PrunUS. ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 501 



1. P. cerasus. Willd. 2. 991. 



Umbels sub-pedunclcd. Zeaves ovate-lanceolate, smooth, 

 folded too;ether. 



Arab. Kerasya, or Jerasya. 



Pers. Aloo-baloo. 



A native of Persia, &c. 



2. P. armeniaca. Willd. 2. 989. 



Flowers sessile. Leaves subcordate. 



Hind. Klioo-banee. 



Arab. Biu-kook, also Tuffa-urmena. 



Pers. Mishraisli. 



A native of China, as well as the west of Asia. 



3. P. silvatica. R. 



Peduncles short, few-flowered. Leaves oblong, cuspi- 

 date, finely-serrate, polished, havini^ two glands at the 

 base. Bractes ovate, sessile, pectinato-serrate. 



Primus, Hardwicke in Asiat. Res. 6. 362. 



Found wild by Colonel Hardwicke, and afterwards by 

 Mr. Francis Pierard ; a tree of considerable size on the 

 mountains north of Hurdwar. 



4. P. trifolia. R. 



Unarmed. Peduncles tevn. Leaves oblong, very fine- 

 ly gland serrate, smooth, in the bud equitant. Drupes 

 cordate. 



Chin. Hong-sum-li. 



This elegant very ramous bushy shrub has been re- 

 ceived from China, into our gardens in Bengal, where it 

 blossoms in February, immediately after which the luxu- 

 riant foliage expands, and the fruit, which is about the 

 size of the common plum, and nearly as palatable, ripens 

 in May and June. 



Trunk in our young cultivated trees, or rather shrubs, 

 very short, soon dividing into numerous branches and 



