354 ICOSANDRIA— MONOGYNIA, Primus. 



nels. But P. Padus differs a little from the rest, in 

 having a rugged, if not a sinuous, nut. 



1 . P. Padus. Bird Cherry. 



Flowers in cylindrical pendulous clusters. Leaves decidu- 

 ous, with two glands on the under side at the base. 



P. Padus. Linn. Sp. PI. ^17. IFilld. v. 2. 984. Fl. Br.526. Engl. 

 Bot. U.20. t. 1383. Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. IS. 15. Hook. Scot. 150. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 205. Ehrh. Arb. 53. 



Padus n. 108^. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 30. 



P. Theophvasti. Dalech. Hist. 312./. 



Cerasus avium nigra et racemosa. Rail Syn. 463. Ger. Em. 1 504./. 



C. racemosa sylvestris, fructu non eduli. Bauh. Pin. 451. 



Pseudoligustrum. Dad. Pempt. 777 .f. 



In woods and hedges. 



Common in the North of England, and in Scotland. About Wat- 

 ton and Dereham, Norfolk, plentiful. 



Tree. May. 



Of the ordinary stature of a plum or cherry tree, with a hard close- 

 grained wood, and smooth even branches. Leases obovate, pointed, 

 finely serrated, veiny, smooth, somewhat glaucous ; their scent, 

 when bruised, resembling rue. At their base underneath are 

 two small glands. Stipulas in pairs at the insertion of each 

 footstalk, linear, serrated, soon falling off. Fl. pure white, in 

 copious, long, drooping clusters, making an elegant appearance 

 in spring, but scarcely lasting a fortnight. Fr. small, black, 

 austere and bitter, with a large corrugated nut. Birds of several 

 kinds soon devour this fruit, which is nauseous, and probably 

 dangerous to mankind ; though perhaps, like that of the Cherry- 

 laurel, not of so deadly a quality as the essential oil, or distilled 

 water, of the leaves. 



2. P. Cerasus. Wild Cherry-tree. 



Flowers in nearly sessile umbels. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 folded flat in the bud ; somewhat downy beneath. 



P. Cerasus. Lijin. Sp. PI. 679. Willd. v. 2. 991. Fl. Br. 52G. 



Engl Bot.v. 10, ^706. 

 Cerasus n. 1082. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 28. 

 a. Prunus avium. Linn. Fl. Suec. ed. 2. 165. 

 P. rubella. Ehrh. Arb. \ 14. 

 P. varia. Ehrh. Beitr. v. 7. 127. 

 Cerasus sylvestris fructu rubro. Rati Syn. 463. 

 C. vulgaris. Ger. Em. 1502./. 

 C. sativa, fructu rotundo, rubro et acido. Duham. Arb. v. 1. 148. 



<. 56. 

 Cerasa ausfeva. Matth. Valgr. v. 1. 213./. 

 C. acidissima, sansjuineo succo. Bauh. Pin. 450. 



