XXVI. ROSA CBJE : CE RASUS. 



285 



C. nigra. 



459. C. nigra. 



low tree. Canada and the Alle- 

 ghany Mountains. Height 6 ft. 

 to 10 ft. Introduced in 1773. 

 Flowers white, with purple an- 

 thers. Drupe red ; April, May. 



The fruit, which, as far as we 

 know, has not been produced in 

 England, is described by Sir W. J. 

 Hooker as being as large as a mo- 

 derate-sized cherry, and, apparently, 

 red. In British gardens this forms a very handsome small 

 tree, distinguished even in winter by the smoothness and dark colour of its 

 young wood, and in this respect resembling more a plum than a cherry. 



j 14. C. hyema'lis Michx. The winter Cherry Tree. 



Identification. N. Du Ham., 5. p. 194. ; Dec. Prod., 2. .v91^-nii Ji \j'h 



p. .538. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 51 4. ^>.^S& R > Vl 



Synonymes. P. hyemalis Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. I. 



p. 284., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 331., Elliot 



Carol. 1. p. 542. ; the black Choke Cherry, Amer. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 460. from a specimen in the 



museum of the Jardin des Plantes. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oblong-oval, or 

 oval, abruptly acuminate. Flowers gla- 



j brous, disposed uinbellately. Lobes of 

 the calyx lanceolate. Fruit nearly ovate, 

 and blackish. {Dec. Prod.) A shrub. 

 Western mountains of Virginia and Ca- 

 rolina. Height .3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced 

 in 1605. Flowers white ; May. Drupe 

 small, black, and extremely astringent, 

 but eatable in winter ; ripe in October. ,, ^ 



' ' 460. C. hjeiralisi. 



^ 15. C. CHi'cASA Michx. The Chicasaw Cherry Tree. 



'dentification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 284. ; Lois, in N, Du 



Ham., 5. p. 183. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 514. 

 Jynonynies. Prilnus chicasa Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 332. ; P. 

 j__msititia Walt. Carol. ; Chickasaw Plum, in Carolina, 

 "ngraving. Our fig. 461. from a living specimen in Loddiges's 



arboretum. 



^pcc. Char., ^c. Branches glabrous, becoming rather 



spiny. Leaves oblong-oval, acute, or acuminate. 



Flowers upon very short peduncles, and mostly 



in pairs. Calyx glabrous, its lobes very short. 



Fruit nearly globose, small, yellow, {Dec. Prod.) 



A shrub. CaroHna and Virginia. Height 6 ft. 



Introd.1806. Flowers white; AprilandMay. Drupe 

 small, yellow, and agree- 

 ably tasted ; ripe in July. 



Sir W. J. Hooker observes 

 that a plant which he received under this name appeared 

 to him identical with C. boreaUs ; the plants in the Lon- 

 don gardens are very different, resembling much more 

 closely the common sloe, as will appear by our figiure. 



J* 16. C. pube'scens Ser. The pubescent Cherry Tree. 



Identification. Seringa in Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 514. 



Synonymes. PrClnus pubescens P/i Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 331., and 

 Lodd. Cat. ; P. sphserocarpa Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 284., not o! 

 Swartz. 



Engravings. Onr fig. 462. from a living specimen in Loddiges's arbo- 

 retum ; atidfig. 463. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 



MS2. c. p,i>,<iscem. 463. Spcc. Char.,^c. Young branches pubescent. Leaves with 



461. C. cWcasa. 



