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Bauh. Pin. p. 444, J. Bauh. Hi/I. vol. up. 198. Raii Hift. p. 

 iS'^7* Synop. p. 462. Prunus fpinofa, foliis glabris ferratis ovato- 

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TH E root is woody, divided, and fpreading : the flem is ilirubby, 

 crooked, rifes to the height of fix or eight feet, covered v^ith a 

 purplifh black coloured bark, and fends off many irregular fpinous 

 branches : the leaves are oval, obtufely lance-fhaped, fmooth, mi- 

 nutely ferrated, of a deep green colour, and Hand upon (hort foot- 

 ftalks : -f- the flipulse are linear, notched, and difcoloured at their 

 points : the flowers are large, white, and ftand feparately upon fhort 

 peduncles : the calyx is fmall, and divided at the brim into five oval 

 fegments : the corolla is compofed of five oblong concave petals, 

 attached to the calyx by fhort claws : the filaments are in number 

 from twenty to thirty, fpreading, tapering, white, inferted in the 

 calyx, and furnifhed with orange coloured antherse : the germen is 

 roundifh, the flyle fimple and llender, and the fligma orbicular : the 

 fruit is of the drupous or cherry kind, though much fmaller, of a 

 black colour, but covered with a bright blue exudation, and contains 

 a nut with an oblong kernel. It is common in hedges, and the 

 flowers appear in March and April, before the leaves are vifible. 



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