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GLEANINGS AND OEIGINAL MEMORANDA 
346. Ceeasus nepalensis. Seringe. A hardy deciduous tree, with white flowers, from 
Nepal. Introduced by the Horticultural Society. 
June. (Fig. 174.) 
This is verj,- like our common Bird-cherry, and must be regarded as its Indian representative. The leaves are 
cordate at the base, very glaucous underneath, where also the veins are remarkably shaggy. Tlie peduncles and pedicels 
are alike downy. The flowers are smaller than in the European species. We suppose there can be no doubt about this 
being the Ccrasus nepalensh of Seringe, notwithstanding the apparent errors and material discrepancies in his specific 
character, for there are but two Bird-cherries in the North of India, namely this and C. vmdviata^ much better called 
