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serrated, not hairy ; flowers small and white, in a few-flowered 

 umbel ; fruit square, with blunt angles, of a beautiful rose-colour. 

 The wood is used for making skewers and spigots. Waldon 

 Hill. Bushy places about Ansti's Cove. Marychurch. Chud- 

 leigh. (E. B. t. 362.) Sh. v. TI. 



OED. XXY. KHAMNACEJE. 



RHAMNUS. BUCKTHOKN. 



R. Frangula (Alder Buckthorn.) In woods and thickets 

 more frequent in England than R. catharticus. A small shrub ; 

 branches without spines ; leaves elliptical, narrower towards the 

 stalk ; flowers in small clusters, greenish- white, petals very small ; 

 berries dark purple, about the size of a small pea, containing 2 

 seeds. Sandy Park, near Chagford. Kingsteignton. Heywood, 

 near Exmouth (Rev. J. Jervis) ; Exwick wood (Mr. Jacob) ; Wid- 

 decomb-in-the-Moor, Fl. D. (E. B. t. 250.) Sh. v. VI. 



OED. KXVI. LEGUMINOS^. 



TEIBE I. GENISTE^E. 



ULEX. EURZE. 



1. U. Europeans (common F., Whin, or Gorse.) On heaths, 

 and sandy or stony wastes, in England, Ireland, and the southern 

 parts of Scotland. A strong, hardy shrub, from 3 to 6 feet high, 

 with close-set, spreading branches, armed with sharp, branching 

 spines ; young leaves shaggy. Elowers bright yellow, rising from 

 the primary and secondary spines ; calyx coarsely hairy. In De- 

 vonshire this plant continues flowering during the whole year. 

 Very abundant. Warberry Hill. Meadfoot Clifls, etc. (E. B. t. 

 742.) Sh. i.-xn. 



2. XJ. nanus (dwarf F.) On dry heaths, in many places in 

 England, More strictly western than U. Europeans. It is much 

 smaller than the last in all its parts. Stem procumbent ; calyx 

 covered with a fine down ; flowers not more than half the size of 

 U. Europeans. The spines short and spreading, branched at their 

 base only. Thought by some botanists to be merely a variety ; 

 but its characteristics are so constant, that it certainly seems en- 

 titled to be considered as a distinct species. Bovey Tracey, and 

 on exposed downs in many parts. (E. B. t. 743.) Sh. vn.-xi. 



