ROSACK^E. 123 



at the top. Segments ohlong-ovate, serrated, very blunt. Petals 

 tirm, spreading very widely. 



In hedges, tliickets, and on bushy slopes. Local and rare, 

 except in the Soutli of England. It occurs in the counties of 

 Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Ilants, Sussex, Kent, Sm-rey, Bucks, 

 Essex, Cambridge, Saloj?, Pembroke, Denbigh, Leicester, Cheshire, 

 and Cumberland. 



England, Ireland. Shrub. Spring. 



This shrub bears much general resemblance to P. Avium, but tlie 

 mode of growth is quite different, being a bush with numerous much- 

 branched stems ; the bark is redder, the leaves stiffcr, more shortly 

 stalked, shorter, generally not above 3 or 4 inches long, less abruptly 

 pointed, more finely and more vmequally serrated, every second or 

 third tooth being twice or thrice as deep as the others ; the veins 

 are also less downy beneath. Peduncles stifTer, and consequently 

 not drooping. Flowers rather larger and more open. Calyx-tube 

 more open at the mouth ; segments broader, blunter, and serrated. 

 Petals less notched. Tlie fruit I have not seen, but it is said to be 

 " subdepresso-globose, scarcely cordate, red, juicy, and acid." — 

 (Bromfield, Fl. Vect. p. 146.) 



Dwarf Cherry. 



French, Prunier Cerise. German, Sauerkirsche, 



This appears to be the origin of the Morello Chei-ry of the gardens. In its wild 

 state the fruit is very small and acid in flavour. It is a mere shrub, seldom more than 

 eight or ten feet high. The large white flowers appear with the leaves early in May. 



Section II.— PADUS. Torrey & Gray. 



Flowers in racemes terminating leafy branches, appearing after 

 the evolution of the leaves. Leaves deciduous. 



SPECIES IV.— P RUNUS PADUS. Linn. 

 Plate CCCCXIII. 

 A large shrub or small tree. Leaves ovate or obovate-ovate, 

 notched at the base, abruptly acuminate, cuspidate at the apex, 

 finely and sharply serrated on the margins. Flowers numerous, 

 in racemes which are at first erect, afterwards pendulous, and again 

 erect in fruit. 



In woods and thickets. Sparingly but generally distributed 

 throughout the kingdom, though possibly introduced in many of 

 its stations. It does not extend to Orkney. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Tree. Early Summer. 



