BIRD CHERRY 



271 



cordate at the base, acute or acuminate, finely and sharply 

 serrate or bi-serrate, the teeth not glandular. Deep matt 

 green, glabrous and slightly rugose above, paler beneath or 



Fig. 101. Bird Cherry, Prunus Padas, p. 270 (Sc). 



glaucous, and slightly pubescent in axils of* veins. Petiole 

 10 15 mm., as a rule bi-glandular above. Young leaf 

 convolute. Stipules subulate, glandular-toothed. Autumn 

 leaves greenish yellow to reddish. 



