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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICL'M. 



Variety. 



C. s. 2 retusa Ser. Leaves obovate, round, very obtuse, almost retuse, 

 slightly villose beneath ; midrib hairy above and below. A native 

 of South America. 



we have no doubt 



477. Cerasus (v.) serdtina. 



C. (v.) serotina so closely resembles C. virginiana, that 

 whatever of their being one and the same species. 



25. C. MO'LLIS. Doug. The soft Bird-Cherry Tree. 



Identification, Dougl. MSS. : Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. 169. ; Don's Mill., 



2. p. 515. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 478., from a specimen in the British Museum. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Racemes short, pubescently tomentose, 

 as well as the calyxes ; calycine segments reflexed ; leaves 

 obovate oblong, crenated, pubescent beneath ; fruit ovate. 



(Don's Mill.) A 

 tree. America, 

 near the mouth 

 of the Columbia, 

 and on subalpine 4:s. c. md 

 hills, near the source of the river. 

 Height 12 ft. to 24ft. Introd. 1838. 

 Flowers white. Naked young wood 

 dark brown and downy, and the 

 general habit said to be that of C. 

 pubescens. 



Young plants have been raised in 

 the Hort. Soc. Garden, from seeds 

 sent home by Douglas. 



* 26. C. CAPO'LLIN Dec. The 

 Capollin Bird-Cherry Tree. 



Identification. Dec. Trod., 2. p. 539. ; Don'i 



Mill., 2. p. 515. 



Synonymes. Prdnus virginfona Flor. Mexic. Ic. 

 and MSS, ; P. canadensis Mac. et Sesse PI. 

 479- rasns Captlli*. Mex. Ic. t'ned., Hern. Me*. 95. 



