Prwnus.'\ LI. ROSACES. (J. D. Hooker.) 313 



P. AMYGDALUS, Baill. ; leaves appearing after the flowers oblong-lanceolate ser- 

 rulate, petiole glandular as long as the leaf is broad or longer, stipules fimbriate, 

 flowers peduncled, calyx campanulate, pericarp 2-valved. Brandis For. Flor. 190. 

 Amygdalus communis, Linn.; Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 500. The almond. 



Cultivated in the cooler parts of India. 



P. PERSICA, Benth. $ Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 609 ; leaves appearing after or with the 

 flowers oblong-lanceolate serrate, petiole glandular or not snorter* than the leaf is 

 broad, stipules fimbriate, flowers sessile, calyx campanulate, pericarp indehiscent. 

 Brandts For. Flor. 191. Amygdalus persica, Linn.; Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 500, A. col- 

 linus, Wall. Cat. 723. Persica vulgaris, Miller. ? P. saligna, Royle HI. 204 (name 

 only). The peach. Wall. Cat. 7120. 



Cultivated in the cooler parts of India : up to 10,000 ft. in the N.W. Himalaya. 



The nectarine is a form with glabrous and the peach with downy pericarp. 



SECT. II. Armeniaca. Leaves convolute in bud. Flowers sessile or 

 peduncled. Drupe large, indehiscent, downy; stone bony, smooth. 



P. ARMENIACA, Linn. ; leaves appearing after or with the flowers broadly ovate 

 acuminate crenate, petiole glandular, stipules lanceolate, flowers shortly peduncled, 

 calyx campanulate, stone with a thickened grooved margin. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 501. 

 Brand. For. Flor. 191. The apricot. 



Cultivated and almost naturalised in N.W. India up to 10,000 ft., and in Tibet. 



VAR. dasycarpa, the black-fruited apricot, is also cultivated in Kashmir. Brandis 

 I. c. Thomson's Kashmir specimens (cultivated at 5-7,000 ft.) have peduncles longer 

 than the calyx-tube. 



SECT. III. Cerasus. Leaves conduplicate in bud. Flowers solitary fast 

 cled or umbelled. Calyx-tiibe sh jrt or long. Drupe glabrous, not glaucous. 



* Floivers appearing with the leaves. 



P. AVIUM, Linn. ; roots without suckers, leaves flaccid drooping oblong-obovate 

 acutely serrate pubescent beneath, petiole long 2-glandular, flower fascicled long- 

 pedicelled, flowering buds leafless, calyx-tube urceolate constricted at the top, lobes 

 entire, petals flaccid spreading almost obcordate, fruit sweet or bitter, stone smooth. 

 P. Cerasus o, Brandis For. Flor. 193. Sweet cherry or gean. 



Cultivated in the N. W. Himalaya up to 8000 ft., and almost naturalised. 



P. CERASUS, Linn. ; roots with many suckers, leaves erect firm shining crenate- 

 serrate glabrous beneath, petiole short eglandular, flowers fascicled long-pedicelled, 

 flowering buds leafy, calyx-tube campanulate not constricted at the top, lobes cre- 

 nate, petals erect stiff tip rounded, fruit acid, stone smooth. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 501. P. caproniana, DC. Prodr. ii. 536. Wild cherry. 



Cultivated in the N. W. Himalaya up to 8000 ft. 



1. P. prostrata, Labill. ; Boiss. Flor. Orient, ii. 648 ; leaves small elliptic- 

 or ovate-oblong obtuse serrate glabrous above white and tomentose beneath, 

 flowers solitary or fascicled subsessile, calyx-tube cylindric, fruit small almost 

 dry. Brandis For. Flor. 193 ; Sibth. Flor. Grcec. t. 478. Sot. Reg. t. 136. 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA from the Sutlej westwards, alt. 5-10,000 ft., 

 Jacquemont, Falconer, etc. DISTRIB. Westward to Spain, ascending to 12,000 ft. in 

 Afghanistan. 



A scraggy shrub 5-6 ft. ; branches hoary, spreading, suberect or prostrate. 

 Leaves ^-1 in., usually snowy white beneath, rarely green, narrowed into the short 

 eglandular petiole. Flowers red, on lateral buds, appearing with the leaves. Calyx- 

 tube ^ in., cylindric, glabrous or pubescent ; limb with 5 oblong obtuse entire lobes. 

 Petals orbicular-obovate, longer than the calyx, rosy. Stamens much shorter. Fruit 

 \ in., ovoid or subglobose, red-purple, flesh scarcely eatable. 



