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Identification. 



441. P. ciindicans. 



M 5. p. ca'ndicans Balb. The white Plum Tree. 



Balb. Cat.Taur., 1813. p. 62. ; ? Willd. Enum. Suppl., p. 32. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. .533. , 

 Don's Mill., 2. p. 4ilS. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg. t. 1135.; and omjigs. 441, 442. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches pubescent. 

 Flowers 2 or 3 together, upon short 

 pubescent peduncles. Calyx bell- 

 shaped. Leaves broadly ovate, 

 whitish beneath. Stipules of the 

 length of the petiole, very narrow, 

 and cut in a toothed manner. {Dec. 

 Prod.) A low shrub. ? Tauria. 

 Height 6 ft. to 8 ft. Introd, in 1825. 

 Flowers white ; April. 



It is not known of what country it is a native. It is quite 

 hardy, easily cultivated, and so laden with white blossoms in 

 spring as to appear a mass of snow, whence the name. 



442, P. candicans. 



6. p. Cocomi'lla Tenore, 



The Cocomilla Plum Tree 



Cat.. 1819, p.46. ; Dec. 



{identification. Tenore Prod. Suppl., 2. p. 67. 



Prod., 2. p. 533. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 498. 

 Engraving. Oar Jig. 443. from a living specimen. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Flowers upon short peduncles, in pairs. 

 Leaves obovate, crenulate, glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 the crenatures glanded. Fruit ovate-oblong, with a small 

 point, \ ellow, ? bitter or ? acid. {Dec. Prodi) A low shrub. 

 Calabria, in hedges. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced 

 in 1824. Flowers white ; April. Drupe 3 ellow ; ripe in 

 August. 



The bark is febrifugal, and, in Calabria, is considered to 

 36 a specific for the cure of the pestilential fevers common 

 n that country. 



s 7. P. mari'tlma 



Wangenheim. 



443. p. CocnmiUa. 



The sea-slde-inhabiiing Plum Tree. 



Identification. Wangenh. Amer.. 103., according 

 to Willd. Enum., p. 519. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. 

 Sept., I. p, 332, ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 533. ; Don's 

 Mill., 2. p. 499. 



Synonyme. "iP. acuminata Michx. Fl. Bar. Amer. 

 p. 284. 



Engravings. 0\xi fig. iH., from a living speci- 

 men ; and fig. 445. from Pursh's specimen in 

 the Lambertian herbarium. 



444. Priinus maritima. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves lanceolate- 

 ovate, serrate. Flowers in pairs. 

 Fruit small, round, sweet, dark blue. 



