ICOSANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Prunus. 447 
P. Umbels mostly on short ve enna Fe: et egg-spear- Ce’rasus. 
shaped, smooth, doubled togeth 
; _* bot. 706-Sheldr. 54.1 and Soi dosh 188.1... 181. 
; . 11.—-Blackw. 449—Matth. 233, and 235—Dod. 808. 
4 1—Ger. Foz, 1-Ger. 1319. 1—Fuchs. 425-F. Bui 1. @ 
; 220-Trag. 1026—Lonic. i. 18; 2. 
! Leaf-scales toothed. Floral-leaves 3-cleft, serrated ; the in- 
termediate one leafy. ‘The terminating duds producing leaves, 
the lateral ones flowers, which are from the last year’s shoots 
Blossoms white. Fruit red. Linn. 
Wild Cherry-tree. pecan and hedges not uncom- 
mon ; but probably from the stones e garden varieties drop- 
by birds. Ray.—[In Hertfordshire gtowing to a large size. 
r. Woopwanrp. | T. May.* 
P, Umbels sitting: leaves ceg-spear-shaped downy un- a’vium. 
derneath, doubled toge 
Ludw. 108-Blackw. Lesa 54. 5—Ger. 1323. 11. 
: Leaf-stalks with 1 or 2 3 towards the end. Umbel sit- 
| ting, 3-flowered. Flowers on fruit-stalks, from the shoots of the 
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last year but one. IJnvolucr. 4-leaved. Linn. 
Black Cherry-tree.Mazzards. Beige in an Ray. 
(Herts. Mr. Woopw.] T. May. ¥ 
P. Fruit-stalks mostly ey earns ree domes’tica, 
7 coiled; branches thornles 
i mony of M. Broerland in the Stockh. trans. He directs 6 ounces of the 
dry, or 8 of the fresh bark, to be boiled in 8 to 4 pints of water. The 
4 se is 4 ounces 4 times aday.—It alone cures the slighter infections, 
ae and combined with Mercury facilitates the cure of the severer states mA the 
sease, esa and a decoction of t erries is sometimes given wit 
success in the dysentery. The wood being smooth and tough is made into 
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poe from this tree is anil to arabic. Hasselquist relates, that 
more than 100 men, duringa seat, wae kept alive for near two months, 
mouth sometimes, and suffered gradually to dissolve. The common peo- 
ple eat the fruit either fresh or dried ; and it is jee! infused in brandy 
tor the sake of its flavour. The wood is a and tough. It is used y 
the turner, and is formed into chairs i to imitate mahogany. 
This tree is the — stock from which 1 sey of the oultienead kinds 
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+ It gr ores sare in a rich saben on the sides of hills, —— with other 
trees. cropping, and suffers the grass to rit. In Hert- 
fordshire there i is a cultivated variety, . called NB es New which are larger, 
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