CHAP. XLll. ROSACEM. C'KllASUS. 707 



as 20. C. iALi'ciNA G. Don. The WiWow-ieaved Cherr} Tree. 



Identification. Don's Mill , 2. p. 514. 



Hynonymes. i'rCimis ialicina Li'wd/. '\n Hurt. Trans.; Ching-Cho-Lec, or Tung-Choh-Lec, CAirtWi;. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Flowers usually solitary, shorter than the leaves. Leaves 

 obovate, acuminated, glandularly serrated, glabrous. Stipules subulate, 

 glandular, length of the petiole. Petiole glandless. (Dvn's Mill., ii. p. 514.) 

 A shrub, growing to the height of 4 ft. or 6 ft., a native of China, intro- 

 duced in 1822. The flowers are small and white, and the fruit about the 

 size of those of the myrobalan plum. According to G. Don, it is nearly 

 allied to C. glandulosa, mentioned below. 



C. Species belonging to the preceding Subdivision (B.), not yet introduced. 



5E C. Phoshia Hamilt. (D. Don Fl. Nep., p. 239.), Prunus cerasoides 

 D. Don {Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 289.; Don's Mill., ii. p. 303.), is a native of Ne- 

 pal, where it is called phoshia, with flowers of a pale rose colour. It is a 

 tree, and grows to the height of 13 ft. or 20 ft. 



'i C. Puddum Roxb. ( IVall. PI. R&r. Asiat., ii. p. 37. t. 143.) is a native of 

 Nepal, where it grows to the height of 20 ft. or 30 ft., with rose-coloured 

 flowers, and fruit like that of a common cherry. Its wood is considered very 

 useful. It flowers in October and November ; and, in its native country, 

 where it is called puddum, it is very abundant. 



sit C. glandulosa, Ht C. dspera, and stt C.incua Lois., are Japan shrubs, with 

 rose-coloured flowers, described by Thunberg ; and, after him, by Loiseleur, 

 in the Nouveau Du Hainel ; and in Don's Mill., ii. p. 313. 



-* C. humilis Moris. {Flench. Sard., p. 17) is a native of Sardinia, with the 

 habit of C. prostrata, but differs from it in having the nerves of the leaves 

 hoary, and the petals of the flowers of a pale rose colour. It flowers in June 

 and July, and would be a desirable introduction. 



§ ii. Vddi veri Ser. The true Bird Cherry Kinds of Cerasus. 



Sect. Char. Flowers produced upon the shoots of the same year's growth 

 as the flowers; the latter disposed racemosely. Leaves deciduous. 



A. Species of Bird Cherry Trees already in Cultivatioii in Britain. 

 *t 21. C. Maha^LEB Mill. The Mahaleb, or perfumed. Cherry Tree. 



Iilcntificatton. Mill. Diet., No. 4. ; Dec. Fl. Fr., 4. p. 480. ; Prod., 2. p 53!'. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 514. 

 Ht/tiout/mes. Primus Mahaleb h. Sp., 678., Jacq. Fl. Austr. ; Boisde Sainte Lucie, or Prunier odo- 



' rant, Fr. ; Mahalebs-kirsche, Ger. 

 Engrat'ings. N. Du Ham., 5. t. 2. ; Jacq. Fl. Austr., t. 227. ; and the plate of this tpecies in our 

 Second Volume. 



Spec. Char., c^c. Leaves cordately ovate, denticulate, glanded, curved. 

 Flowers in leafy subcorymbose racemes. Fruit black, between ovate and 

 round. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 339. and F. of PI.) A tree, a native of the 

 middle and south of Europe, where it grows to the height of from 10 ft. 

 to 20ft., and upwards, flowering in April and May. Introduced in 1714. 

 Varieties. Besides one with variegated leaves, there are: — 



t C. M. 2 fructu fldvo Hort. has yellow fruit. There is a plant of this 



variety in the garden of the London Horticultural Society. 

 i C. M. 3 latifulium Hort. has broader leaves than the species. 

 Description. A handsome small tree, with a white bark, and numerous 

 branches. The leaves somewhat resembling those of the common apricot, but 

 of a paler green. The fruit in the species is much smaller than tiiat of the 

 wild cherry, black, and very bitter to the taste; but greedily eaten by thrushes 

 and blackbirds. Gerard describes the fruit as being as hard as a bead of 

 coral, and shining. The wood, the leaves, the flowers, and the fruit, are 

 powerfully scented ; the flowers so much so as not to be supportable in a 

 room. The tree, in its native habitats, is seldom found above 18 ft. or 20 ft. 

 high ; but, in a state of cultivation, in good soil, it will grow to the height of 



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