CHAP. XLII. ROSA‘CEA. CE’RASUS. 703 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, unequally serrate, glabrous, with two glands 
upon the petiole. Flowers numerous, upon slender peduncles, and disposed umbellately. Pre- 
sumed to be a native of America, as‘it was raised from seeds sent from that country by Michaux. 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 537.) A rapidly growing tree, attaining the height of the common wild cherry, 
and bearing so close a resemblance to it in almost every respect, that it is probably only a variety 
of it. There are trees of this kind of cherry in the Jardin des Plantes at Paris, of a pyramidal 
form, with a reddish brown smooth bark, flowers about the size of those of C. Mahdleb, and fruit 
about the size of peas. The wood is said to be harder and redder than that of the common wild 
cherry. According to Sweet, it was introduced into England in 1818; but we have never seen it. 
* 9. C.porEa'Lis Michex. The North American Cherry Tree. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 286. ; Lois. in N, Du Ham., 5. p. 52. No. 22.; Dec. Prod. 
2. p. 538. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 513. 
Synonymes. Prunus borealis Poir. Dict., 5. p. 674.; the Northern Choke Cherry, Amer. 
Engravings. Michx. Arb. Amer., 3. t. 8. ; and our fig. 410. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Leaves oval-oblong, acuminate, 
membranaceous, glabrous, denticulate and 
almost in an eroded manner: they resemble 
those of the common almond tree, but have 
the serratures inflexed, protuberant, and tipped 
with minute glandulous mucros. Flowers on 
longish pedicels, and disposed nearly in a co- 
rymbose manner. Fruit nearly ovate, small ; 
its flesh red. (Dec. Prod., ii. p.538.) | A small 
tree, growing to the height of 20 ft. or 30 ft., 
with a trunk 6in. or 8in. in diameter; a _ 
native of the northern parts of North Ame- / 
rica; and introduced into England in 1822. / 
According to Michaux, it is not found in the 
southern states ; but was principally observed . 
by him in the district of Maine and the state ‘S 
of Vermont, where it is called the small cherry, and the red cherry. It flowers 
in May, and ripens its fruit in July. Michaux states that this cherry is 
remarkable for springing up spontaneously in all places which have been 
anciently cultivated, and even on those parts of forests which have been 
burned, either extensively by accident, or merely where a fire has been 
lighted by a passing stranger. In this respect, he says that it resembles the 
paper birch, which has the same peculiarity. Of all the cherries of North 
America, he observes, the C. borealis is the one that has the greatest ana- 
logy with the cultivated cherry of Europe; and hence he considers it the 
best American stock for the European cherry. Pursh describes it as a 
very handsome small tree, the wood exquisitely hard and fine-grained ; but 
the cherries, though agreeable to the taste, astringent in the mouth, and 
hence called choke cherries. From the appearance of the trees in Messrs. 
Loddiges’s arboretum, we should conclude it to be only a variety of C. 
sylvéstris. 
* 10. C. pu‘mita Michr. The dwarf Cherry Tree. 
Identification. Michx. F1. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 286.; Lois. in N. Du Ham., 5. p. 31.; Dee. Prod., 2. p. 537. ; 
Don’s Mill., 2. p. 513. 
Synonymes. Prunus pimila Lin. Mant., 73.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p.231.; Cérasus glatica 
Meench Meth., 672.; Ragouminier, or Nega, or Menel du Canada, Fr. 
Engraving. Mill. Icon., t. 80. £ 2. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches twiggy. Leaves obovate-oblong, upright, glabrous, 
indistinctly serrulated, glaucous beneath. Flowers upon peduncles, dis- 
posed rather umbellately. Calyx bell-shaped, short. Fruit ovate, black. 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 537.) A low somewhat procumbent shrub, a native of 
North America, in Pennsylvania and Virginia, in low grounds and swamps. 
Introduced in 1756. It grows to the height of 3 ft. or 4ft., and produces 
its flowers in May, which are succeeded by red and very acid fruit. It 
forms a curious and rather handsome tree, when grafted standard high, and is 
a fit companion for the other dwarf sorts, when so grafted. Sir W. J. Hooker 
suspects this to be the same as C. depréssa. It has been compared, Sir W. 
J. Hooker observes, in its general habit, to Amygdalus nana; and such a 
comparison is equally applicable to C. depréssa. (F/. Bor. Amer., i. p. 167.) 
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