AMYGDALACE^. V. Cerasus. 



515 



Lucte', The fruit is black, yielding a bitter purple juice, the ticulately serrulated, glabrous, acute at the base, and biglan- 



stain of which is not easily effaced. A fragrant and pleasant 

 distilled water is made from both leaves and flowers. 



dular, but obtuse at the apex, and usually emarginate ; fruit glo- 

 bose. ^2 . H. Native of north-west America, on the upper 



Mahaleb Bird- cherry. Fl. Ap. May. Clt. 1714. Tree 10 ft. part of the Columbia river, especially about the Kettle Falls'. 

 31 C. Pa'dus (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 580.) racemes elongated, Flowers white. Fruit astringent. Wood red spotted with white, 

 leafy, drooping ; petals obovate ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, rather Leaves 2 inches long. 



Emarginate-leaved Bird-cherry. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 



37 C. Capo'llin (D. C. prod. 2. p. 539.) racemes rather corn- 



Native of 



acuminated ; fruit round, black, astringent. Tj 



Europe and Siberia, in hedges and in woods; plentiful in some 



parts of Britain. Prunus Padus, Lin. spec. 677. Smith, engl. bot. pound, lateral, and terminal; leaves lanceolate, serrated, gla- 



/^ 



A strong decoction 



duster-cherry, and in Scotland hag-herry. 



of the bark is used by the Finlanders to cure venereal complaints. 

 The fruit is nauseous to most palates, but infused in gin or 

 whiskey it greatly improves these spirits, and is only surpassed 

 by an infusion of peach leaves. 



T2 . G. Native of Mexico, in cold and 



brous ; fruit globose. 



temperate places. 



icon. ined. Prunus Canadensis, pi. mex. ined. 



The leaves are about the size and form of those 



Prunus Virginiana, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. 



Hern. mex. 95. 



with a figure. 



Var. a, vulgaris (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 539.) flowers large, 

 loose, on long peduncles ; fruit black, 

 fl. fr. 4. n. 580. 



of Salix fragilis. The fruit is the colour and form of that of 

 C avium. The bark of this tree is employed in Mexico as a 



I. / o ' 



Priinus padus a, D. C. 



febrifuge. 



p. 580. Lois, in Duham. ed. nov. 5. p. 2. t. 1. 

 /3, parvijldra (Ser. 1. c") flowers smaller 



Capollin Bird-cherry. Shrub. 



38 C. NiPAutE'Nsis (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 540.) leav 



peduncles long, lanceolate, acuminated, bluntly serrated, glabrous, conspi- 



cuously and reticulately veined beneath, and whitish, pilose in 



shorter and denser; fruit black. Oed. fl. dan. t. 205. 



mj^^' ^' '^"^^^ ^^^^' ^" ■^' ^' prod- 2. p. 539.) fruit red. C. the axils of the nerves; peduncles short, rather villous, as well 

 t?.?}^ ^^^^^y I^' C. fl. fr. 4. p. 580. Lois. 1. c. Pri\nus as the rachis ; calyx glabrous ; fruit? ^2 . H. Native of Nipaul. 



riibra, Willd. arbr. 237. t. 4. f. 2. ex Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. p. 

 299, This is the Cornish or red-bird cherry. 



very numerous ; pedicels furnished withlong bracteas. C. Padus 

 h i). C. herb. 



The leaves are almost the form of those of Salix fragilis. 

 Nipaul Bird- cherry. Clt. 1820. Shrub. 



r. 0, bractebsa (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 539.) flowers 39 C. capricida ; leaves elliptic, acuminated, coriaceous, gla- 



Common Padus or Bird-cherry. 

 IreelOto 30 feet. 



brous, quite entire, with imdulately curled margins ; petioles 

 glandless ; racemes either solitary or aggregate by threes, many- 

 May. Britain. flowered, glabrous, shorter than the leaves. Tj . G. Native of 



32 C. AcuMiNA^TA (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 2. p. 78. t. 181.) 



eaves lanceolate, acuminated, remotely serrated, and are, as well 

 as the flow ' ' 



■s, glabrous, sometimes with a few glands beneath ; 



jacemes axillary, solitary, or in fascicles, a little shorter than the 



leaves. Tj " " 



jrhue. Racemes nodding. Aroa is the Nipaul name of the 



Native of the mountains of Nipaul. Flowers 



Nipaul, at Narainhetty. Prunus capricida, Wall, in litt. Priinus 

 iindulkta, Hamilt. ex D. Don, prod. p. 239. Cerasus undulata, 

 Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 540. The leaves of this shrub con- 

 tain so large a quantity of prussic-acid as to kill the goats of 

 Nipaul. This shrub is probably evergreen. 

 Goat-hilling Bird-cherry. Sh. 



40 C. ELLi'pTicA (Lois, in Duham. ed. nov. 5. p. 4.) leaves 

 elliptic, serrated, bluntish, veiny, glabrous. Tj , H. Native of 

 Japan. Priinus elliptica, Thunb. fl. jap. 199. Drupe oblong, 

 about the size of a small grape. 



E lliptic -\eh\ ed Bird-cherry. Tree. 



41 C. SEROTINA (Lois, in Duham. ed, nov. 5. p. 3.) racemes 

 loose, at length pendulous ; leaves oval or obovate, acuminated, 



162. Willd. arb. 238. t, simply serrated, opaque, shining above, naked on both surfaces, 

 Catesb. car. 2. t. 19. bearded in the axils of the veins beneath ; petioles biglandular; 



erry. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



Fruit globose. 

 The tree retains 



^cuminated-\e^^^ed Bird-ch...^. „ „ 



ere t ^l' ^^^^^^^^'^^ (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 285.) racemes 

 douhi "^^*^^^ ' petals orbicular ; leaves oblong, acuminated, 

 fru't ^"^^^^^^^^^^ smooth ; petioles usually bearing about 4 glands ; 

 rAt! :^ ' ^- Native of Virginia, Carolina, and Canada. Prunus 

 fl^^^^^^^horU\,e^^.ed.l.\oh 

 'J; 1- Priinus arguta, Bigelow in litt. 



w2iu P^^- 599. t. 597. f. 6. Flowers white. 



ood beautifully veined with black and white, 

 'ts foliage late in autumn. 



^(^ViTT Sird-cherry. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1724. Tree 



"-^ 10 80 feet. 



^'itho ^^^^^e'nsis (Lois, in Duham. ed. nov. 5. p. 3.) leaves 

 surfa ^^"d^> broad-lanceolate, wrinkled, pubescent on both 

 tive Ta^"^ ^^^®"» drawn down into the petiole. T2 . H. Na- 

 Pluk al '^^^^" Prunus Canadensis, Willd. spec. 2. p. 986.— 

 p' J -n'. ■ ^* Flowers white. r «/. ^, /ciu.oM' ^k->vx. mo^. *« m^. v/. ^^tv/v*. ^. ^, ^^v./ jvuvv^ 



^nada Bird-cherry. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 to roundish, obovate, rather villous beneath, very blunt, and rather 



retuse at the apex ; the middle nerve pilose on both sides. ^ . S. 

 Native of South America. 



Late Bird-cherrv, or Choke-cherry. Fl. May, June. Clt. 

 1629. Tree 20 feet. 



fruit dark purple, globose. ^ . H. Native of North America, 

 in Canada and Newfoundland. Prunus serotina, Willd. arbr. 

 239. -t. 5. f. 2. Prunus Virginiana, Mill. diet. no. 2. Leaves 

 rather coriaceous, shining, the floral ones very narrow at the 

 base. Flowers white. This is the Tawquoy-meen-ahtik of the 

 Cree Indians. Its fruit is termed Tawqaivy-mena or Choke-- 

 cherry ; it is not very edible in a fresh state, but when dried 

 and bruised it forms an esteemed addition to pemmican. Dr. 

 Richardson says it is the C. Virginiana. 



Far. 13, retusa (Ser. mss. in D- C. prod. 2. p. 540.) leaves 



50 feet. 



short ^^^^^ (Dougl. mss. Hook. fl. bor. amer. 169.) racemes 

 » pubescently tomentose, as well as the calyxes ; calycine 



iruu ovate. 



oeneath 

 Anierici 

 ftear 



"h . H. Native of the north-west coast of 



brand, ^T^'^^ °^ *^^ "^^'■- ^'^^ ^- i^"^^*^^* '" ^»^^'- Young 

 5'nrt^D- , ^"^ovixi and downy. Flowers white, 

 ''"^i Bird-cherry. Tree 12 to 24 feet. 



86 C. 



(D 



* With ovate, obtuse, reflexed segments ; leaves oval, den- tire, glabrous on both surfaces 



§ 2. Laurocerasus (laurus, the laurel, and cerasus, the cherry ; 

 the trees are cherries in fruit but laurels in the leaves). Leaves 

 coriaceous, 2^(^^^^^^^f 9 evergreen. 



42 C. occiDENTA*Li8 (Lois. in Duham. ed. nov. 5, p. 4.) ra- 

 cemes lateral; leaves glandless, oblong, acuminated, quite en- 

 Native of the West 



fj. S. 



3 V 2 



