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The B R I T I S H H E R li A L. 
The Stack Alder. 
Frangula vulgaris, 
The fhrub is weak and fmal!. 
Theftemis covered with a fmooth, br'ownbark. 
1 he leaves are large, dark, and roundilh. 
The flowers arc of a g-r;n:iii white ; and die 
berri_cs, when ripe, ;axe black. 
We h.,ve it ill woods and thickets. 
• ^C. Bauhine calls it Alms nigra baaifcra. O- 
thers, Frangula. 
G E N U S XXI. 
B A R B E R R Y. 
B E R B E R I S. 
TpHE "cup is formed of fix fmall, hollow, coloured leaves. The flower is formed of fi.-c rounded 
petals: there are two granules at the bale of each petal, the neftaria of the flower. I'he 
berry is oblong, and has two feeds. , :. ' ' " ... 
The Barberry-Bufh. 
Beriberis vulgaris. 
The Ihrub is ten feet high, and armed with 
fharp fpines. 
The bark is pale and whitifli. 
The leaves are broad and oblong ; of a frefh 
green, with atinge'of yellowifh, and finely fer_ 
rated. 
rhe flowers are fmall and yellowilh : the ber^ 
ties red and agreeably tailed. 
We have it wild and in gardens. 
All authors call it Berbcris. 
GENUS xxir. 
HOLLY. 
A G R I F 0 L I U M. 
THE cup Is fmall, formed of a fingle piece, ind divided into four fegments at the edge. The 
flower is compofed of four roundilh petals, cohering at their bafes. The fruit is a°roundifli 
berry with four feeds. 
I. The Holly. 
Agrljollnm. 
It is a large flirub. 
The bark is whitifli on the trunk ; but the 
young flioots are green. 
The leaves are oblong, finuated, irregular at 
the edges, and prickly. 
The flowers are greenifli. 
The berries are black; 
We have it in woods and hedges, 
C. Bauhine calls it Ilex acukata baccifcra fdlo 
finnato. ■ 
We have one other fpecies. 
2. Yellow-berried Holly, Agrifollum haccis lu- 
teis. The leaves of a thinner and loofe 
texture. 
GENUS XXIII. 
BUCKTHORN. 
R H A M N U S. 
npHE flower has no cup : .it is formed of a fingle petal, and is tubular, and lightly divided by 
round4 d h "\ r T 7'"" °* dent. ^The berry 
roundilh, and the feeds are flatted- • ^in-ucjiyij 
The Buckthorn Shrub. 
Rhamnus vulgaris. 
It is a (hrub of ten feet high. 
The bark is brown. 
The leaves are broad, indented, and of a fine 
green. 
The flowers are inconfider:.ble and grccnifll. 
The berries are black. 
The flirub 'is full of fhiirp thorns. 
Wc have it in hedge; 
C. Bauhine call: it Rba;:i:::is cathartims. 
The juice of the berries is a good purge. 
GENUS 
