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ICOSANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Prunys. 
ee Cal. 8-cleft: Bloss. 4 petals: Seeds 
pink Cal. 5 to 10-cleft: Bloss. 5 to 8 petals: Seeds 
many with woolly awns. 
FRAGA’RIA. Cal. 10-cleft: Bloss. 5 petals: Seeds many, 
deciduous, situated upon a receptacle resembling a 
ber 
erry. 
POTENTIL’/LA. Cal. 10-cleft: Bloss. 5 petals: Seeds 
many, awnless, 
GE’UM. Cal. 10-cleft: = 5 patals: Seeds many, 
- with a knee-jointed aw 
CO’MARUM. Cal. 10-cleft : "Blass. 5 petals: Seeds many, 
permanent, upon a fleshy receptacle. 
[Spirea, Sempervivum tectorum. ] 
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MONOGYNIA. ; 
PRU’NUS. Cahe 5-cleft; beneath: petals 5: 
drupa \-celled, closed at the top: aut with 
projecting seams. 
P. Flowers in bunches: ty deciduous, with 2 glands 
at the base on the un 
FI. dan. 205—Ger. 1322. Sikes 6 7+ 1—Ger. em. 1504. G- 
FJ. B, i. a. 228—Lob. obs. 593. 2-Park. 1517.3, . ~ 
Bunches from below the leaves. Petals serrated, not nicked 
as in P. Cerasus. Linn. Cad, finely serrated; wit thin at. the 
—s — with numerous woolly hairs. Petals finely serrated. 
Stam. 
Birds Cherry. Wald Gluster Shee Woods and hedges 
in the northern counties. Ina lane between Temple Mills and 
Epping Forest. [About Inglcboroogh, Yorkshire. Curt.— 
Woods in Norfolk, common. Mr. Woopw.—Hedges at ore 
ford, Stafford. Mr. Prrr.—Woods by thi Tees. Mr. Rosso 
A few miles age of of Manchester very common in woods cal 
ges. Mr. Can S. wip 
* It grows well in woods, groves, or fields, but not in a moist soil. 
It bears lopping, and suffers the grass to grow oe ong it. The fruit is 
agree 
able flavour. A strong decoction of the bark is ut by the Finlanders to 
eure venereal complaints; which practice is corroborated b 
