Prunus. ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 501 
1. P. cerasus. Willd. 2. 991. 
Umbels sub-peduncled, Leaves ovate-lanceolate, smooth, 
folded together, 
Arab. Kerasya, or Jerasya, 
Pers. Aloo-baloo. 
A native of Persia, &c. 
2. P. armeniaca. Willd. 2. 989. 
Flowers sessile. Leaves subcordate. 
Hind. Khoo-banee. 
Arab. Bin-kook, also Tuffa-urmena. 
Pers. Mishmish, 
A native of China, as well as the west of Asia. 
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3. P. silvatica, R. 
Peduneles short, few-flowered. Leaves oblong, cuspi- 
date, finely-serrate, polished, having two glands at the 
base. Bractes ovate, sessile, pectinato-serrate. 
Prunus, Hardwicke in Asiat. Res. 6. 362. 
Found wild by Colonel Hardwicke, and afterwards by 
Mr. Francis Pierard; a tree of considerable size on the 
mountains norih of Hurdwar. 
4. P. trifolia. R. , 
Unarmed. Peduncles tern. Leaves oblong, very fine- 
ly gland-serrate, smooth, in the bud equitant. Drupes 
cordate, 2 
Chin. Hong-sum-li. 
This elegant very ramous bushy shrub has been re- 
ceived from China, into our gardens in Bengal, where it 
blossoms in Febryary, immediately after which the luxu- 
tiant foliage expands, and the fruit, which is about the 
Size of the common plum, and nent as pesnees eset 
in May and June, : 
Trunk in our young oadiivated trees, ot rather shrubs, 
_ Very short, soon dividing into numerous branches and 
