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ivpaml, almost naked above, obscurely tomentose underneath, next 

 the flowers in pairs: the flowers axillary on very short peduncles, 

 larger than those of the common sort, and of a pale yellow colour. 

 They are succeeded by very small yellowish berries, which ripen in 

 the autumn when the season proves warm. It is a native of North 

 America, and flowers from July to September. 



The fifth has a creeping root, sending up a great number of 

 smooth stalks, about a foot high, dividing towards the top into 

 small spreading branches: the leaves heart-shaped or ovate, about 

 three inches long, and two broad near their base, entire, rough to 

 the touch, of a pale yellowish green, alternate, on pretty long foot- 

 stalks: the flowers are towards the top, axillary, on long slender 

 peduncles, of a dirty yellow colour with purple bottoms. They 

 appear in June and July, and are succeeded by viscous berries 

 about the size of the common sort, of an herbaceous yellow colour, 

 enclosed in a light green swelling bladder. It is a native of America. 



The sixth species rises with a shrubby stalk, near three feet high, 

 dividing into several branches which grow erect, and are covered 

 with a woolly down: the leaves ovate-lanceolate, almost three inches 

 long, and an inch and a half broad in the middle, downy, and on 

 short petioles: the flowers small, of an herbaceous white colour, 

 sitting very close to the branches, and succeeded by small berries 

 nearly of the same size as the common winter cherry, and red when 

 ripe. It is a native of Spain, Sicily, c. flowering in July and 

 August. 



The seventh rises to the height of five or six feet, sending out 

 long flexuose branches covered with a gray bark: the leaves oblong- 

 ovate, often placed opposite, sometimes by threes round the branches, 

 to which they sit close: the flowers in clusters at the base of the 

 petioles, small, of an herbaceous yellow colour: they are succeeded 

 by round purplish berries having ten cells, each including one seed. 

 It flowers in July and August, but not unless the season is warm. 

 It is a native of the East Indies. 



The eighth species has a shrubby stalk, ten or twelve feet high, 

 dividing towards the top into several small branches, covered with 



