The BRITISH HERBAL. 
The Yew-leaved Fir. 
Abies corns Jurfim fpeBnnlibiis. 
The triinlv is thick, and covered with a redifh 
brown bark. 
The branches are numerous, and fpreading. 
The leaves grow in two feries, refembhng thofe 
of the yew-tree ; and are of a deep green above, 
and of a filvery grey below. 
The cones arc large, brown, and fland up- 
wards. 
We have it in Scotland, and fome other places. 
C. Bauhine calls it Jbies coats furfirm f[e£io.nti- 
bus Jive mas. 
We have one other fpecicsalfo 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 difl:in6l from 
both thefe : it is the zfsild pine. The leaves are 
long and bKiifli. 
GENUS VII. 
ALDER. 
A L N U S. 
THE male flowers are difpofed in cylindrick catkins, and three are placed on each fcale of the cup,' 
Each is formed of a fingle minute leaf, cut at the edge into four fegments. The female 
flowers are placed in oval catkins ; and have no petals, but rudiments of feeds under the fcales of 
the catkin, which afterwards becomes a fmall cone. 
The Alder. 
Almis z-ul^^aris. 
It is naturally a fhrub of free growth. 
The bark is gloffy and purplifh. 
1 he leaves are large, roundilb, and clammy; 
and the cones are brown. 
It is common by waters. 
C. Bauhine calls it Alnus rotundifoUa glatinofet 
viridis. 
We have a variety' of this called the fcarlet 
alder ; in which there are re<i membranes under 
the cones, owing to accident. 
N u 
vin. 
BIRCH. 
B E r U L A. 
THE male flowers arc placed in cylindrick catkins ; and are formed of a fingle petal, divided 
into four oval ftgments ; three of tlicfe ftand on each fcale of the cup. The female flowers 
confift only of rudiments of feeds, placed among the fcales of oblong catkins. 
Linnteus places this and the former among the momda tetrandria. 
The Birch Tree. 
Belula. 
The tree is tall and regular in growth. 
The bark is fmooth and gloffy, pale on the 
body, but purplifli at the twigs. 
The leaves are oval, pointed, ferrated, and 
gloffy. 
It is common in woods. 
All authors calf it Belula, 
GENUS IX. 
SWEET GAUL. 
GALE. 
THE male flowers are placed in a loofe, oval catkin, and confifl: only of filaments under the 
kales of the catkin. The female flowers are difpofed in the fame manner on difl^erent plants ; 
and have only a rudiment of a fruit, which, when ripened, is dry, fkinny, and comprefi'ed at top. 
The flowers are brown. 
We have it in boggy ground. 
C. Bauhine calls it RJjus myrtifoUa BeJgica. 
The leaves, where bruifed, have acoarfely aro- 
marick fmell. 
GENUS 
Sweet Gaul. 
Gale. 
It is a low Ihrub of a foot and half. 
The bark is fmooth, and deep coloured. 
The twigs are flender ; the leaves are oblong, 
undivided, and of a pale green. 
