xxvi. ROSA'CE^E: Pftu v NUs. 



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If P. i. SJructu rubro Hort. Fruit red. 



t P. i. 4 fibre pleno Descemet in Mem. de la Russie Meridional?, 1. 



p. 63. Flowers double. 



The fruit, which is globular, and usually black, is sometimes yellowish or 

 waxy, with a red tint, and sometimes red ; it is also so much less austere than 

 the sloe, as to make excellent pies and puddings, and a very good preserve. 



438. Primus insititia. 



The fruit of this plum in Provence is called prune sibarelle, because it is im- 

 possible to whistle after having eaten it, from its sourness. The wood, the 

 branches, the fruit, and the entire plant are used, throughout France, for the 

 same purposes as that of the sloe. 



3. P. DOME'STICA L. The domestic cultivated Plum Tree. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 680. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 533. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 499. 

 Synonymes. P. satlva Fuchs and Ray ; Prunier domestique, Fr. ; ge- 



meine Pflaume, Ger. ; Susino domestico, Ital. 

 Engravings. Wood. Med. Bot., t. 85. ; E. Bot., 1. 1783. ; and our Jig. 439. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches spineless. Flowers mostly 

 solitary. Leaves lanceolate-ovate, concave on the sur- 

 face, not flat. (Dec. Prod.) A low tree. South of 

 Europe, on hills ; in England, found sometimes in 

 hedges, but never truly wild. Height 15ft. to 20ft. 

 Flowers white ; April and May. Drupe various ; ripe 

 August to October. 



Varieties. 



*t P. d. 2 fiore pleno Hort. Flowers large, double. 



t P. d, 3 foliis variegdtis Hort. Leaves variegated. 



*t P. d. 4 armenioides Ser. Leaves and fruit like 



those of Jrmeniaca brigantiaca. 



The cultivated plum resembles the common sloe, but is 

 larger in all its parts, and without thorns. There are 

 numerous varieties and subvarieties ; but, as they belong 439 ' prtnus dom&tica. 

 more to pomology than to arboriculture, we have here only noticed those 

 that have some pretensions to distinctness in an ornamental point of view. 



