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.a 5. P. CA'NDICANS Ball. The white Plum Tree. 



Identification. Balb. Cat.Taur., 1813. p. 62. ; ? Willd. Enum. Suppl., p. 32. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 533. , 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 498. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg. t. 1135. ; and our figs. 441, 442. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches pubescent. 

 Flowers 2 or 3 together, upon short 

 pubescent peduncles. Calyx bell- 

 shaped. Leaves broadly ovate, 

 whitish beneath. Stipules of the 

 length of the petiole, very narrow, 

 and cut in a toothed manner. (Dec. 

 Prod.) A low shrub. ? Tauria. 

 Height 6 ft. to 8 ft. Introd. in 1825. < * candicans. 

 Flowers white ; April. 



It is not known of what country it is a native. It is quite 

 hardy, easily cultivated, and so laden with white blossoms in 

 441. P. candicans. spring as to appear a mass of snow, whence the name. 



* 6. P. COCOMI'LLA Tenore. The Cocomilla Plum Tree. 



Identification. Tenore Prod. Suppl., 2. p. 67. ; Cat.. 1819, p. 46. Dec. 



Prod., 2. p. 533. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 498. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 443. from a living specimen. 



Spec. Char., $c. Flowers upon short peduncles, in pairs. 

 Leaves obovate, crenulate, glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 the crenatures glanded. Fruit ovate-oblong, with a small 

 point, yellow, ? bitter or ? acid. (Dec. Prod.) A low shrub. 

 Calabria, in hedges. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced 

 in 1824. Flowers white ; April. Drupe yellow; ripe in 

 August. 



The bark is febrifugal, and, in Calabria, is considered to 

 be a specific for the cure of the pestilential fevers common 

 in that country. 



7. P. MARI'TIMA WangenJieim. 



443. P. Cocomilla. 



The sea-slde-inhabiting Plum Tree. 



Identification. Wangenh. Amer., 103., according 

 to Willd. Enum., p. 519. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. 

 Sept., 1. p. 332. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 533. ; Don's 

 ,11., 2. p. 499. 



?P. acuminata Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 

 p. 284. 



Engravings. Our fig. 444., from a living speci- 

 men ; and fig. 445. from Pursh's specimen in 

 the Lambertian herbarium. 



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444. Primus maritima. 



445. Primus maritima 



Spec. Char., %c. Leaves lanceolate- 

 ovate, serrate. Flowers in pairs. 

 Fruit small, round, sweet, dark blue. 



