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Spreading shrub. P^'/a/.v very small. Stigmas AAohed. Fhmers much 

 clustered on short footstalks, yellow green. Berrieshlack, nauseous, 

 strongly cathartic ; they afibrd i\ yellow dye in an unri])e state, as 

 does the bark a grcoi dye, when mature. 



2. Rh. Frayigvhi {Berry- hearing y/Z^/pr), unarmed, flowers per- 

 fect, loaves obovatc smooth entire. J]. J], t. 2o(). 



Hab. CuUiim-wood, near Ar.cliincruive, Ayrshire, Mr. Smith. FL 

 May. Fj . 



Small shrub. Flowers small, fev/, two or three together, axillary, on 

 longish footstalks, whitish green. Petals very minute, as well as 

 the stam. Berries dark purple with two seeds, purgative, 



31. EUONYIMUS. 



1. E. ei/ropcpus (Sp'mcUe Tree), llowers mostly tctrandrous, pe^ 

 duncles compressed many-Hovvered, leaves o^ato- lanceolate on 

 short footstalks, brandies smooth. Light/', p. \4^. E.B.t.o{i2. 



Hab. W'oods aiid hedges in many places, according to Sibbahl ; but 

 I found it not myself, Light/. King's Park, Edinb. and near Craig- 

 millar Castle, H'langh. FL May." 1; . 



Shrub 3 — 5 feet high : bark green, smooth. Leaves opposite, gla- 

 brous, serrated. Panicles forked. Flmcers small, vrhite. Cul. seg^ 

 ments and petals 4 or 5. Stam. upon glands in the disk of the 

 cal. /rj/ii ij -angled, but much less acutely so than in E. latifolius. 

 — ijcnJes and even leaves aaid to be dangerous. Of the tough wood 

 skewers are made, and Linnseus says it forms the best cliarcoal for 

 drawing. 



32. RIBES, 



•^' JVithont thorns. 



1. R. riibriim {rnmmoii Ciirraril.), without thorns erect, racemes 

 glabrous ])endidons, flowers nearly plane, petals obtuse. 



ILvii. Isle of Isla among brushwood, on the banks of the Sound, Light/. 



Culross woods, Maugh. FL May. \^ , 

 Leaves iv-lobed, doubly serrated, on longish footstalks ; a small scale 



or bractea at the base of each pedicel. Flowers greenish. Fruit 



red, crowned with the withered cal. 



2. R. petrceum {Rock Ciirraiit), without tliorns erect, racemes 

 when in flower erect in fruit peurlulous slightly downy, flowers 

 nearly plane, petals bluutish, bracteas shorter than tlie pe- 

 dicel.' E. B. 1.705. 



Hab. Woods nearAirly-castle, by the river-side, G.Don. F/. May. T^ . 

 Leaves as in the hist species, but a little downy beneath. Differs from 



R. spicaiiim in liaving the fruit pendulous ; but Sniith doubts hirri- 



self if tluit character is |)ermanent. Ilenies red. 



3. R. alain/im {Insleless Moiintain Currunt)., without thorns 

 erect, racemes erect botli in flower and fruit, flowers j)kine 

 shortei than tlie biacteas, leaves shining beneath. TJghtf.p.{4{j* 



E. B.t.jin. 



Hab. Woods and fissures of recks, L^r. Parsons. FL May. T^ . 



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