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15 to 20 feet high, in sandy woods, with fruit i to | 

 inch thick, pear-shaped, and greenish-yellow. The 

 leaves are 2 to 3 inches long, wedge-shaped, the 

 lower part tapering into a short stem with small dark 

 glands on the edges. The flowers but from 2 to 5 in 

 a cluster. 



-^ 8. Hairy Thorn. (C. glandulosa, Michx.) — A 

 small tree with coarse bark and spreading branches, 

 and the leaves, branchlets and flower stems covered 

 with soft hairs, especially when young. The leaves 

 are about 1 inch long, rather thickish, wedge-shaped, 

 the edges generally dotted with dark glands. The 

 fruit is small, round, and red. The flowers are 3 to 6 

 in a cluster. 



9. Dwarf Thorn. (C.parvifolia, Ait.) — A small 

 shrub 2 to 5 feet high, very common in sandy woods 

 throughout the Lower and Middle Districts, and with 

 a whitish down on most of its parts. The leaves are 

 i to li inch long, broad, wedge-shaped, toothed, with 

 hardly an}^ stem. Flowers solitary, or 2 or 3 together. 

 Fruit round or pear-shaped, greenish-yellow, rather 

 large and dry. 



^ Barberry. (Berberis Canadensis, Pursh.) — 

 Found in Lincoln, thence westward, especially in 

 Buncombe, Haywood and Macon Counties. It is not 

 known to exist north of Virginia, and is the only na- 

 tive Barberry in the United States. The European 

 species (B. vulgaris) is thoroughly naturalized in 

 New England. Ours is a pretty shrub, 2 to 4 feet 

 high and somewhat prickly. The fruit is an oblong, 



