40 AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 
pendages at the base of the flower-stalk, called 
stipules ; the latter is destitute of them. 
The Blackthorn, or Sloe, Arunus communts, 
with three other species which are sometimes 
BLACKTHORN. 
given under the genus Cevasus, Cherry, belongs 
to the Nat. Ord. Rosace#, and Linn. Cl. XII., 
Lcosandria. The name Blackthorn must refer 
to the fact of the flowers appearing whilst the 
