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 THE WHITE-BEAM. 



CRATJEGUS ARIA. PI. 14. 



Pruftif cation* Flowers with five petals, 

 about twenty chives, and two pointals, 

 fucceeded by a round berry contain^ 

 ing two or four feeds. 



Specific char after. Leaves oval, unequally 

 or doubly ferrated, woolly on the un- 

 der-fide. 



THIS tree has a general whitenefs or mea- 

 linefs in its appearance, which has given it 

 its name. It grows to a moderate fize, 

 and loves dry and open fituations. It is 

 found on the chalky hills of Kent, Surrey, 

 and Suflex, and alfo in the mountainous 

 parts of Derby (hire, where it (hoots from 

 4 the 



