S54 ICOSANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Prunns. 



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. Lin72.Sp.Pl.677. M'Uld. v. 2,984. Fl.Br.526. Engl. 

 BoLv. 20. t\383. Dicks. H.Sicc.fasc.lS. 15. Hook. Scot A50. 

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



Padus n. 1086. Hall. Hist. v. 2.30. 



P. Theophrasti. Dalech. Hist. 312. f. 



Cerasus avium nigra etracemosa. Raii Syn.463. Ger. Em. 1504. f. 



C. racemosa sylvestris, fructu non eduli. Bauh. Pin. 45 i. 



Pseudoligustrum. Dod. 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 ordinar}.' stature of a plum or cherry tree, with a hard close- 

 grained wood, and smooth even 6rawc/ie5. Leaue^obovate, pointed, 

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

 when bruised, resembling rue. At their base underneath aie 

 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, au- 

 stere 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 Cher- 

 ry-laurel, not of so deadly a quality as the essential oil, or di- 

 stilled 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. Linn. Sp. PI. 679. mild. v. 2. 991. H. Br. 526. 

 Engl.Bot.v. ]0.t.706. 



Cerasus n. 1 082. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 28. 



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



P. rubella. Ehrh. Arb. 114. 



P. varia. Ehrh. Beitr. v. 7.127. 



Cerasus sylvestris fructu rubro. Raii Syn. 463. 



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



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

 t.56. 



Cerasa austera. Matth. Valgr. v. 1,213./. 



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



