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The Yew-leaved Fir. 
Abies conis furfum fpeGantibus. 
The trunk is thick, and covered with a redith 
brown bark. 
The branches are numerous, and fpreading. 
The leaves grow in two feries, refembling thofe 
of the yew-tree ; and are of a deep green above, 
and of a filvery grey below. 
The cones are large, brown, and ftand up- 
wards. 
We have it in Scotland, and fome other places. 
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C. Bauhine calls it Abies conis furfum frettanti- 
bus five mas. 
We have one other foecies alfo native : 
The common Fir or Pitch tree, Abies rubra. Its 
leaves grow irregularly, and the cones hang 
downwards. 
What is called the Scotch fir is diftin& from 
both thefe: it is the wld pine. The leaves are 
long and bluifh. 
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FEAHE male flowers are difpofed in cylindrick catkins, and three are placed on each feale of the cup. 
ut Each is formed of a: fingle minute leaf, cut at 
. lowers are placed in oval catkins; and have no petals, 
the catkin, which afterwards becomes a {mall cone. 
The Alder. 
Alnus vulgaris. 
It is naturally a fhrub of free growth. 
The bark is gloffy and purplith. 
The leaves are large, roundifh, and clammy ;. 
and the cones are brown. 
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the edge into four fegments. ‘The female 
but rudiments of feeds under the {cales of 
It is common by. waters. 
C. Bauhine calls ic Anus rotundifolia glutinofa 
viridis. 
We have a variety of this called the Scarlet 
alder 5 in which there are red membranes under 
the cones, owing to accident. 
VIII. 
BIRCH, 
Daly TS GT, 7: 
HE male flowers are placed in cylindrick catkins ; and are formed of a fingle petal, divided 
into four oval fegments ; three of thefe ftand on 
each fcale of the cup. The female flowers 
confift only of rudiments of feeds, placed among the feales of oblong catkins. 
Linnzeus places this and the former among the monecia tetrandria, 
The Birch Tree, 
Betula. 
The tree is tal] and regular in growth. 
The bark is fmooth and glofly, pale on the 
body, but purplith atthe twigs, 
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The leaves are oval, pointed, ferrated, and 
gloffy. 
It is common in woods. 
All authors call it Betula. 
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HIE male flowers are placed in a loofe, oval catkin, and confit only of filaments under the 
{eales of the catkin, 
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Sweet Gaul. 
Gale, 
It is a low fhrub of a foot and half. 
The bark is fmooth, and deep coloured. 
The twigs are flender ; the leaves are oblong, 
undivided, Hh of a pale green. 
The female flowers are‘difpofed in the fame manner on different plants 5 
and have only a rudiment of a fruit, which, when ripened, is dry, 
fkinny, and comprefied at top. 
The flowers are brown. 
We have it in bogey ground. 
C. Bauhine calls it Rhus myrtifolia Belgica, 
The leaves, where bruifed, have a coarfely aro- 
matick fmell. 
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