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"THE flower is placed in a cup, lightly divided into four fegments; and is compofed of five 
roundifh petals, with numerous filaments. 
The fruit is flefhy, roundifh, and umbilicated, 
Linnzus places this among the icofandria pentag ynia, 
1. The White Beam. 
Mefpilus alnifolio fubtus incano. 
The tree grows to a moderate bignefs. 
The bark is pale and {mooth. 
The leaves are oblong, broad, obtufe, and 
lightly dented: of a dark green on the upper 
fide, and whitifh underneath, : 
The flowers are fmall-and white ; and the fruit 
is fmall and roundifh. 
We have it in our'weftern counties. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ali effigie lanato folia: but 
its moft ufual name is Avia Theopbrafti. 
We have three other fpecies’ of Mefpilus. 
1. The common White Hawthorn, Me/pilus 
apii folio vulgaris fpinofa. ’ 
2. Oblong-leaved Méfpilus, Me/pilus vulgaris fo- 
lio laurino. 
3. Great-leaved Mefpilus, Me/pilus foliis et fruttu 
majoribus. 
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HE flower is placed in a large cup, thick, and rounded at the bafe, and divided at the edg 
into five long fegments ; and it is compofed of five broad petals, with numerous filaments. ‘The 
fruit is formed of the thick bafe of the cup; and contains many feeds. 
Linnzus.places this-among the icofandria polygynia. 
The Burnet Rofe. 
Rofa pumila [pinofifima foliis pimpinell. 
This is a little but very pretty fhrub. 
The branches are tough, and their bark is 
*“bréwnith. 
The leaves are pinnated, and the pinnz are 
fhort, ferrated, and roundifh: their colour is a 
dark green. 
The flowers-are large, and of a very pale 
‘fefh colour, ; 
"The fruit is fmall, ‘réd, ‘and roundifh. 
It is common in hedges, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Rofa fylveftris pomifera, 
Others, Rofa foliis pimpinelle. 
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We have five other fpecies. 
rt, The common Briar, or Dog-tofe, ‘Rofa fyl- 
veftris inodora, five canina. Common in all 
hedges. 
2. Wild Briar with large, iptickly hips, Ro/a 
Llvefiris frudiu, majore bifpide. . In hedges. 
3. Sweet Briar, Rofa fylueftris odora. We have 
this wild in our fouthern counties, : 
4. White-flowered Dog-rofe. Rafa /ylveftris minor 
Slore albo, Theleaves broader, and thorter. 
5. The great Englifh Apple-rofe, Rofa\ fylveftris 
pomifera major. The fruit as big asa fmall 
pear. 
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i ee cup is rounded, fwoln, and divided into five fegments. The flower confift's of :five ‘fmall, 
roundifh petals, 
The fruit is rounded, juicy, and contains many feeds. 
Linnzus places this among the. peatandria monogynia. 
We have four fpecies wild in our northern counties. 
-4. Thecommoh-Curraht, Ribes vulgaris fruiu 
rubro. Cultivated alfo every whére in gar- 
dens. 
2. The fweet Currant, Ribes vulgaris frudéiu dul- 
ci, The leaves broader and larger. 
3. Small-fruited 'Ctirraht, ‘Rides fret parva. 
The fruit’and eaves both very ‘ftnall. 
4. ‘The? black ‘Currant, ‘Rides nigrum, 
leaves of an ill fmell. 2 
The jelly of this cures fore throats. 
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