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garnlflied with fmall, evergreen, oblong, fmooth 

 leaves, of a thick confiftence, with a few flight fer- 

 ratures towards their points, and placed alternate, 

 upon Ihortifli footftalks. The flowers are produced 

 from the bofom of the leaves upon fliort footflalks ; 

 and are fucceeded by fmall roundifli berries, of a 

 black colour when ripe. 



2. Prinos verticillatus. Virginian Winter^ 

 Berry. 



This grows naturally in moifl: places, by fi:reams 

 of water; generally fending up feveral flender (talks 

 to the height of eight or ten feet, dividing into a 

 few branches towards the top. The leaves are lance- 

 fliaped, fliarp pointed, and acutely fawed on their 

 edges; having fliort flender footllalks, and placed 

 alternately. The flowers come out at the bofom of 

 the leaves in fmall Corymbi or Clufl:ers; of an her- 

 baceous colour. They are fucceeded by roundifli 

 berries of a red colour when ripe, and remaining 

 long on the branches, almofl: furrounding them in 

 places and fomewhac refembhng a whorl. 



Note, The inner bark of this flirub is very good 

 to make poultices of for ripening tumors. 



P R U N U S. 



The P L U M B - T R E E. 

 Clafs 12. Order i. Icofaadria Monogynia. 



THE Empalement is one leaved, bell-fhaped, five cleft, and 

 deciduous ; the divifions are obtufe and concave. 

 The Corolla has five petals, roundifli, concave, large, fpread- 



ing, and inferted by claws in the €alyx. 

 The Filaments are from twenty to thirty, awl-fliaped, near the 

 length of the corolla, and inferted in the calyx. The Jnthercs 

 are twin and fliort. 



The 



