Tap. 8196. 
PRUNUS Tomenrosa. 
7 China. 
RosaceaB. Tribe PRUNEAE. 
Prounvs, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 609. 
Prunus tomentosa, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 208; Schneider, Laubholzk. vol. i. 
p. 601; affinis P. Jacquemontii, Hook. f., sed foliis ramisque novellis 
tomentosis, sepalis utrinque glabris et petalis plerumque albis distincta. 
Frutex dense divaricato-ramosus, cultus vix ultra 1°5 m., spontaneus ad 3 m. 
altus; rami virgati, novelli fulvo-tomentelli, deinde glabrescentes, tandem 
cortice saturate castaneo tecti. Gemmae foliiparae ovatae, acutae, brunneae. 
Folia elliptica vel obovata, breviter subito acuminata, basi obtusa, serrato- 
crenata, ad 7 cm. longa, ad 4 em. lata, supra sparse pilosa, saturate viridia, 
subtus cinereo- vel fulvo-tomentosa, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5-7, 
obliquis; petiolus 4-5 mm. longus, tomentellus; stipulae filiformi-subu- | 
latae, ad basin bifidae, glanduloso-timbriatae, ad 8 mm. longae. F'/ures 
e gemmis unifloris in brachycladiis brevissimis cum foliis fasciculati ; 
gemmae solitariae vel saepius geminatae vel in planta spontanea plures, 
perulis brunneis ovato-rotundatis ciliolatis caeterum glabris vel subglabris ; 
pedicelli tomentelli, demum 3-4 mm. longi. Receptaculum breviter tubu- 
losum, superne paullo latius, extus glabrum, intus ad filamentorum inser- 
tionem pilosulum. Sepala late ovata, subacuta vel obtusa, herbacea, 
1:5 mm. longa, utrinque glabra. Pe/ala alba vel roseo-suffusa, late 
obovata, unguicnlata, circa 8 mm. longa. Stamina circa 25. Ovarium 
apice pilosulum. Drupa cerasum parvum ellipsoideo-globosum referens, 
12 mm. longa, rubra, sparse pilosula; putamen ad 7 mm. longum,— 
P. trichocarpum, Bunge in Mem. Sav. Etr. Petersb. vol. ii. (1835), p. 96. 
The home of this dwarf cherry is in the mountains of 
Northern and Western China, from Mandshuria to Szechuen. 
According to Bretschneider it is much cultivated at Peking 
for its edible, cherry-like fruits. It became, however, first 
known from Japan, where it is also frequently grown in 
gardens. Specimens of it were collected by Moorcroft in 
Ladakh and by T. Thomson in the valley of Kashmir. The 
former was named Cerasus tomentosa by Wallich in his 
Catalogue. It is very probable that those specimens were 
also taken from cultivated plants. 
Description.—Shrub, divaricately branched, dense, 4-5 
ft. high or, in the wild state, as much as 9 ft. high ; 
young branches fulvous-tomentose, at length more or less 
glabrescent; bark deep chestnut brown. Leafbuds ovoid, 
May, 1908. 
