800 
PRUNUS paniculata. 
Panicle-flowered Chinese Cherry. 
conti 
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Rosace®. Jussieu gen. 334. Div. VII. 
PRUNUS. Supra vol. 1. fol. 27. 
P. paniculata, floribus paniculatis patulis, foliis ovatis. Thunb. jap. 200. 
Prunus paniculata. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 988. 
Caulis arboreus totus glaber. Rami et ramuli erecti. Folia sparsa petio- 
lata ovata acute serrata venosa glabra inequalia bipollicaria et ultra. Pe- 
tioli erecti lineam longi. Flores paniculati albi. Panicule ampla patentis- 
sima. Differt à PRUNO Mahaleb, cui quodammodo similes: panicula florum 
long? majori et patentissimo, floribus minoribus, foliis magis oblongis, in- 
ferne attenuatis acuteque serratis. Thunb. l. c. 
Native of China. It blossomed this spring in the 
fruiting house of the Horticultural Society. The plant was 
hee pes to the Society by Mr. Samuel Brookes of Balls 
ond, who imported it in 1819. 
