518 at ORD. XXVIII. Pomacea 
Of the other species of Prunus, or Cherry, we find nothing 
deserving of particular attention. 
The Sorbus aucuparia, or Mountain Ash, belongs to this order. 
Its berries, which appear in large beautiful scoters, are by some 
writers esteemed for their cathartic and antiscorbutic qualities. 
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PRUNUS SPINOSA. SLOE TREE. 
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SYNONYMA._ Prunum sylvestre. Pharm. Lond. Prunus 
sylvestris. Gerard. Emac. p. 1497. Park. Theat. p. 1033. 
Bauh. Pin. p. 444. J. Bauh. Hist. vol. i. p. 198. Rati Hist. p. 
1527. Synop. p. 462. Prunus spinosa, foliis glabris serratis ovato- 
lanceolatis, floribus breviter petiolatis. Hall. Stirp. Helv. n. 1080. 
Hudson. Flor. Ang. p. 212. Withering. Bot. Arrang. p. 509. 
Class kcosandria, Ord. Monogynia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 620. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Cal. 5-fidus, inferus. Petala 5. Drupe nux suturis 
prominulis. 
Gen. Ch. P. peduncutlis solitariis, foliis. lanceolatis glabris, ramis 
spinosis. 
THE root is woodpa divided, and spreading: the stem is shrubby, 
crooked, rises to the height of six or eight feet, covered with a 
purplish black coloured bark, and sends off many irregular spinous 
branches: the leaves are oval, obtusely Jance-shaped, smooth, 
minutely serrated, of a deep green colour, and stand upon short 
footstalks:+ the stipule are linear, ‘notched, and discoloured at 
their points: the flowers are large, white, and stand separately 
+ The serratures of the leaves have been observed by Linneus to be terminated 
by an excretory duct. 
