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Show The The flowers are ‘of a greenifh white ; andthe berries, whenripe, are black. We have it in woods andthickets, C. Bauhine calls it Alnus The Black Alder. Frangula vulgaris. WL; 131040 The fhrub is weak and {mall. GE. Uy; S XXIV. BRAMBLE, RU Biv 8. HE cup is formed of one feaf, divided into five oblong, fpreading, permanent fégnients. The ne flower. is. compofed of five roundifh petals inferted in the cup, SES BE R berry is oblong, and has two feeds. green, with atinge of yellowifh, andfinely fer. Berberis vulgaris. 7C; 75uS% | rated. ‘ The flowers are {mall and yellowifh: the berries red and agreeably tafted. The fhrub is ten feet high, and armed with fharp fpines. C. Bauhine calls it Rubus vulgaris, feu Rubus The Common Bramble, Sruéiu nigro. Rulus vulgaris. LOD ft ITS. rounded PPE cup is formed of fix fmall, hollow, coloured leaves. The flower is formed of fix the flower. The petals: there are two granules at the bafe of each petal, the ne¢taria of The Barberry-Buth. Thefruit is compofed of numerous grains. BARBERRYY. BER N. thers, Frangula, The ftemis covered with a fmooth, brownbark. The leaves are large, dark, and roundith. ea Th BRITISH HERBAL, HERBAL. BRITISH Wehave three other fpecies wild in different The fhrub is weak and trailing. parts of England. The branches are befet with fharp thorns: The leaves ftand three on a footftalk ; and_are. oblong, broad, ferrated, and fharp-pointed. “The flower is Jarge. and-fefh-coloured ; and 1, White berried Bramble, Rubus valgaris major fruétu albo. The leaves longer and paler. 2, The Dewberry-Buth, Rubus minor frufu ceruleo.» The fruitrcompofed of ‘few grains. the fruit, when ripe, is black. 3. The» wild Rafpberry, Rubus ideus fpinofus It is every where in hedges. jructu rubro. In woods in the north. We have it wild and in gardens. The bark is pale and whitifh. The leaves are broad and oblong; of a frefh All authors call it Berberis. Ga BvoNyr US XXV. S PILN OL 6.7 Bee G EN U.S PO ALY. AEG RETRO? LUM HE cup is fmall, formed of a fingle piece, and divided into four fegments atthe edge. The flower is compofed of four roundifh petals, cohering at their bafes. The fruit is a roundifh berry with four feeds, Theberries are blacki 1. The Holly. Agrifolium. PC; 313 It is a large fhrub. The bark is whitifh on the trunk; but the young fhoots are green. The leaves are oblong, finuated, irregular at EUONYMUS., XXII. Wehave it in woods and hedges. C. Bauhine calls it Tew aculeata baccifera folio JSinnato, 7 cup is divided into five roundifh fegments. The flower is compofed of four oval petals, The fruit is a fquare juicy capfule in each of the four cells,-containing a fingle feed. Euonymus. Thefruit is large, red, and fquare. It is commonin hédges: that on the young fhoots green: and thefe have C.Bauhine calls it Euonymus vulgaris granis four redith brown ridges, which make them appear fquare. G E N. rudris. Was XXVI. BLADDERNUT. 2. Yellow-berried Holly, Agrifelium baccis la- teis. The leaves of a thinner and loole texture. The flowers are greenifh. GE It is a {mall hedge-fhrub. The bark of the trunk is of a pale brown; Wehave one other fpecies. the edges, and prickly. The leaves are oblong, moderately broad, and of a fine frefh green. The flowers are very {mall, and greenifh, Spindletree. STAPHYLODENDRON. ae cup is divided into five coloured fegments. “The flower is compofed of’ five oblong’petals. The fruit is compofed of diftiné& bladders with pointed tops ; in each of which are: roundifh GPE “NUS XXIII. feeds, The Bladdernut. Staphylodrendon. LL, 347 BUCKTHORN... Raia wN US: HE flower has no cup: it is formed of a fingle petal, and is tubular, and lightly divided by four dents at the edges, There are four little fcales within: one at each dent. Theberry is roundifh, and the feeds are flatted. The Buckthorn Shrub, Rhamnus vulgaris. BeCy 81114 It is a fhrub of ten feet high. The bark is brown. Theleaves are broad, indented, and of a fine green. Thetree rifes to no great height. The leaves are beautifully pinnated; and the pinnz are oblong, ferrated, and fharp-pointed. red or brown. raat We have it wild in England, but not come mon. The flowers are {mall. G-BoN ws) The flowers are inconfiderable and greenifh. Theberries are black. The fhrub is full of tharp thorns. E Wehaveit in hedgés, Udi C. Bauhinecalls it Rhamnus catharticus. The juice of the berries is a good purge. The fruit is large; and the bladders, when ripe, are of a- pale greenifh colour, tinged with Y M. MUS: HE cup is formed ofa fingle leaf, and divided into five fegments atthe edge: it is réugh on he the outfide, and, for the greateft part, tubular, enlarging upwards : there are no petals.!2;T filaments {tand in this cup ;, and the fruit is flatted, and hasa fingle~ feed. Noss. 6R The |