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which are fomewhat ovate, and a little toothed above, 
continuing green moft of the year. The flowers are 
produced at the extremity of the branches, and are 
of a yellowifli white colour. 
B E R B E R I S. 
The BARBERRY-BUSH. 
Clafs 6. Order i . Hexandria Monogynia. 
TTHE Empalement is fix leaved and fpreading; the leaves ovate, 
-*■ narrower at the bafe, concave, the alternate lefs, colour” 
ed, and deciduous. 
The Corolla is of fix petals, which are roundiffi, concave, fome- 
what fpreading, and fcarce larger than the calyx. 
A Nettarium of two corpufies, roundiffi, coloured and affixed 
to the bafe of each petal. 
The Filaments are fix, ereft, compretTed and obtufe. Two An- 
them are joined to the top of each filament. 
The Germen is cylindrical and the length of the ftamina. The 
Style is wanting. The Stigma is orbiculate, broader than the 
germen, and furrounded by an acute margin. 
The Seed-vejjel is a berry, which is cylindrical, obtufe and of 
one cell 
The Seeds are two, oblong, cylindrical and obtufe. 
The Species are , 
Berberris canadienfis. The Canadian Bar - 
berry. 
This grows naturally in Canada, and fomewhat 
refembles the European Barberry, except the leaves 
being much fhorter and broader, and the fruit, when 
ripe, of a black colour. There is alfo a kind of 
Barberry growing upon New- River in Virginia, bear- 
ing red berries, of which I have feen one fmall 
plant. 
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BETULA 
