590 360. Cerasus. 62. DRUPACEiE. PI. ex. cat. 



Leaves petioled, veiny, odour like rue; race?nes single, 

 from the base of the young \ea\es ; Jlowers white; petals 

 finely serrated ; drupe black ; [nut with cavities on the out- 

 side, Stokes).' — Bark in decoction used to cure the venereal 

 disease ; fruit nauseous, but gives an agreeable flavour to 

 wine and brandy, a decoction of the fruit used in dysentery. 



b. Cerasus. Leaves deciduous ; Jlowers umhelled. 



2. Cerasus hortensis. Garden cherry. 



Umlells few-flowered, peduncled ; leaves ovate, lanceolate, 

 bald, doubled together. 



Cerasus sylvestris fructu rubrn, Raii Syn. 463, 1, 

 Prunus avium, Lin. S. P. 680. 

 Prunus Cerasus, Withering Bot. Air. 507. 

 Wild cherry. 



Woods, also cultivated ; tree ; April to June. 



Petioles with 1 or 2 glands near the end, sometimes ; 

 leaves with the lowermost teeth on one and sometimes both 

 sides glandular; drupe red. — Fruit of the cultivated varie- 

 ties esculent, but generally difficult of digestion ; wood 

 close grained ; gum differs in chemical qualities from that 

 called gum Arabic, but is equally nutritive. 



|3. parva. Drupe heartshape, small, red. 



Cerasus sylvestris fructu minimo cordiformi. Raii Syn. 463,3. 

 Prunus Cerasus /S, S7nith Fl. Brit. 527. 



y. acidula. Drupe round, red, tart, flesh easily separable 

 from the nut. 



Prunus Cerasus aproniaiia, Lin. S. P. 679. 

 Cerasus vulgaris, Gee. em. 1502, 1 . 



Kentish cherry. 



^. majalis. Leaves when young downy underneath along 

 the main and large ribs ; drupe round, uniformly red, flesh 

 easily separable. 



May duke cherry. 



E. cordiformis. Drupe heartshape, vv^hite ?^][id > I'^dy flesh 

 whitish, adhering to the nut. ^ m' • ■ \<\v'\ ;vi.f 



Cerasus Hispanica, Ger. on. 1502,3. 



Cerasus Hispanica, sive alba, Park. Par. 573,3. 



Prunus cerasus dulcis, Lin. S. P. 679. 



White heart cherry. 



^. niara. Drupe heartshape, reddish black; flesh blackish 

 red, very sweet. 



Cerasus cordata, Park. Par. 573. 



B'ark heart chemi. Small la ra-nr or heart cherry. 



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