XXVI. ROSA CEJE : PftU NUS. 



273 



P. i. SJructu rubra Hort. Fruit red. 



t P. i. ^ fibre plena Descemet in Mem. de la Russie Meridionale, 1. 

 p. 63. Flowers double. 



The fruit, which is globular, and usually black, is sometimes yellowish or 

 waxy, with a red tint, and sometimes red ; it is also so much less austere than 

 the sloe, as to make excellent pies and puddings, and a very good preserve. 



438. Pr&nus insidtia. 



The fruit of this plum in Provence is called prune sibarelle, because it is im- 

 jiossible to whistle after having eaten it, from its sourness. The wood, the 

 jiranches, the fruit, and the entire plant are used, throughout France, for the 

 lame purposes as that of the sloe. 



3. P. dome'stica L. The domestic cultivated Plum Tree. 



tificaUon. Lin. Sp., 680. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 533. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 499. 

 onymes. P. satlva Fuchs and Ray ; Prunier domestique, Fr. ; ge- 

 meine Pflaume, Ger. ; Susino domestico, Ital. 

 ngravings. Wood. Med. Bot., t. 85. ; E. Bot., 1. 1783. ; and our fig, 439. 



pec. Char., Sfc. Branches spineless. Flowers mostly 

 solitary. Leaves lanceolate-ovate, concave on the sur- 

 face, not flat. {Dec. Prod.) A low tree. South of 

 Europe, on hills ; in England, found sometimes in 

 hedges, but never truly wild. Height 13 ft. to 20 ft. 

 Flowers white ; April and May. Drupe various ; ripe 

 August to October. 



\irieties. 



'i P. d. 2 fibre plena Hort. Flowers large, double. 

 t P. d, 3 fbliis variegdtis Hort. Leaves variegated. 

 ^ P. rf. 4 ar7iienioides Ser. Leaves and fruit like 

 those of Jrmeniaca brigantiaca. 



The cultivated plum resembles the common sloe, but is 



,'er in all its parts, and without thorns. There are 



merous varieties and subvarieties ; but, as they belong 



''e to pomology than to arboriculture, we have here only noticed those 



It have some pretensions to distinctness in an ornamental point of view 



439. Prftnus dom^stlca. 



