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PROUSTIA Lag.—N. Pf. iv. 5. 343.—Composite—Mutisiex- 
Mutisine. 
pyrifolia Lag.—DC. vii. 27; B. M. t. 5489; Gard. Chron. 
1898, ii. 143.—Chili.—h . 
t{PRUNUS L.—N. Pf. iii. 3. 51.—Rosaces—Prunoidee. 
Amygdalus Stokes—N. Pf. l.c.53; Fl. dit. n. 1738.— 
Amygdalus communis L. DC. ii. 530.—Central and Eastern 
Asia.—h. .February. 
avium L.—WN. Pff.l.¢.54; Fl. d’ It. n. 1747.—Cerasus avium 
Moench. DC. ii. 535.—Europe——h. March. 
Capollin Zucc.—DC. ii. 541, as Cerasus Capuwlt.—Mexico.— 
h. May. 
earoliniana Azt.—DC. ii. 540, as Cerasws.—Carolina to 
Florida.—h. March—May. 
Cerasus L.—N. Pf. l.c.54; Fl. d’It. n. 1748.—Asia Minor? 
—h. March. 
divaricata Ledeb.—DC. ii. 534.—Caucasus.—h. March. 
domestica L.—DC. ii. 533; Fl. d’It. n. 1743.—S. Europe.— 
}. March. 
hortulana L. H. Bailey—Schneider, Hdb. Laubh. i. 622.— 
N. America.—h. March. 
ilicifolia Walp.—wNich. Dict. 295. fig. 403a, as Cerasus.— 
California.— h . 
japonica Thunb.— Sieb. & Zuce. Fl. Jap. i. 172. t. 90; 
Schneider, Hdb. Laubh. i. 612; DC. ii. 539, as Cerasus.— 
P. chinensis Hort.—China, Japan.— h. March. 
Ms var. fl. albo pleno Kew Hand-list. 223.—h. 
- var. fl. roseo pleno Kew Hand-list. 223.—Amyg- 
dalus pumila Sims in B. M. t. 2176.—h. 
Laurocerasus L.—DC. ii. 540; Fl. d’Jt. n. 1751.—Caucasus, 
Western Asia.— h. April. 
* var. parvifolia Kew Hand-list of Trees ¢ Shrubs, 
2nd ed. 233.—Hartogia capensis Hort.—h. 
lusitanica L.—FIl. d’It. n. 1752.—DC. ii. 540, as Cerasus. 
—Portugal—h. May. 
occidentalis Sw.—DC. ii. 540; Fl. W. Ind. 231; Nich. 
Dict. 296, as Cerasus.—W. Indies.— h . 
pendula Desf—wNich. Dict. Suppl. 623; The Gard. 1899, ii. 
300; B. M. t. 8034.—Japan.— h . 
Persica Szeb. ¢ Zucc.—N. Pf. ii. 3. 53; Fl. d It. n. 1739.— 
Persica vulgaris Mill. DC. ii. 531.—Orient.—h. March. 
