both Exotick and Domeftick, &c. 
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Rhamnoidcs; TheSea Buckthorn; vulgi. 
The Chara&ers are; 
It batb tbe wbote Habit of tbe Rhamnus (er Buckthorn) tbe Mule Flowers 
(wbicb are produced upon different Trees from tbe Fruit) are witbout vi/ille 
Uaves, baving a Cup confiffing of Iwo Leaves, in wbicb are produced manj 
Stamina or Tbreads: Tbe Fruit, wbicb is produced upon tbe Female ‘Planis, are 
rottndijh Berries, inclofing one ftngle Seed. 
The Species are ; 
• • Rhamnoidcs; florifera, (alicisfoliis. T. Cor. 5 j. Male Willo\v-leav'd 
Sea BuCKTnORN ; vulgi. 
1. Rhamnoides ; fhiftifcra, foliis falicis, baccis leviter flavefeentibus. T. Cor. 5;. 
Rhamnus, falicis folio augnffo, fruBu Jlavefcente. C. B. P. 477. Female 
Willow-leav'd Sea Buckthorn, wich yellow Berries. 
Thcfc two Trccr arc worthy of a Place in Wildcmcfa Quartcrs where by the Oddncfs of 
their Bntnches, Diycrfity of their Lcavcs, and Manncr of flowering, Ihcy add to thcBeauly 
Rhamnus 5 T1 
The Charaflcrs are ; 
It batb a fumel-Jbnpd Flower, confiffing of one Leaf, wbicb is divided 
towards tbe Top into tbree or four Segments ; tbtfe are fucceeded by ftft rouudfb 
Berries veryfull of Jttice, in eaeb of wbicb are containd four hard Secds, round 
and fmooth on tbe Outfide, butfiattcd on tbe otber. 
The Species ares 
1. Rhamnus 5 Catharticus. C B. P. 47 8. Rhamnus, folutimus. Dod.p.7^6. 
The Common Buckthorn. 
i. Rhamnus; fpinis oblongis, cortice albo, Monfpelienfium. J. B. Pol. I. 
Pars II.51. Rhamnus, 1, Clufs. Hff. 109. Spamsh Buckthorn Tree 5 
vulgi. 
The Firft of thcfc Trcc» is very common in Eminui, the Berries of whieh, wcrc 
fomicrly in great Elicem for making Symp, but of late the Pcoplc, who malle it their 
Bufmcls to gather tlie lkrries for the Markcts, bring in their flead, or intermix thcrcwiih, 
the Berries of the Frentub, or Bcrry-bearing AMcr, whieh hath fpoiPd the Symp, and 
renderid it Icfi eliecnfd, but tlicy may bc eaiily diftinguifhM therefrom, by opening the 
Berries, and obfcrving the Numbcr of Secds comain'd therein, tlie Flaegul.i baving but iwo, 
and rhe Bticbsborn has four in cach Berry. 
The Sccond Son has becn prefonrcd in Green-houfes, but wc find it hardy enough to 
ftand abroad, if plantcd in a dry Soil, and lhcltcr’d from the Norlh and Eaft Winds. 
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