500 ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Prunus. 
1. A. persica. Willd. 2. 982. 
All the serratures of the leaves acute. Flowers sessile, — 
and solitary. A 
Arab. Tuffa-parsee. 
Pers. Shooft-aloo. 
Chin. 'To is the name of the common peach, and ve 
to of the flat peach. 
Several varieties from China and Persia have been in- 
troduced into the gardens of India. The most uncom- 
mon is the flat peach from China, its fruit is vertically 
compressed, like a turnip. In Bengal they blossom in 
February and the fruit ripens in May. 
2. A.-communis. Willd. 2. 982. 
Lower serratures of the leaves glandular. Floptns ses- 
sile and in pairs. 
Arab. and Hind. Budam. 
Common in Persia and Arabia I therefore pees it 
is a native of those countries. It does not succeed in i: 
dia, requiring much nursing to keep it alive. ss 
3. A. cordifolia. R 
_ Leaves cordate, acuminate, gland-serrulate. F Towers 
in pairs, peduncled, Nut hairy. 
A native of China, and now common in sailed about 
Calcutta, where it grows to be a large very ramous tree 
and is cultivated for its small, yellow, succulent, acid 
fruit, of which tarts are often made. Flowering time 12 
Bengal the coo] season, the fruit ripens in the hot seasom 
PRUNUS. Schreb. gen. n. 849. 
Calyx five-cleft; Petals five. Drupe eiagicts — re 
nut having Prominent sutures, | 
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