Flex. cat. G2. DRUPACE^. 360. Cerasus. 591 

 ri. serolina. Drupe roundish, blackish red, austere. 



Cerasus sylveshis septentrioiialis fructu parvoserotino, Ki« S^it. 463,4? 

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



Morello cherry. 



5. Cerasus avium. Bird cherry. 

 Umbells sessile.; leaves ovate, lanceolate, downj beneath. 



Cerasus sylvestris fructu nig;ro, Rati Syn. 463,2. 

 Cerasus nigra, Ger. em. 1505, 11. 

 Prunus avium, Sibthorp Fl. Ox. 154. 

 Prunus Cerasus avium, Huds. Fl. Angl. 213. 

 Black cherry. Mazzards. Gee. 



Woods and hedges, also cultivated ; tree; April. 

 Fruit ovate, blackish, sweet. 



6. major. Drupe large, finer flavoured. 



Prunus cerasus e, Smith Fl. Brit. 527. 

 Coroun cherry. Carrons. 



II. 361. PRUNUS. Pliny. Plum. 



Drupe fleshy, bald, furrowed on one side, covered with a 

 glaucous pollen ; nut ovate, oblong, compressed, rough ; 

 edge furrowed angularly; tip pointed. 



1. Prunus spirj)sa. Thorny plum. 

 Branches ending in spines ; leaves elliptical, lanceolate ; 



peduncles solitary; fruit upright, roundish. 



Prunus sylvestris, Raii Syn. 462, 1 ; Ger. em. 1497, 5; Park. 1033. 

 Prunus spinosa, Lin. S. P. 681. 

 Black thorn. Sloe. 



Woods and hedges ; shrubby ; March and April. 



Branches divaricating; flowers white, appearing before 

 the leaves are expanded; drupe black. — Root spreads wide; 

 wood, hard, tough; thorns produce unpleasant wounds; 

 leaves when young used to reduce the price of tea ; fruit 

 rather acid, very rough ; bark may be used for the Peru- 

 vian; flowers in infusion purgative ; juice of the fruit serves 

 to mark linen with an indelible stain, 



2. Prunus insititia. Foreigii plum. 

 Branches mostly ending in a spine; leaves lanceolate, 



ovate, convolute, villous beneath: peduncles rarely solitary; 

 drupe roundish. 



Prunus sylvestris major, Raii Syn. 462,2. 



Prunus insititia, Lin. S. P. 680. 



Prunus communis insititia, Huds, Fl. Ang. 212. 



Black bullace. Black bulkise. 



