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PRUNUS* dasycarpa. 
Purple-fruited Apricot. 
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Rosacrz. $ Drupacee. 
PRUNUS.— Supra, vol. 2. fol. 136. 
P. pr m ; foliis ovatis acuminatis obtusis serratis, subrugosis, petiolis 
glandulosis, corollis subhexapetalis. 
P. dasycarpa. Ehr. beitr. 6. 90. Willd. arb. 243. Sp. pl. 2. 990. 
P. Armeniaca nigra. Desf. cat. ed. 3. p. 297. 
Armeniaca atropurpurea. Loisel in Duhamel's ed. nov. 5. p.172. t. 51. f. 1. 
Armeniaca dasycarpa. Dec. prodr. 2. 532. 2 
Arbor mediocris, ramis glabris, fere P. Armeniacee, sed magis virgatis. 
Folia petiolata, ovalia, v. ovato-acuminata, obtusa, subrugosa, petiolis glandu- 
losis. Flores fasciculati, breviter pedunculati; calyce corolláque sepé 
6-partitis. Fructus pruni domestice magnitudine, atropurpurei, carne fulvo, 
austero. 
This is the plant commonly known in the Nurseries as 
the B/ack Apricot. As a fruit it is of no kind of value ; 
but as a handsome hardy tree it deserves cultivation. It 
is treated in all respects as a common Apricot, and flowers 
about the same period of the year. Its native country 1s 
unknown. 
We certainly are not among those who attach much 
importance to what are called intermediate forms in nature, 
in determining the limits either of genera or species; but 
we do think that it is impossible to maintain the genus 
Armeniaca, which does not possess a single character, 
deserving that name, to distinguish it from Prunus, and 
* IIgoim is the Greek name of the plum: its origin is unknown. Dasy- 
carpa literally signifies thick-fruited. 
