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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Engravings. Mill. Icon., t. 80. f. 2. ; and our fig. 455. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches twiggy. Leaves obo 

 vate-oblong, upright, glabrous, indistinctly ser- 

 rulated, glaucous beneath. Flowers upon 

 peduncles, disposed rather umbellately. Calyx 

 bell-shaped, short. Fruit ovate, black. (Dec. 

 Prod.) A low somewhat procumbent shrub. 

 North America, in Pennsylvania and Virginia, 

 in low grounds and swamps. Height 3 ft. 

 to 4ft. Introduced in 1756. Flowers white; 

 May. Drupe black ; ripe in July. 



A curious and rather handsome tree, when 

 grafted standard high ; and a fit companion for 

 the other dwarf sorts, when so grafted. Sir "W. 

 J. Hooker suspects this to be the same as C. 

 depressa. It has been compared, Sir W. J. Hooker observes, in its general 

 habit, to ^mygdalus nana ; and such a comparison is equally applicable to C. 

 depressa. (Fl. Bor. Amer., i. p. 167.) 



jc 11. C. (P.) DEPRE'SSA Ph. The depressed, or prostrate, Cherry Tree. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 332. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer 1 



p. 168. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 514. 

 Synonymes. C. pumila Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 286., not Prunus pumila L. ; P. Susquehanse 



Willd. Enum. 519., Baumz. ed. 2. p. 286. ; Sand Cherry, Amer. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 456. from living plant in Loddiges's arboretum. 



Spec. Char. y $c. Branches angled, depressed, prostrate. Leaves 

 cuneate- lanceolate, sparingly serrate, glabrous, glaucous beneath. 

 Flowers in grouped sessile umbels, few in an umbel. Fruit 

 ovate. (Dec. Prod.) A prostrate shrub. North America, 

 from Canada to Virginia, on the sandy shores of rivers and 

 lakes. Height 1 ft. Introduced in 1805. Flowers white ; 

 May. Drupe black, small, and agreeably tasted ; ripe in July. 

 In America it is called the sand cherry, and said to be distin- 

 guished at sight from all the other species, not less by its prostrate 

 habit, than by its glaucous leaves, which bear some resemblance 

 in shape to those of ^inygdalus nana; and, according to Sir W. 

 J. Hooker, to those of C. pumila. 



& 12. C. PYGM/E'A Lois. The pygmy Cherry Tree. 



Identification. Lois, in N. Du Ham., 5. p. 32. and 21. ; Dec. Prod., 2 p. 538. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 513. 

 Synonyme. Prunus pygmae'a Willd. Sp. 2. p. 993., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 331. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 457. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate-elliptical, but tapered to the base, 

 and rather acute at the tip, sharply serrated, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, and with 2 glands at the base. Flowers of the size of 

 those of P. spinosa, disposed in sessile umbels, a few in an 

 umbel. (Dec. Prod.) A low shrub. Western parts of Pen- 

 sylvania and Virginia. Height 4 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 

 1823. Flowers white; May. Drupe black, of the size of a 

 large pea, a little succulent, and very indifferent to the taste; 

 ripe in July. 



& % 13. C. NI'GRA Lois. 



457. C.pygma^a. 



The black Cherry Tree. 



Identification. N. Du Ham., 5. p. 32. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 513. 



Synonymes. Prunus nlgra Ait. Hort. Kew. 2d ed. 3. p. 193., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 331. ; P. 



americana Darlington in Amer. Lye. N. H. of New York. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1117. ; and our figs. 458, 459. 



Spec. Char., #<?, Leaf with 2 glands upon the petiole, and the disk ovate- 

 acuminate. Flowers in sessile umbels, few in an umbel. Calyx purple ; 

 its lobes obtuse, and their margins glanded. (Dec. Prod.) . A tall shrub or 



