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AIJBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



'i C s. 2 retiisa Ser. Leaves obovate, round, very obtuse, almost retuse, 

 slightly villose beneath ; midrib hairy above and below. A native 

 of South America. 



477. Cerasus (v.) ser(5tina. 



C. (v.) serotina so closely resembles C. virginiana, that we have no doubt 

 whatever of their being one and the same species. 



1 25. C. mo'llis. Doug. The soft Bird-Cherry Tree. 



Identification. Dougl. MSS. : Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. 1G9. ; Don's Mill., 



2. p. 515. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 478., from a specimen in the British Museum. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Racemes short, pubescently tomentose, 

 as well as the calyxes ; calycine segments reflexed ; leaves 

 obovate oblong, crenated, pubescent beneath ; fruit ovate. 



(Don's Mill.) A 

 ' tree. America, 

 near the mouth 

 of the Columbia, 

 and on subalpine 478. c. mduis. 

 hills, near the source of the river 

 Height 12 ft. to 24 ft. Introd. 183s 

 Flowers white. Naked young worn 

 dark brown and downy, and tli 

 general habit said to be that of L 

 pubescens. 



Young plants have been raised i 

 the Hort. Soc. Garden, from seed 

 sent home by Douglas. I 



t 1 26. C. Capo'llin Dec, Tli' 

 Capollin Bird-Cherry Tree. I 



479- Cerasus CafxSIHt. 



Identification. Dec. Trod., 2. p. 539. ; Do"! 



Mill., 2. p. 51.5. 

 Si/yionymes. /'rOnus virgini;ma Flor. ifexic. '| 

 and MSS. ; P. canadensis Moc. et Sesse l\ 



Mex. Ic. tned., Hem. Me*. 95. 



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