Tas. 8012. 
PRUNUS Psevpo-cerasvs. 
Japan and China. 
Rosacex.—Tribe PRUNE. 
Prunus, L.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 609. 
Prunus Pseudo-Cerasus, Lind/. wn Trans. Hort. Soc. vol.. vi. (1826), p. 90; 
Forbes § Hemsley, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 221; affinis P. Ceraso, 
L., et P. avium, L., differt foliis cuspidato-serratis, bracteis foliaceis 
majusculis plernmque fimbriatis vel fimbriato-laciniatis, receptaculo 
infundibulari, a priore etiam drupa minore. 
Arbor in patria alta, facie P. Cerasit ramis oblique erectis cortice brunneo 
_ tectis, ramulis juventute tenere villosis mox glabratis. Folia post flores 
evoluta, elliptica vel ad ovatum vel obovatum vergentia, subabrapte 
acuminata, acumine seepe longo angusto, basi rotundata, 2-6 poll. longa, 
14-3 poll. lata, dense ineequaliter cuspidato-serrata, plerumque juventute 
pubescentia, cito glabrata, raro jam in gemma glabra, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque 6-11; petiolus 1-14 poll. longus, apicem versus biglandulosus ; 
stipule anguste lineares vel fere filiformes 3-1} poll. long, glanduloso- 
fimbriatz, caduce. Flores in corymbis 3-5-floris brevissime vel longius- 
cule pedunculatis bracteatis; pedunculus basi perulis majusculis szpe 
purpurascentibus demum deciduis cinctus; bracteze saltem in corymbis 
distincte pedunculatis foliaceew, sepe ample, fimbriate vel fimbriato- 
Jaciniate ; pedicelli longiores pollicares. Receptaculum infundibulare. 
Sepala ovata vel lanceolata, longitudine receptaculi, integra. Petala 
rosea vel alba, late elliptica vel obovato-rotundata, emarginata, patula, 
3-* poll. longa. Stamina et stylus glaber petala dimidia squantia. 
Drupa pisiformis, nigra, carne parca; putamen subcompressum.— 
P. paniculata, Edw. in Bot. Reg. tab. 800 (uon Thunb.). Cerasus 
Sieboldtii, Carr. in Rev. Hort. (1866), p. 371 cum tab.; C. lannesiana, 
Carr. le. (1872), p. 198 et (1873), p. 351 cum tab.; C. caproniana flore 
roseo pleno, Van Houtte in Fl. des Serres, xxi. (1875), p. 141, tab. 2238-39 ; 
C. serratifolia, Lindl. ex Carr. l.c. (1877), p. 889 cam tab.; C. Wattereri, 
Hort. ex Lavall., Ic. Arb. et Frut. Segrez. p. 119. 
Prunus Pseudo-cerasus is a common forest tree of Japan, 
and has, for centuries, been cultivated in that country in 
numerous varieties, differing mainly in the colour and size 
of the flowers, their single or double condition, and in the 
degree of pubescence of the young branches and leaves. 
So greatly appreciated is this tree in Japan that its 
blossoming is the occasion of a great national festival. 
The area of the species extends northwards to the island 
of Sachalin and the opposite mainland, and through 
Northern and Central China to West Szechuen. 
It was introduced into this country in a white and 
single-flowered form from China in 1819. The pink and 
May Ist, 1905. 
