500 ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. PrUHUS. 



1. A. persica. Willd. 2. 982. 



All the serratures of the leaves acute. Flowers sessile, 

 and solitary. 



Arab. TufFa-parsee. 



Pers. Shooft-aloo, 



Chin. To is the name of the common peach, and pin- 

 to of the flat peach. 



Several varieties from China and Persia have been in- 

 troduced into the gardens of India. The most uncom- 

 mon is the flat peach from China, its fruit is vertically- 

 compressed, like a turnip. In Bengal they blossom in 

 February and the fruit ripens in May. 



2. A. communis. Willd. 2. 982. 



Lower serratures of the leaves glandular. Flowers ses- 

 sile and- in pairs. 



Arab, and Hind. Bwdam. 



Common in Persia and Arabia I therefore conclude it 

 is a native of those countries. It does not succeed in In- 

 dia, requiring much nursing to keep it alive. 



3. A. cor dif alia. R. 



Leaves cordate, acuminate, gland-serrulate. Flowers 

 in pairs, peduncled. Nut hairy. 



A native of China, and now common in gardens about 

 Calcutta, where it growls to be a large very ramous tree, 

 and is cultivated for its small, yellow, succulent, acid 

 fruit, of which tarts are often made. Flowering time in 

 Bengal the cool season, the fruit ripens in the hot season. 



^ PRUNUS, Schreb. gen. n. 849. 

 Calyx five-cleft. Petals five. Drupe superior, with the 

 nut having prominent sutures. 



