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285 



low tree. Canada and the Alle- 

 ghany Mountains. Height 6 ft. 

 to 10 ft. Introduced in 1773. 

 Flowers white, with purple an- 

 thers. Drupe red ; April, May. 



The fruit, which, as far as we 



know, has not been produced in 



England, is described by Sir W. J. 



Hooker as being as large as a mo- 



derate-sized cherry, and, apparently, 



red. In British gardens this forms a very handsome small 

 tree, distinguished even in winter by the smoothness and dark colour of its 

 young wood, and in this respect resembling more a plum than a cherry. 



459. C. nigra. 



14. C. HYEMA'LIS Michx. The winter Cherry Tree. 



Identification. N. Du Ham., 5. p. 194. ; Dec. Prod., 2. 



p. 538. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 514. 

 Synonymes. P. hyemalis Michx. Fl. Bar. Amer. 1. 



p. 284., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 331., Elliot 



Carol. 1. p. 542. ; the black Choke Cherry, Amer. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 460. from a specimen in the 



museum of the Jardin des Plantes. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves oblong-oval, or 

 oval, abruptly acuminate. Flowers gla- 

 brous, disposed umbellately. Lobes of 

 the calyx lanceolate. Fruit nearly ovate, 

 and blackish. (Dec. Prod.) A shrub. 

 Western mountains of Virginia and Ca- x 

 rolina. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced 

 in 1805. Flowers white ; May. Drupe 

 small, black, and extremely astringent, 

 but eatable in winter ; ripe in October. 





* 15. C. CHI'CASA Michx. The Chicasaw Cherry Tree. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 284. ; Lois, in N. Du 



Ham., 5. p. 183. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 514. * 



Synonymes. Prunus chicasa Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 332. ; P 

 insititia Walt. Carol. ; Chickasaw Plum, in Carolina. 



Engraving. Our fig. 4G1. from a living specimen in Loddiges's 

 arboretum. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches glabrous, becoming rather 

 spiny. Leaves oblong-oval, acute, or acuminate. 

 Flowers upon very short peduncles, and mostly 

 in pairs Calyx glabrous, its lobes very short. 

 Fruit nearly globose, small, yellow. (Dec. Prod.) 

 A shrub. Carolina and Virginia. Height 6 ft. 

 Introd.1806. Flowers white; April and May. Drupe 

 small, yellow, and agree- 

 ably tasted ; ripe in July. 

 Sir W. J. Hooker observes 



that a plant which he received under this name appeared 

 to him identical with C. borealis ; the plants in the Lon- 

 don gardens are very different, resembling much more 

 |p closely the common sloe, as will appear by our figure. 



^ 16. C. PUBE'SCENS Ser. The pubescent Cherry Tree. 



Identification. Seringe in Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 514. 

 Synonymes. Prunus pubescens Ph. Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 331., and 



Lodd. Cat. ; P. sphaeroca>pa Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. I. p. 284., not o* 



Swartz. 



Engravings. Our 

 retum ; an&fig. 4 



462. from a living specimen in Loddiges's arbo- 

 . from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 



452. c-puwscens. 463. Spec. Charge. Young branches pubescent. Leaves with 



