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tninner texture. The berries or grapes are produ- 

 ced in loofe bunches; they are fmall, and are of 

 feveral kinds, fome reddifii, others of a fliining 

 black, and fome of a bluifli colour; all of an acerb 

 difagreeable tafte. 



5. ViTis laciniofa. Canadian P arjley --leaved 

 V ine. 



The (talks and branches of this refcmble the 

 others. The leaves are cut into many flender feg- 

 ments, fomewhat in manner of a Parflcy-leaf. The 

 grapes are round and white, and are produced in 

 loofe bunches; they are late ripe and not very well 

 flavoured. 



XANTHOXYLUM. 



The TOOTH-ACH TREE. 

 Clafs 22. Order 5. Dioecia Pentandria. 



^T^HE Male Flowers have Empalements four-parted,- the 



leaves oval, erecl and coloured. 

 T"^y have no Petals. 



The Filamciits in each arc generally five, awl-fliaped, eredl and 

 longer than the calyx. The Antliera: are twin, roLindilli and 

 furrowed. 



* The Female have Empalemems as the male. 

 They have no Petals. 



The Germen in each are generally five, often Icfs, with lliort 

 footflalks, oval and ending in as many awi-lhaped Sf^les. 

 The Stigmas are obtufe. 



The Seed'VejJcls are Capjules, of the fame number with the ger- 

 men, oblong, of one cell and two valves. 



The Seeds are fingle, roundifli and fmooth. 



