ORD. XXXVI. COADUNATA., 
ORD. XXXVI. DUMOSA. 
(From Dumus, a Bush. ) 
Bushy shrubby plants, thickly beset with irregular branches. 
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RHAMNUS CATHARTICUS. PURGING BUCKTHORN. 
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SYNONYMA. Spina cervina. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. Rham- 
nus catharticus. Bauh. Pin. p. 478. Raii Hist. p. 1625. Synop. 
p. 466. Hudson. Flor. Ang. p. 98. Withering. Bot. Arrang. p. 
239. Flor. Dan. 850. Rhamnus solutivus. Gerard. Emac. p. 
1337. Rhamnus solutivus sive Spina infectoria vulgaris. Park. 
Theat. p. 243. Rhamnus foliis spinosis, ovato-lanceolatis, ser- 
ratis, Hal. Stirp. Helv. n. 824. . 
- Class Pentandria. Ord. Monogynia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 265. 
Ess.Gen.Ch, Cal. tubulosus: squamis stamina munientibus. Cor. 
nulla, Bacca. * 
Sp. Ch. R. spinis ferattialibne floribus quadrifidis dioicis, foliis 
ovatis, caule erecto. 
