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AMYGDALUS PUMILA. Dovusite Dwarr 
ALMOND. 
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Class and* Order. 
Icosanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-fidus, inferus. Petala 5. Drupa nuce poris per- 
forata. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
AmyepaLus pumila ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis serrulatis subtus 
venoso-rugosis, pedunculis subaggregatis. : 
Amyepatus pumila ; foliis lanceolatis duplicato-serratis. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p.983. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 195. 
Amyepatus pumila ; foliis venoso rugosis. Lin. Mant. 7A. 
Syst. Veget. ed. xiv. p. 462. Sp. Pl. Reich. 2. p. 482: 
Prunus sinensis; caule erecto, foliis lanceolatis yenoso-ru- 
gosis serratis. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 36. 
Perrsica malus nana flore incarnato pleno. Herm, Lugd. 
p- A87. t. 4897 
Amyepaio-Persica nana, flore carneo pleno, africana. Pluk. 
Alm. p. 28. Phyt. t. 11. f. 4. 3 
Prunus japonica. Bot. Reg. 27. an Thunbergii ? 
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We have no doubt but that this pretty little shrub is the 
MYGDALUs pumila of Linnazus, and was cultivated in our 
Sardens in the time of Ray and Piuxener, the latter of 
whom received the flowering branch which he has figured 
from Lorp Corrans. It has been supposed to have been 
introduced about ten years ago by the late Cuar.es GREVILLE, 
Esq. from China, and to be the Prunus japonica of Txun- 
BERG ; but though the specific character, given us by the 
rofessor is not very inapplicable, yet in his description there 
are several circumstances that incline us very much to me 
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