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The Black-thorn, or Sloe-tree. AngUs. 



The Slae. Sect is. 



An droighionn, preas-nan-airneag. Gauiis, 



In hedges frequent. T? . IV. V. 



The bark of this fhrub has been ufed by empirics to 

 cure the ague. It will dye woollen of a red co- 

 lor. The juice of it, with vitriol or copperas, 

 will make good ink •, and the fruit will make a 

 very grateful and fragrant wine. 



DIGYNIA. 



CRAT^GUS. Gen. pi 622. 

 Cal 5-fidus. PetaJa 5. Bacca infera 2-fperma. 

 ma. (3. I. CRATAEGUS foliis ovatis incifis ferratis fubtus 

 ■^Dmentofis. Syfi. fiat. 342. Sp.pl. 681. {Oed. Ban. 

 t. 302. c\)t.) 

 The White Beam-Tree. Anglis. 

 In v/oods but not common. ^ . VL 

 1 have inferted this on the authority of Sihhald, not 



having found it myfelf. 

 The leaves are oval and firm, of the fize of the 

 hazel, ftriated with prominent nerves, ferrated on 

 the edges, and hoary underneath : the flowers 

 grow in white umbels : the berries when ripe are 

 red, and capable, by fermentation and diftilla- 

 ti'^n, of affording a good fpint. 



/JKyacantha CR-ATiEGUS foliis obtufis fubtrifidis ferratis. Sp. 

 2. pi. 683. {Ger. em. 1326./. i. Blak^cll t. 149.J 



The 



