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PRUNUS 



branches are lew, divaricate-erect, and often sub-verticil- 

 late, often have a coppery lustre, and the long transverse 

 lenticel-streaks are very prominent. 



Primus Amyfjdcdus, L. The Almond, with rounded 

 crown and spreading branches, may also be placed here. 



Fig. 79. Pninus Avium, Gean. Bark (Irv). 



Pnimis Padus, L. With rounded crown and few 

 spreading branches, inclined to be sub-verticillate, also 

 comes here ; as well as P. domestica, L. and P. insititia 



