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occasionally seen. Tbe Golden Cherry plum of Downing is undoubted^ 

 this species, and the fruit now known as Toungken's Golden Cherry is 

 certainly my robalan, and it is probably identical with the variety described 

 by Downing. The fruits may be either yellow or red in various shades. 



Fig. 8. Marianna. Sjirays half size. Details full size. 



They are round and cherry-like, with a depression at the base, on slender 

 stems, ranging in size from that of a large cherry to an inch and a half in 

 diameter. The myrobalan is very variable, a fact which finds record in the 

 yarious shapes and sizes of the commercial imported stones. 



