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erect clusters. Fruit round, blackish red, sour. Europe (including 

 Britain). (Fig. 91 c.) 



Y ariety flore pleno. Fls. double. 



Variety salicifolia. Ls. long and narrow. 

 P. Conradinae. 25. February-March. D. Young branchlets hairless. Ls. ov., 

 oblong, 4, abruptly long-pointed, rounded base, sharply and doubly 

 toothed, 10-12 pairs veins. Fls. i, white or pinkish. Fruit \, red, egg- 

 shaped. China. (Fig. 92 J.) 

 P. incana. Willow Cherry. 6. May. D. Ls. lane, 2, finely and sharply 

 toothed, dark green above, whitish and hairy below, nearly stalkless. 

 Fls. I, rose-coloured. Fruit \, round, red. Europe. (Fig. 91 F.) 

 P. Lannesiana. 30. April-May. D. Branchlets pale grey, hairless. Ls. ov., 

 lane, 5, long-pointed, sharply double-toothed, hairless. Fls. i, pink or 

 white, fragrant, in branched clusters or short racemes. Fruit egg-shaped, 

 black. Japan. (Fig. 91 G.) 



Variety alhida. Fls. white. 



Variety amanogawa. Fls. pale pink. 



Variety amanogawa (erecta). Branches erect; fls. tinged with pink. 

 P. Mahaleb {Cerasus Mahaleb). St. Lucie Cherry. 40. May -June. D. 

 Young branchlets downy. Ls. broadly ov. or circular, 2^, abruptly 

 pointed, finely toothed, rounded base. Fls. |, white, in elongated racemes 

 up to 2 long. Fruit |, egg-shaped, black. Europe. (Fig. 91 D.) 

 P. pennsylvanica {Cerasus horealis). Wild Red Cherry. 40. April-May. D. 

 Branchlets hairless, slender, reddish. Ls. ov., lane, 4, long-pointed, 

 finely and sharply toothed, hairless. Fls. |, white, in clusters or short 

 racemes. Fruit \, round, red. North America. (Fig. 90 D.) 

 P. serrulata {Cerasus serrulata). Japanese Cherry. 20. April - May. D. 

 A small tree with wide-spreading, almost horizontal branches and smooth 

 dark chestnut-brown bark. Branchlets hairless. Ls. ov., lane, 6, abruptly 

 long-pointed, sharply toothed, somewhat glaucous below, stalk with 

 glands. Fls. 2, white or tinged with pink, in short racemes. Fruit I, 

 black. China and Japan. (Fig. 91 B.) 



Variety alboplena. Fls. double, white. 



Yzritty fiigenzo {James Veitch). Fls. double, deep pink. 



Variety hizakura. Fls. double, pale pink. 



Variety rosea. Weeping habit. Fls. small, pink, very double. 



Variety sachalinensis {P. Sargentii). Fls. single, pink. 



Variety sekiyama. Fls. double, rose-red, very large, late. 

 P. sinensis {P. japonic a). 5. May. D. Three buds in each l.-axil. Ls. ov., 

 lane, 2|, long-pointed, finely toothed, hairless or nearly so. Fls. |, white 

 or pink," short-stalked, in small clusters. Fruit |, red. China and Japan. 



YsLTiety flore pleno. Fls. double. (Fig. 92 b.) 

 P. suhhirtella. 30. April. D. Young branchlets downy. Ls. ov., 3, sharply, 

 unevenly and often double-toothed, hairy on veins below. Fls. f , pink, in 

 short-stalked clusters. Fruit black. Japan. (Fig. 92 a.) 



Variety autumnalis. Fls. single, nearly white, blooms from October 



to Christmas. 



Variety pendula {P. pendida). Rosebud Cherry, Weeping Cherry. 



Branchlets drooping, hairy. 



