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the loaves two inches long, and an inch and quarter hroad, sh"hlly 

 sorrale, and on short slender foolslalks, op{)osite or uiljioiii order: 

 the tlowers in small umbels (cynics) lateral and Icrininalini: ; ihese 

 are uliiie, and smaller than in the first son, appeariii<>- in June, and 

 arc sometimes succeeded by berries. It t-rous naturally in most 

 parts of North America, where it is commonly called B/ack Ilnzc. 



The ninth has tlie stalks soft and pithy, branching out greatly 

 from the bottom u|iwanl, aiul covered with a gray bark: the leaves 

 three inches long, and nearly as broad, strongly veined, ol' a li<;hi 

 green colour, placed opposite upon pretty long footstalks: the 

 liowers in terminating corymbs, white, and almost as long as those 

 of the first sort, appearing in June. Jt is a native of North America. 

 There are viirieties with the leaves smooth on both sides, and 

 with tlK> leaves downy underneath and drav.n out to a point. 



In tlie tenth species the leaves are seldom more than two indies 

 and a half long, and an inch and (juarter broad; they are rounded 

 at their l)a^e, but end in acute |)(Hnts, are veined and hairy on their 

 underside, and not of so lucitl a given colour as the followino- sort- 

 on their upper. 



There are several varieties; as the smaller hairy leaved, in which 

 tlie umbels (cymes) of tlowers arc smaller, and appear in autumn, 

 continuing all the winter. The jjlants are much hardier. 



The shining-leaved, in which the stalks rise higher, and the 

 branclu^s arc much stronger: the bark is smoother, and turns of a 

 purplish colour: the leaves are larger, of a thicker consistence, and 

 of a lucid green colour: the umbels (cymes) arc much larger, and so 

 are the flowers ; these seldom appear till the spring, and when the 

 winters are sharp, the iiowers are killed, and nevc-r open unless they 

 are sheltered. 



There is a sub-variety of this with variegated leaves; with odd 

 and silver-strij)cd; in v/hicli the branches are warted, the youn^j^er 

 ones four-cornered: the leaves opposite, ovate, on short petioles 

 rigid, sliining, perennial; the younger ones hirsute, with short ferru- 

 ginous villose hairs: flowers in crowded cymes, Avith little bractes 

 between them: the corolla white; and the berries, when ripe, blue. 



