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 | | It grows from 6 to 1O feet in height, with thin, oval or lanceolate leaves, white flowers and bright scarlet berries the size of a large pea, causing it to be very conspicuous in the autumn, when the surrounding vegetation is leafless. |
 | | The bark is found in thin fragments, the outer surface brownish, with whitish patches and fl dots and lines, the cork layer easily separating from the pale-greenish or yellowish white inner tissue. |
 | | The fracture is short, the odour almost imperceptible, and the taste bitter and slightly astringent. |
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