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Prunus.] LI. ROSACEA. (J. D. Hooker.) 313 



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■ ■ P. AMYGDALtis, SuUL ; leaves appearing after the flowers oblong-lanceolate ser- 

 rulate, petiole glandular as long as the leaf is broad or longer, stipules fimbriate, 

 flowers peduneled, calyx campanulate, pericarp 2-valved. Bra7idis For. Flor. 190. 

 Amygdalus communis, Linn.; Roxb, FL Ind. ii. 500.— The almond. 



Cultivated in the cooler parts of India. * 



P. PERsicA, Bentk, ^ Hook. f. Gen, Plant, i. 609 ; leaves appearing after or with the 

 flowers oblong-lanceolate serrate, petiole glandular or not shorter than the leaf is 

 broad, stipules fimbriate, flowers sessile, caljnc campanulate, pericarp indehiscent. 

 Brandis For. Flor. 191. Amygdalus persica, Linn.; Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 500. A. col- 

 hnus, Wall. Cat. 723. Persica vulgaris, Miller. ? P. saligna, Boyle El 204 (name 

 only).— The peach. Wall. Cat. 7120. ' .- * 



Cultivated in the cooler part? of India : up to 10,000 ft. in the N.W. Himalaya. 



The nectarine is a form with glabrous and the peach with downy pericarp. 



Sect. II. Anueniaca. Leaves convolute in bud. Flowers sessile or 

 peduneled. Ih-uj^e large, indehiscent, downy ; stone "bony, smooth. 



P. ARMENiACA, Liuu. ; Icavcs appearing after or with the flowers broadly ovate 

 acuminate crenate, petiole glandular, stipules lanceolate, flowers shortly peduneled, 

 ^yx campanulate, stone with a thickened grooved margin. Roxb. FL Ind. ii, 501. 

 Brand. For. Flor. 191.— The apricot. 



Cultivated and almost naturalised in N.W. India up to 10,000 ft., and in Tibet. 



Var. dasycarpa, the black-fruited apricot, is also cultivated in Kashmir. Brandts 

 ^'C- Thomson's Kashmir specimens (cultiA^ated at 5-7,000 ft.) have peduncles longer 

 than the calyx-tube. 



Sect, III. Cerasus. Leaves conduplicate in bud. Floivers solitarj- fasi- 

 cied or umbelled. Calyx-ttibe short or long. Drupe glabrous, not glaucous. 



Floivers appeaHng xdth the leaves* 



a \\ ^^^^^^* Linn. ; roots without suckers, leaves flaccid drooping oblong -obovate 



cutely serrate pubescent beneath, petiole long 2-gIandular, flower fascicled long- 



P«^iceiled, flowering buds leafless, calyx-tube urceolate constricted at the top, lobes 



p p ^' petals flaccid spreading almost obcordate, fruit sweet or bitter, stone smooth. 



■ ^erasus a, Brandis For. Flor. 193.— Sweet cherry or gean, 



'-ultivated in the N. W. Himalaya up to 8000 ft., and almost naturalised. 



fi^rJ*' ^^^sus, Li7m. ; roots with many suckers, leaves erect firm shining crenate- 



errate glabrous beneath, petiole short eglandular, flowers fascicled long-pedicelled, 



o^enng buds leafy, calyx-tube campanulate not constricted at the top, lobes ere- 



501 ^B^^^^ ®^^^^ '^^^ff ^^P rounded, fruit acid, stone smooth. Boxb. Fl. Ind. \u 



ku* *^^P^oniana, DC. Prodr. ii. 536.— Wild cherry. 



^TUtivated in the N. W. Himalaya up to 8000 ft. 



^' ^. Prostrata, Labill. ; Boiss. Flor. Orient, ii. 648; leaves small elliptic- 

 fl.^^^^^Wong obtuse sermte glabrous above white and tomentose beneath, 

 JJ^ers solitary or fascicled subsessile, calyx-tube cylindric, fruit small almost 

 ^- Brandis For. Flor. 193 ; Sibth. Flor. Grcec. t. 478. Bot. Reg. t. L3b. 



/fl^J^-'^'^aN TEMPERATK HIMALAYA fpom the Sutlej westwards, alt. S-IMOO ft., 

 A^C^^' ^''^'"^'^''' etc.— DiSTRiB. Westward to Spain, ascending to 12,000 ft. in 



teat ^i^^^ ^'^^'^ 5-6 ft. ; branches hoary, spreading, suberect or prostrate, 

 eclivn^ V ^°- '^s'^ly snowy white beneath, rarely green, narrowed into the short 

 tihTi- P^'^ole- Flowers Ted, on lateral buds, appearing with the leaves. Cali/x- 

 Pet J "'v.'^y^^ndric, glabrous or pubescent ; limb with 5 oblong obtuse entire lobes. 

 1 in ^™<=ular-obovate, longer than the calyx, rosy. Stavie7is much shorter. Fruit 

 •> void or subglobose, red-purple, flesh scarcely eatable. 



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