The BRITISH HERBAL. 
The Wych Elm. 
Ulmiis folio glahro. 
The tree grows to a great bigncfs. 
The bark is rough. 
The leaves are very broad, of a fine green, 
ferrated, and lharp-pointed : and fmooth on the 
lurface. 
The flowers are whitifh, and the fruit brown. 
We have it in hedges. 
Authors call it Ulmus folio glahro. 
We have three other fpecies. 
1. The common Elm, Wmus 'vulgaris folio lato 
fcahro. The leaves fhort, broad, and rough. 
2. The narrow-leaved Elm, Vlmus minor folio 
aiigujlo fcalro. A fmall tree when at full 
growth. 
3. The broad-leaved Elm, called Witch Hazel, 
Ulnius folio latiffmo fcahro. 
GENUS XXVIII. 
THE ASH. 
FRAXINXJS. 
'"j'^HE'ciip is formed of a fingle piece, divided lightly into four parts at the edge-, and the flower 
is compoied of four narrow petals. The feed is fiat, membranaceous, and covered with 
a cruft. 
The Common AHi. 
Fraxinus vulgaris. 
The tree is large, but irregular in growth. 
The bark of the trunk is whitilh; that of 
the branches grey. 
The leaves are long, large, and beautifully 
pinnated. 
The flowers are greenifli. 
The fruit is of a greenifli brown. 
It is common in woods and hedges. 
C. Baahine calls it Fraxinus excdfior. 
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THE cup Is divided into five fegments, and coloured. The flower is cotnpofed of five oval 
petals. The feed vefl"el is winged with a large membrane. 
Linhsus places this among "the otlandria. 
The Common Maple. 
Acer vidgare nnnus» . . ;. 
The flirub is of irregular growth. 
The bark is rough, and of a redifli brown. 
The leaves are broad, fliort, and deeply di- 
vided ; their colour is a pale green. 
The flowers are of a gieenifh colour : the feed- 
veflTels are rcdifli when ripe. , ; 
It is common in hedges. 
C. Bauhine calls it Acer campatre. 
We have two other fpecies. 
1. The great Maple, called the Sycamore, Acer 
majus latifol'mm. 
2. Hairy, red-fruited Maple, Acer cmpejire tfii' 
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ERICA, -pwftbos' 
'X^HE cup is compofed of four long leaves. The flower is formed of a fingle petal ; 
vided at the rim into four parts. The feed-veffel is roundifli and fmall; the feeds 
reus and minute. . . 
Befom Heath. .M 
Erica folio hirfuto quaterno. 
The flirub is low, fcarce exceeding a foot in 
heighth. 
The bark is of a redifli brown. 
and is di- 
are nume; 
The leaves are fmall, extremely numerous, 
and hairy. 
The flowers fland in little tufts at the tops of 
the branches ; and are of a f;iint purple. 
We have it on boggy grounds on heaths. 
C. Bauhine calls it Erica ex ruhro nigricam 
fcoparia. Our people, Dutch heath. 
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