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AMYGDALACE^E. V. CERASUS. 



Cut-leaved Cherry. Shrub 6 feet. 



17 C. DEPRE'SSA (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 331.) branches 

 angular, depressed, prostrate ; umbels few-flowered, sessile, ag- 

 gregate ; leaves lanceolate-cuneated, a little serrated, glabrous, 

 glaucous beneatli ; fruit ovate. 1? . H. Native of North Ame- 

 rica, from Canada to Virginia, throughout Canada, and as far as 

 the Saskatchawan. Cerasus pumila, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 

 286. but not the Primus pumila of Lin. Prunus Susquehanse, 

 Willd. enum. 519. baumz. ed. 2. p. 286. Flowers white. 



Depressed or Sand-cherry. Fl. May. Clt. 1805. Shrub 

 prostrate. 



18 C. HYEMA V LIS (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 284.) umbels 

 sessile, aggregate ; segments of the calyx lanceolate ; leaves 

 oval-oblong or obovate, abruptly acuminated ; fruit subovate. 

 Tj . H. Native of Canada, Virginia, and in the shady woods of 

 Carolina. Lois, in Duham. ed. nov. 5. p. 194. Flowers white. 

 Fruit black and astringent, eatable only in the winter. 



Winter or Black Choke-cherry. Fl. May. Clt. 1805. Shrub 

 8 to 4 feet. 



19 C. PROSTRA'TA (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 538.) decum- 

 bent ; flowers usually solitary, almost sessile ; calyx tubular ; 

 leaves ovate, deeply-serrated, glandless, clothed with hoary to- 

 mentum beneath ; fruit ovate, red, with tender flesh, and with 

 the sutures of the stone very blunt. T? . H. Native of the 

 mountains of Candia, and on mount Lebanon, and of Siberia. 

 Prunus prostrata, Labill. syr. dec. 1. p. 15. Lois, in Duham. ed. 

 nov. 5. p. 182. t. 53. f. 2. good. Curt. bot. mag. 136. Prunus in- 

 cana, Steven in mem. soc. mosq. 3. p. 263. Petals ovate, retuse, 

 rose-coloured. 



Prostrate Cherry. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1802. Sh. pros. 



20 C.HU'MILIS (Moris, clench, sard. p. 17.) stems depressed ; 

 flowers usually solitary, pedicellate ; calyx tubular; leaves ob- 

 long or ovate, unequally serrated, glabrous, and green on both 

 surfaces, reticulately veined beneath ; fruit ovate. H . H. Na- 

 tive of Sardinia. Habit of C. prostrata, but differs from it in 

 the nerves being hoary. Petals ovate, of a pale rose colour. 



Humble Cherry. Fl. June, July. Shrub depressed. 



21 C. CHI'CASA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 284.) branches 

 rather spinescent, quite glabrous ; flowers usually twin ; pedicels 

 very short ; calyx glabrous, with very short segments ; leaves 

 oval-oblong, acute or acuminated ; fruit nearly globose, small, 

 yellow. Tj . H. Native of Carolina, to which country it has 

 been introduced by the Indians, and by them called Chicasaw. 



Chicasan Cherry or Plum. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1806. 

 Shrub 6 feet. 



22 C. PUBE'SCENS (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 538.) umbels ses- 

 sile, few-flowered ; peduncles and calyxes pubescent ; leaves 

 short, oval, serrulated, for the most part biglandular at the base ; 

 fruit globose. Tj . H. Native of New England and Pennsyl- 

 vania. Prunus pubescens, Pursh. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 331. Pru- 

 nus sphaerocarpa, Michx. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 284. but not of 

 Swartz. Young branches pubescent. Fruit on short pedicels, 

 of a brownish purple-colour, and astringent. 



Pubescent Cherry. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1820. Shrub. 



23 C. JAPO'NICA (Lois, in Duham. ed. nov. 5. p. 33.) leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, glabrous, shining ; peduncles solitary ; lobes 

 of calyx shorter than the tube. fj . G. Native of Japan. Pru- 

 nus Japonica, Thunb. fl. jap. p. 201. Prunus Sinensis, Pers. 

 ench. 2. p. 36. Flowers red. Drupe the size of a pea. 



Var. p, multiplex (Ser.) flowers semidouble, with the petals 

 white on the upper side, and red on the under. Prunus Ja- 

 ponica, Ker. bot. reg. 27. 



Japan Cherry. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1810. Sh. 2 to 4 feet. 



24 C. CHINE'NSIS ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, doubly serrated, 

 wrinkled from veins beneath ; peduncles sub-aggregate, tj . H. 

 Native of China. Amygdalus pumila, Lin. mant. 74. Sims, bot. 



mag. 2176. exclusive of the synonyme of Pluck. Flowers semi- 

 double, red. 



China Cherry. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1810. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



25 C. SERRULA'TA (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 480.) 

 leaves obovate, acuminated, setaceously serrulated, quite gla- 

 brous ; petioles glandular ; flowers in fascicles. Ij . G. Native 

 of China, where it is called Yung-to. Prunus serrulata, Lindl. 

 hort. trans. 7. p. 238. This species is generally known by the 

 name of double Chinese-cherry. The flowers are pale white, and 

 very ornamental. 



Serrulated-leaved Cherry. Fl. April. Clt. 1822. Shrub 4 

 to 6 feet. 



26 C. SALICINA (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 480.) flowers 

 usually solitary, shorter than the leaves ; leaves obovate, acumi- 

 nated, glandularly serrated, glabrous ; stipulas subulate, glan- 

 dular, length of the petiole ; petiole glandless. T? . F. Native 

 of China, where it is called Ching-cho-lee or Tung-chok-lee plum. 

 Prunus salicina, Lindl. hort. trans. Flowers small, white. Fruit 

 about the size of those of the Myrobalan plum. It seems to 

 come nearest to C. glcmdidbsa. 



Willow Cherry. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1822. Shrub 4 to 

 6 feet. 



SECT. II. LAUROCE'RASUS (the name indicates it is a cherry in 

 fruit, and laurel in leaves). Laurocerasus and Cerasus species, 

 Tourn. inst. t. 493. Flowers disposed in racemes, rising from 

 the branches. 



| 1. Peidus (from iraSoe, pados, a name given by Theo- 

 phrastus to a tree analogous to the cherry'). Leaves caducous. 



27 C. PEN'NSYLVA'NICA (Lois, in Duham. ed. nov. 5. p. 9.) 

 umbels almost sessile, aggregate, sometimes in the form of pani- 

 cles ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous, biglandular 

 at the base. Tj . H. Native of North America, Canada as far 

 as the Saskatchawan, and from Newfoundland to the Rocky 

 Mountains, Prunus Pennsylvania, Lin. fil. suppl. 252. Prunus 

 lanceolata, Willd. arb. 240. t. 3. f. 3. Flowers white. Fruit 

 smaller than those of the cherry, agreeable to eat. 



Pennsylvanian Bird-cherry. Fl. May. Clt. 1773. Shrub 

 6 to 8 feet. 



28 C. PANICULA'TA (Lois. 1. c. 5. p. 9. Ker. bot. reg. t. 80.) 

 flowers panicled, spreading ; leaves ovate. Tj . G. Native of 

 Japan. Prunus paniculata, Thunb. fl. jap. 200. Flowers large, 

 white. Very like C. Mahaleb, but differs in the panicle of 

 flowers being larger and more spreading, in the flowers being 

 smaller, in the leaves being more oblong and attenuated at the 

 base, and acutely serrated. 



Panicled-Rowcred. Bird-cherry. Fl. May. Shrub. 



29 C. PSEU'DO-CE'RASUS (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. 200.) 

 leaves obovate, acuminated, flat, serrated ; flowers racemose ; 

 branches and peduncles pubescent ; fruit small, pale red, of a 

 pleasant subacid flavour, with a small smooth stone. >j . H. 

 Native of China, where it is called Yung-to. Primus pseudo- 

 cerasus, Lindl. hort. trans. 6. p. 90. Prunus paniculata, Ker. 

 bot. reg. 800. but not of Thunb. Flowers white. This species 

 of cherry forces well. 



False-cherry. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1821. Sh. 6 to 10 feet. 



30 C. MAHVLEB (Mill. diet. no. 4. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 480.) 

 racemes somewhat corymbose, leafy ; leaves broad, roundish- 

 cordate, denticulated, glandular, folded together ; fruit ovate- 

 roundish, black. Ij . H. Native of the south of Europe. Lois, 

 in Duham. ed. nov. 5. p. 6. t. 2. Prunus Mahaleb, Lin. spec. 

 678. Jacq. fl. austr. t. 227. Resembling the apricot in foliage. 

 Flowers white. The wood is red, very hard, and sweet-scented, 

 and on that account is greatly esteemed by the French for mak- 

 ing cabinets and other furniture, under the name ofbois de Sainte 



