354 ICOSANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Primus. 



nels. But P. Padvs differs a little from the rest, in 

 having a rugged, if not a sinuous, nut. 



1. P. Padtis. Bird Cherry. 



Flowers in cylindrical pendulous clusters. Leaves decidu- 

 ous, with two glands on the under side at the base. 



P. Padus. Linn. Sp. PL 677. Willd. v. 2. 984. Fl. Br. 526. Engl. 

 Bot. V. 20. 1. 1 383. Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 18.15. Hook. Scot. 150. 

 Fl.Dan.t.205. Ehrh.Arb.53. 



Padus n. 1086. Hall. Hisl. v. 2. 30. 



P. Theophrasti. Dalech. Hiit. 312. f. 



Cerasus avium nigra et racemosa. Raii Sijn.463. Ger.Ein. IbOi.f. 



C. racemosa sylvestris, fructu non eduli. Bank. Pin. 451. 



Pseudoligustrum. Dod. Pempt. 777 .f. 



In woods and hedges. 



Common in the North of England, and in Scotland. About Wat- 

 ton and Dereham, Norfolk, plentiful. 



Tree. May. 



Of the ordinary stature of a plum or cherry tree, with a hard olose- 

 grained wood, and sm.ooth even 6ranc/;^s. Leases obovate, pointed, 

 finely serrated, veiny, smooth, somewhat glaucous j their scent, 

 when bruised, resembling rue. At their base underneath ate 

 two small glands. Stipulas in pairs at the insertion of each 

 footstalk, linear, serrated, soon falling off. FL pure white, in 

 copious, long, drooping clusters, making an elegant appearance 

 ill spring, but scarcely lasting a fortnight. Fr. small, black, au- 

 stere and bitter, with a large corrugated nut. Birds of several 

 kinds soon devour this fruit, which is nauseous, and probably 

 dangerous to mankind ; though perhaps, like that of the Cher- 

 ry-laurel, not of so deadly a quality as the essential oil, or di- 

 stilled water, of the leaves. 



2. P. Cerasus. Wild Cherry-tree. 



Flowers in nearly sessile umbels. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 folded flat in the bud ; somewhat downy beneath. 



P. Cerasus. Linn. Sp. PL 679. Willd. v. 2. 991. Fl. Br. 526. 



EngLBoLv. 10. ^.706. 

 Cerasus n. 1 082. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 28. 

 •«. Prunus avium. Linn. FL Suec. ed. 2. 165. 

 P. rubella. Ehrh. Arb. \ 14. 

 P. varia. Ehrh. Beitr. v. 7.127. 

 Cerasus sylvestris fractu rubro. Raii Syn. 463. 

 C. vulgaris. Ger. £;«. 1502./. 

 C. sativa, fructu rotundo, rubro et acido. Duham. Arh. v 1. 148, 



t.56. 

 Cerasa austera. Matth. Valgr. v. 1.213./. 

 C. acidissima, sanguineo succo. Bauh. Pin. 450. 



