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handsome trees, others are climbers ; their flowers are generally showy, the foliage 
neat, the wood tinged with red, and the bark bitter. Some bear eatable fruit, and 
Malpighia urens and glabra are cultivated for that purpose in the West Indies and 
South America under the name of Barbadoes Cherries. In appearance and . size the 
drupes of the latter species greatly resemble our May Duke Cherries ; but (although 
juicy and sweet) they are in every respect inferior. The fruit of M. urens may be 
likened to the common wild cherries of our plantations. 
