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The Natural Hiftory of the Book VI. 
The BERRY-BUSH, or HEDGE-BUSH. 
HIS often. grows to about Seventeen Feet high, cloathed with 
green Leaves, Six Inches long, and an Inch and an half broad. 
hele are fet on the Branches alternately, having their middle Ribs 
thickly guarded with fharp reddifh Prickles. . 
The Ends-of the lefler Branches fuftain a great Number of white 
Five-leaved Flowers. 
Thefe Petals furround a yellow Piftil, divided at the Top. 
This is fucceeded by a {mall red Berry, which is looked upon to be 
very wholfome: However, its Tafte is not very agreeable, and therefore 
feldom eaten by Men, 
The WiLp PEPPER-GRASS. 
yp eis hath a great many ftrong ftringy Roots, penetrating about 
Five Inches into the Earth. 
The Bark of the main Stalk is greyifh, foon dividing into numerous 
{mall Branches, thickly covered with very {mall fharp-pointed Leaves. 
_ From among thefe rife very many Pedicles, fupporting feveral {mall 
Star-like Flowers, fucceeded by very many capfular round Pods, inclofing 
a great many very minute ruffet Seeds. 
"The whole Plant feldom grows above Two Feet high. 
It is to be found in almoft every Part of the Ifland. 
The FrrE-BURN WEED. 
pe main Stalk of this Plant grows to be about Three Feet high. 
It is generally of a green Colour, chanelled and pithy. 
The Leaves are about Three Inches long, and Two in Breadth, having 
their middle, as well as their tranfverfe Ribs ftrong and prominent. 
_ From among thefe rife a great many Footftalks, or Pedicles, of a pale 
‘Red, fupporting, upon a Spire, a great many {mall white-leaved Flowers, 
each confifting of Four Petals, furrounding a white Piftil. 
Thefe are fucceeded by many fmall Berrries, red when ripe ; whofe 
Bele (which inclofe a great many blackifh Seeds) is likewife as red as 
Blood. 
GoosEBERRY SHRUB. 
¢ | ‘ELE main Stalk of this fcandent Shrub divides near the Earth into 
many leffer ones. z 
The Bark of thefe is of a dark-yellowifh Green. 
The Leaves which grow in Pairs upon one common Footftalk, are 
{mall, fmooth, and fucculent, having their Edges fomewhat tinged with 
Yellow. 
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