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Obs. In its wild state, the fruit of this is small and of inferior 

 quality ; but under culture it is greatly improved, both in size and 

 flavor. 



3. P. CHIC/ASA, MX. Branches subspinose; leaves narrow, lance- 

 oblong or oblanceolate, acute, finely serrulate with glandular-pointed 

 teeth; umbels sessile, 2- to 3-flowered. 

 CHICASA PRUNUS. Chickasaw Plum. Mountain Cherry. 



Stem 6 to 10 or 12 feet high, much branched, the young branches slender, vir- 

 gate, dark purple, smooth and shining, the old ones geniculate and somewhat 

 thorny. Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, smooth ; petioles slender, ^ to % of an inch iu 

 length. Flowers appearing with the leave?, in sessile fascicles of threes. Drupes 

 globose, red or yellowish-red, nearly or quite destitute of bloom, with a tender pulp 

 and a thin skin. 

 Hub. Yards, and gardens. Fl. April. Fr. July. 



Obs. This little tree (which is believed to be a native of our 

 South- Western territory, where it is a small shrub, in its wild 

 state,) by long culture produces a very pleasant fruit, worthy of 

 more attention than it has yet received. It approaches the Cherry 

 in character and appearance, and may be considered as a connecting 

 link between the Plum and Cherry; but it is unquestionably, I 

 think, a true Plum. Why MICHAUX'S specific name was permitted 

 to supersede MARSHALL'S (viz. angustifolia), which was published 

 long before, I do not understand. 



113. CER'ASIJS, Tournef. 



[The name of an Asiatic town, whence the tree was obtained.] 

 Flower nearly as in Prunus : drupe globular or roundish-ovoid, often 

 umbilicate at base, glabrous, destitute of bloom; nut globose. 

 Trees, or shrubs: leaves conduplicate in the bud; pedicels of the 

 flowers either in umbellate fascicles from lateral leafless buds, and 

 then rather preceding the leaves,- or in racemes terminating leafy 

 branches, and coming after the leaves ; petals white. 



f Flowers in naked lateral fascicles, preceding the leaves. 



1. C. puiiiila, MX. Depressed or trailing, with ascending 

 branches ; leaves lance-obovate, tapering to the base, serrate-dentate 

 near the apex, somewhat glaucous beneath; umbels few- (often 

 single-) flowered ; fruit small, ovoid, dark red. 

 DWARF CERASUS. Sand-Cherry. 



Branches 9 to 18 inches high. Leaves 2 or 2% inches long ; petioles about half an 

 inch in length. Flowers 2 or 3 in sessile umbels (often solitary), on slender pedc 

 icels. Fruit about the size of the wild cherry (C. serotina, DC.). 

 Hob. Borders of woods; New London: rare. Fl. May. Fr. July? 



Obs. Collected in the South- Western part of this County, in 

 1847, by WM. JACKSON, Esq. It is also found in the adjoining 

 County of Lancaster. 



3, C. XVIUM, Moench. Branches erect or ascending, rather stout 

 and rigid; leaves broadly oval or obovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 coarsely serrate, pilose and somewhat glaucous beneath ; drupes 

 roundish-ovoid or subcordate at base. 

 BIRDS' CERASUS. English Cherry. Bleeding-heart, &c. 



