€50 ROSAGE^. Cerasus. 



12. C. Padus (L. Sp. 677 sub Pruno) fruticosa, ramis elongatis 

 patulis, foliis eilipticis acuminatis subrugosis argute serratis eglan- 

 dulosis, floribus in racemos lateraies longos cylindricos pendulos 

 dispositis albis, drupa globosa 5. Cerasus Padus d.c. Fl. Pr. IV, p. 

 480. 



Hab. in sylvaticis regionis alpinae Ponti Lazici ad Djimil CBal!), Armeni» 

 Rossicae (G. Koch!), Iberiae (M.B.), Ossetiae in districtu Alagir 4800'-6000' 

 (Rupr I). Fl. vere. 



Ar. Geogr. Europa borealis et media, in australioribus solum ex Sierra Ne- 

 vada Hispaniae eam novi. 



§. 4. — Laurocerasi Tourn. — Flores in racemos axillares vel 

 terminaies dispositi. Folia persistentia coriacea. 



13. C. Laurocerasus (L. Sp. 678 sub Pruno) fruticosa, foliis 

 amplis breviter petioiatis oblongo-ellipticis acuminatis iucidis subtus 

 ssepius basi juxta costam 2-4-glanduIosis integris vel remote serru- 

 latis, racemis folio brevioribus, drupis ovoideis acutis 5- 



Hab. in sylvaticis regionis inferioris Thraciae circa Byzantium (Griseb!), 

 Bithyniae ad basin Olympi (Tchih.), Ponti ad Trapezunt m (Bourg!), prov. 

 Transcaucasicarum (Ledeb.), Colchidis et Imeretiae usque ad 3000' (Rupr !), 

 Persiae borealis in prov. Ghilan (Buhse !). Fl. Apr. 



PRUNUS (Tourn. Inst. tab. 398). 



Drupa carnosa indehiscens pruinosa. Putamen ovato-glo])OSum sub- 

 compressum rugulosum vel Iseve. — Arbores vel frutices foliis aes- 

 tivatione convolutis. Species nonnullse ob herbariorum specimina sse- 

 pius quoad flores vel fructus maturos manca imperfecte notse et ac- 

 curate in iocis natalibus investigandse. 



1. P. spinosa (L. Sp. 681) fruticosa humilis divaricatim ramosa 

 spinosa, ramulis junioribus glahris vel pubcrulis, foliis lanceolatis 

 vel ellipticis serratis glabratis, gemmis floriferis subunifloris, pedun- 

 culis glabris, drupa erecla glohosa minuta 5. P. fruticans Weihe. 



Hab. in dumetis apricis Zacynthi (Marg!), Grsecice in monte Malevo Laco- 

 niae (Orph I), insula Chios (Orph!), Thracise (Friv!). Tauriae et prov. Gis et 

 Transcaucasicarum (M.B.), Persiae bor. in prov. Ghilan (Buhse!). Fl. Apr. 



Ar. Geogr. Europa omnis, Africa borealis. 



2. P. pseudoarmeniaca (Heldr. et Sart. in Boiss. Diagn. Ser. 

 II, 5, p. 96) arbuscula vel frutex glaberrima, ramis inermibus. foliis 

 ellipticis vel elliptico-spathulatis minute et obtuse crenato-deuticuk- 

 tis ssepius obtusis basi cuneatis, gemmis floriferis bifloris, peduu- 

 culis brevissimis, drupa ovato-globosa. putamiue compresso 5. 



