The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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GENUS XXIV. 
BRAMBLE. 
RV B U S. 
THE cup is ft>rmed of one leaf, divided into fi^ 
flower is compofed of five roundifli petals 
numerous grains. 
The Common Bramble. 
Rii'ms lulgaris. 
The flirub is weak and trailing. 
The branches are belct with Iharp thorns. 
The leaves ftand three on a footrtalk ; and are 
oblong, broad, ferrated, and lliarp-pointed. 
The flower is large and flelli-colQured ; and 
the fruit, when ripe, is black. 
It is every where in hedges. 
■e oblong, fpreading, permanent fegments. The 
inferred in the cup. The fruit is compofed of 
C. Bauhine calls it Riibus ■vulgaris, fiii Ruius 
fruStu nigra. 
We have three other fpecics wild in diiferent 
p.-lrts of England. 
1. White berried Bramble, Rubus vulgaris major 
fruStu alio. The leaves longer and paler. 
2. The Dewberry-Bulh, Ruhus minor fru3u ca- 
ruho. The fruit compofed of few grains. 
3. The wild Rafpberry, Rubus idtcus ffimfus 
fruolu rubra. In woods in the north. 
GENUS XXV. 
SPINDLETREE. ' 
E U 0 N r M V s. 
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HE cup is divided into five roundifli fegments. _ r ir^ 
_ , . . each of the four cells, containing a fingle feed. 
The flower is compofed of four oval petals. 
The fruit is a fquare juicy capfulc in 1 
Spindletree. 
Euonymus. 
It is a fmall hedge-fhrub. 
The bark of the trunk is of a pale brown ; 
that on the young fho.ts green : and thefe have 
four redifli brown ridges, which make them ap- 
pear fquare. 
The leaves are oblong, moderately broad, and 
of a fine frefli green. 
The Cowers are very fmail, and grecnifll. 
The fruit is large, red, and fquare. , 
It is common in hedges. ' t 
C. Bauhine calls it Euorymus vulgaris ^ranis 
rubris.' 
GENUS 
XXVI. 
BLADDERNUT. 
SfJPHTLODENDRON. 
rr^UV CUP is divided into five coloured fegments. The flower is compofed of five oblong petak 
1 The fruit is compofed of diftinft bladders with pointed tops ; in each of which are roundifli 
feeds. 
The Bladdernut. The fruit is large; and the bladders, when 
Stafhyhdrendon. ripe, ate of a pale greenifll colour, tinged with 
.. ^1 ■ red or brown. 
The tree rifes to no great height. . -, > ■ i j i_ 
m leaves are beautifully pinnated-, and the We have .t wild in England, but not com- 
pinnse are oblong, ferrated, and fharp-pomted. mon. 
The flowers are fmall. , - . ■ .... 
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GENUS XXVII 
ELM. 
U L M U S. 
HE cop is formed of a fingle leaf, and divided into five fegments at the edge : it ,s rough oa 
the outfide, and, for the greateft part, tubular, enlarging upwards : there are no petals. Th= 
nts ftand in this cup; and the fruit is flatted, and has a fingle feed. 
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