GEAN 



269 



tufted on dwarf shoots along the branches. Leaves large 



(5 12 x 4 6 cm.), pendent, ovate or obovate, to elliptic, 



or oblong-obovate ; acuminate, sharply serrate or bi-serrate 



Fig. 100. Gean, Prunus Avium, p. 268 (D). 



with glandular teeth ; thin, herbaceous, soft, slightly 

 plicate or rugose, matt green above, paler and softly 

 velvety-pubescent beneath, especially on the veins. Petiole 



