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The Empalement is five-toothed, very final!, and above. 
The Corolla confifts of five petals, which are ovate, acute, fef= 
file and reflexed. 
The Filaments are five, awl-fhaped, and the length of the co- 
rolla. The Antherce are roundiih. 
The Germen is roundiih and beneath. The Styles five, very ihort, 
and permanent. The Stigmas Ample. 
The Seed-veJJel a berry, roundiih, ftriated, crowned and five- 
celled. 
The Seeds are folitary, hard, and oblong. 
The Species with us are , 
Aralia fpinofa. Virginian Angelica Tree . 
This rifes with a thick woody item to the height 
of ten or twelve feet, dividing into feveral branches, 
which are garnilhed with ramofe divaricated leaves, 
placed alternately. The flowers are produced in 
large, loofe, compound umbels, at the extremity of 
the branches: they are of an herbaceous colour, and 
are fucceeded by roundiih berries of a purplifh co- 
lour when ripe. The Item, branches, and footftalks 
of the leaves are armed with fliort ftrong fpines* 
ARBUTUS. 
THE STRAWBERRY TREE, or BEAR-BERRY. 
Clafs io. Order i. Decandria Monogynia. 
T H E Empalement is five parted, obtufe, very fmall and 
permanent. 
^he Corolla is one petalled, ovate, planiih at the bafe; the bor- 
der is five cleft; the divifions obtufe, revolute and fmall. 
The Filaments are ten, awl-bellied, very flender at the bafe, 
half the length of the corolla, and affixed by the margin to 
its bafe. * The Antherce are flightly two cleft and nodding. 
The Getmen is fomewhat globofe, fitting upon a receptacle 
marked with ten points. The Style is cylindrical and the 
length of the corolla. The Stigma is thickifii an<i obtufe. 
The Seed-veJJel is a berry, roundiih and five celled. 
The Seeds are fmall and bony. 
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