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which are fomewhat ovate, and a little toothed above, 

 continuirtg green moft of the year. The flowers are 

 produced at the extremity of the branches, and are 

 of a yellowifli white colour. 



B E R B E R 1 S. 



The B A R B E R R Y - B U S H. 



Glafs 6. Order i. Hexandria Monogynia« 



npHE Empalement is fix leaved and fpreading; the leaves ovate^ 

 narrower at the bafe, concave, the alternate lefs, colour^ 

 ed, and deciduous. 



The Corolla is of fix petals, which are roundifli, concave, fome- 

 what fpreading, and fcarce larger than the calyx. 



A Ne&arium of two corpufles, roundilTi, coloured and affixed 

 to the bafe of each petal. 



The Filaments are fix, ereft, compreflTed and obtufe. Two ^n- 

 thercs are joined to the top of each filament. 



The Germen is cylindrical and the length of the ftamina. The 

 Style is wanting. The Stigma is orbiculate, broader than the 

 germen, and furrounded by an acute margin. 



The Seed-vejjel is a berry, which is cylindrical, obtufe and of 

 one cell. 



The Seeds are two, oblong, cylindrical and obtufe. 



The Species are^ 



B E R B E R R i s caiiadicnfis . The Canadian Bat '^ 

 berry. 



This grows naturally in Canada, and fomewhat 

 refembles the European Barberry, except the leaves 

 behig much fiiorter and broader, and the fruit, when 

 ripe, of a black colour. There is alfo a kind of 

 Barberry growing upon New- River in Virginia, bear- 

 ing red berries, of which 1 have feen one fmall 

 plant. 



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BETULA. 



