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towards the base. Smith observes, “ there can scarcely be found a tree 
of the Aria on which some leaves do not answer to this variety/ 1 
Such undoubtedly is the plant of Castell dinas y Bran, near Llangollen, so 
long observed by Mr. Griffith, and mistaken by Hudson for the Linnsean 
Sorlrus hybi ida , whence the confusion which has till recently prevailed. 
Penmaen Mawr produces a plant nearly similar, described by Mr. Grif¬ 
fith as “ an upright stiff tree, with cuneate leaves, entire at the base, and 
only serrated at the apex/ 1 This is the Afaleur Pren , or Lemon-tree , 
well known in Carnarvonshire, and noticed by modern tourists, but why 
so preposterously designated is not obvious. E.) 
Wiiite-beam Thee. White Wild Pear Tree. (White-leaf Tree. 
P. Aria . Willd. Sm. Hook. Grev. Winch. Crataegus Aria. Linn. Huds. 
With, to Ed. 7. Sorbus Aria. Crantz. E.) Woods and hedges, especially 
in mountainous situations and calcareous soil. Mountainous parts of Der¬ 
byshire, from the fissures of precipices, without any appearance of soil. 
Mr. Woodward. Wick Cliffs, and on rocks in Leigh Wood, opposite the 
Hot-wells, Bristol. Mr. Swayne. In Eden Dean. Mr. Robson. (Grass 
Wood, and Dib near Coniston. Whitaker’s Craven. Woods in Pur- 
beck; Cranbourne Chase, about West Lodge, and Hanley. Pulteney. 
Box Hill, Surry. Mr. Winch. Turnpike road side from Pains wick to 
Gloucester, fronting the Roman encampment. Mr. O. Roberts. King’s 
Park. Mr. Maughan. Grev. Edin. On St. Vincent’s Rocks, just below 
the sea-walls, indicating a spot near to which grows Arabis stricia. E.) 
T. May.* 
SPIRiE'A.’t Cal. five-cleft: Petals five : ( Pericarps three to 
twelve, one-celled, two-valved: Seeds one to three in 
each cell. Hook. E.) 
S. salicifq'lia. Leaves egg-spear-shaped, blunt, serrated, smooth: 
flowers in a compound raceme. 
PL Ross. 21 —( E. Bot. 1468. E.)— Gmel. Sib. iii. 39 — Kniph. 3 — Clus. i. 84. 
(Grows in straight rods, branches inclining to yellow. Leaves alternate, 
nearly sessile, broad-spear-shaped. FI. Brit. E.) A shrub about four 
feet high. Serratures of the leaves not very regular. Flowers rose red, 
paler when expanded, (forming a dense sort of spike. E.) 
(It increases rapidly by suckers, but seldom or ever perfects its seeds in 
this island, whence it has been inferred not to be properly a native; but, 
when we consider that it flourishes in the frigid clime of Siberia, and 
* It loves dry bills and open exposures, and flourishes either in gravel or clay. It bears 
lopping, and permits grass to grow under it. The wood, being hard, tough, and smooth, 
is used for axle-trees, wheels, walking-sticks, carpenters’ and other tools. The fruit is 
eatable when mellowed by autumnal frosts, and an ardent spirit may be distilled from 
it. It seldom bears a good crop of fruit two years together. Sheep and goats eat it. On 
Breidden Hill it is very difficult of access. Mr. Aikin observes that the goats devour 
every plant within their reach.—The wood affords an excellent charcoal for the makers of 
gunpowder. Mr. Gough. (The White-beam is by some considered ornamental, and is said 
to be “ engaging at all times of the year, and catches the attention even in winter; for 
then we see it stand, though naked of leaves, with a fine straight stem with smooth 
branches, spotted with white, at. the end of which are buds swelled for the next year’s 
shoot, giving the tree a bold and fine appearance.” Encyc. Brit. E.) 
+ (From CTiBipa, that which admits of being twisted, from its flexibility, or woven into 
garlands, to which use Pliny alludes. E.) 
