwarf Elder, Edulus, five Sambucus bu milis. A very powerful diuretick. and tender. The young fhoots are thick, green, Geta Th HERBAL. BRITISH and half high. The ftalks are yellow and tough. The leaves ftand in pairs; and they are oblong, flefhy, yellowifh, and obtufe. The flowers are {mall and greenith. C. Bauhinecalls it Vifeum baccis albis. : Ttis an excellent medicine againft diforders of the nerves. That of the oakis preferred, but it is very rarely found, Linnzus places this among the icofandria monogynia. The Common Sloe. Prunus fylveftris vulgaris. OL73"9 The fhrub is rarely more than four feet high. The branches are thorny, and have a deep brown bark. Mav. AS US. The flower is compofed offive The flowers are fmall and greenith, The berries are black, Wehave it on commons, C. Bauhinecalls it Laureola fimpervirens floré viridi. It isa low fhrub, green all the year. The bark is brownith. The leaves are long, and of a fine green, undivi vided and flefhy. It is is a violent vi vomit and purge. Wehave four other fpecies. 1. The Clufter, or Birds Cherry. . The Common, wild, red Cherry, Cera/us /jl- Cerafus avium racemosa. FCPS 76 veftris fruéiu rubro, Muchlike the Flemith GakosiNnN> cherry. This rifes to a fmall tree. The bark is pale on the trunk, and darker on the branches. The leaves are oblong and ferrated. The flowers ftand in long clufters, and are white. The fruit is fmall. nigro, The common, fmall, black Cherry: . Small, wild, Heart Cherry, Cera/us jilvefiris frultu minimo cordiformi. In Wales. 4, The late wild Cherry, Cera/us /ylveftris feptem trionalis frutiu parvo ferotine. The fruit round and red. BN 9 U § XIX. ER IW & T: . The black Cherry-tree, Cerafus fylueftris frutiu We have it in woods in the north of England. C. Bauhinecalls ic Cera/fus racemofa fylveftris. STRAWBE XVIII, HIE flowers rife naked, three from each bud, and are compofed ofa fingle petal, tubular and > divided at the edge into four fegments. Thefruit is a roundifh berry with a fingle feed S * Laureola vulgaris. The fruit is roundifh, with a furrow ; and contains a roundith ftone. Oo VS Common Spurge Laurel. HE cup is hollow, and divided into five fegments at the edge. broad, hollowed petals. fone SPURGE LAUREL, LAUREOLA, The flowers are white; and the fruit, when ripe, is covered with a grey duft. It is common in hedges, and flowers in July, US Groton Eye RORY. CER Gy Theleaves are oblong, broad, andof a fine green. LIGUSTRUM. acGicup is fmall, and is divided atttthe rim into i formed ofa finglé i four parts, i The fl lowet is rund bry Winiee a ee divided alfo into four fegments at the edge. The fruit fa Linnzus places this among the diandria mpnogynia. CommonPrivet. Liguftrum vulgare, XVI. The flowers are fmall and white; and they grow in clufters. The berries are black. Wehaveit in woods, C. Bauhinecalls it Ligufrum Germanicum: Itis a thrub of five feet high, ftem is lender, brown, and {mooth. he leaves are oblong, and of a dark green. RORY - DRS E- ARBUTU S. The flower is formed into five fegments which of a fingle petal; and is hollow, oval, and divided at the rim are within, not on the furtace. tufn back. Thefruit refembles a common firawberry., but the feeds HE cupis very fmall, and is divided by five indéntings at the edge. Comnion Strawberry-Tree. Arbutus vulgaris. It is a {mall tree; or oftener rifes in the fhrub form. The leaves are oblong, and very beautifully jerravéd. The flowers are greenith. The berries, when ripe, are red. Tt is wild in our northern counties. The fruit ripens in November. C. Bauhine calls it Arbutus folio ferrato. GENUS GuihiuNr Dp BLAQK Ss XX. ELDER. FRANGULA. A Paris formed of a fingle petal; and is fmall; tubular, rough on the i HE ee has no cup: it tae, : di pelehalae within ; and is tinged, and divided into five {mall fegments. iE.is Wii eesd at the canane bafe of c eachi. fegment; i Ale rhe berry nt; and and fifrom under each of thefe rifes a filament. ,The t Th ) } r i ii |
