PLUM: BULLACE 



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Fig. 126. Wild Plum, Primus domestica, p. 242 (D). 



P. insititia, the Bullace (Fig. 127), is a variety allied 

 with the foregoing to P. spinosa (see p. 102) but with few 

 spines and stronger twigs, longer buds, and more promi- 

 nent leaf-bases and pubescent. 



^ '^ Leaves conduplicate in 

 bud; buds ovoid or conical 

 and pointed, especially the 

 terminal one; twigs of 

 various shades of brown, 

 all glabrous and xoith 

 round pith. 



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