1 18 KOSE FAMILY. 



1. PRUNUS, PLUM, &c. (The ancient Latin name' of the Plum.) As 



now received, this L r enns eompri-e- all the following irroups, which it has 

 lieen found impracticable to keep ii|i a- liotanical genera. Foliage ami tin 

 Btonc and kernel of the fruit u.-ually with the flavor of prusMc acid, especially 

 iu the Peach and ( 'herries. 



1. AI.MOM> and Pi:\<'ll. l-'lnii-i rs nlnmst SCSgilf, //"/// .s> /nirnti- .sen I// 



in sj in m i, />i /'ir ', the leaves, thi Intt/ / f'nlilnl tin/, tin r /< nqthwisi ( << nduplicoJt ) 



in tltf lull/ : fruit i-i/n/i/. /uri/r: tin- .s/mn irit/t irriiilJis n nil holes. 



P. (Am^gdalus) nana, Dw.un or FI.OWI.KIV, ALMOND. Cult, for 

 ornament, from A-ia ; a low shrub, with abundant and handsome rose-colored 



(or liv variation white) usuallv lull-double (lowers, earlier than the long and 

 narrow Miiooth leaves ; calyx-tube short-e\ lindrical ; fruit dry when ri]ie, with 

 the outer part separating as a husk from the brittle stone, as in the edible 

 Almond 



P. (A.) P^rsica, PKACII. Cult, from A>ia for the fruit, also a doublc-fl. 

 variety, for ornament ; small tree, with pnrplish-roae-colored (lowers. bell-.-hapcd 

 calj \-tuli.', lanceolate leaves, ami jrlohtilar fruit ripening a thick ]iul]i, either 

 cliii'j;int, r to or separable from the roii^h-wrinkled porous .stone. Unknown in a 

 wild state, probably derived from the COMMON ALMOND, P. (A.) < OMMVNIS. 

 Var. IgeviS, the NKCTAKINE, is a state with a smooth-skinned fruit. 



2. APRICOT. l-'linn rs skort-pedice'lrd <>r n/nmst sessile, from s(/nirnti' scaly 

 buds, in i a rii/ *i>r<in/, IK t<n'<' tin 1 li uris, which (ire lolltd it/t (convolute) in 

 the, find : </rn/i<- r?lri>ti/, lint, irttlt a smooth stone Itacinr/ grooved margins, one 

 of tin in sharp-edged. 



P. Armeniaca, Ariticor. (""nit. from Armenia; a low smooth tree, 

 with ovate and mostly rather heart-shaped leaves, white or slightly rosy flowers 

 solitary or in pair.-, ami early-ripening fruit, of character intermediate between 

 peach and plum. 



3. PLUM and CIIEKKY. Flotoen pedice/led and tdiaost always whitg : drupe 



smontlt, its stunt- smixitli in' sunn irltut ri/*/i//. 



* PLUMS. Flowers fron xf/nirnti lateral buds, ui s/>rintr, preceding or coetaneout 



ir/t/i tin li uris ; llu- /a/fir rn!lI it/I, cr ill iiin^t ,,/' our mltir. s/nri'S fi,lil,i{ 



ti'i/tt/i<i; ill tltti dm/: tlnijii <j< in nt/li/ irit/t n ir/iitisti bloom and a jiat or 

 jiattish stone. 



- K.rotir (European or Asiatic) species. 



P. dom6stica, OAKDKX Pi.r.M, of many varieties : tree with spreading 

 thornlcss branches, and oblong or lance-ovate leaves ; the fruit vcrv various iu 

 si/.e and shape, with a flat or flattish and rou^hish stone. Doubtless (at least 

 in part) a long-cultivated derivative of 



P. insititia, HI-I.I.ACK Pi.r.M, introduced in some places near the seaboard, 

 has been used as a stock for yraftin^, ^c., is a little thorny, the pedicel- and 

 lower face of the leaves downy, the fruit round and black. 



P. Spin6sa, SI.OK, or HIM K TIIOKN. Cult, or nut. in old gardens or 

 waste places : a low tree, with spreading thorny brandies ; the oliovate-oblong 

 or lance-oblong leaves and pediceU soon glabrous; fruit small, globular, purple- 

 black, with a tnr.uid >tone and a -iveni-li a.-trin-rnt pulp. Probablv thi- is the 

 original of the Bui law. 



'' S/HI-II-S nf't/it' cininlri/, lint tiro nf tin in Imi'i' l,,in /i/n/i/n/ t'nr the fruit. 

 i;' an i n if, stlif I'lnins nit/i' > tlinn < 'In rri> s, u/l/miit/li tin /,ist is inii- 

 us to tin- //-nil, I'lili/ //! /!. nr/i /'/mil /ins <in iihcioiis bloom on t/n> 

 fruit, inn/ it// liin-i tin- Inins f,,lil,,l iu the. bud. 



P. maritima, I5i:vcii PIIM. Sea beaches and sand\ <oil near the coast ; 

 a scarcely tliuruy shrub, 2 -5 hi.-rh, with the ovate or oval linelv serrate leaves 

 Mit't-downy iinderneath, short and downy pedicels, and globular pur|ile or crim- 

 son fruit with a bloom (}'- 1' loiiu), rather pleasant-tasted, sometimes used for 

 preserving. 



P. Americana, WILD \\v.\> and YI.I.I.OW PI.I-M. AloiiLr streams through 

 the country ; occasionally planted ; a tall shrub or small tree, often thorny, 



