88 Rosiflorae. 



(Padus Capollin) lide sulphureae. Ovarium calycis tul)o inclu- 

 sum, ovato-subconicum, glabrum, ovulis duo- 

 bus pendulis. Stylus cylindricus , crassus, 

 erectus, stamina subaequans, desinens in stig- 

 ma crassum , peltatum vertice parum conca- 

 vum. Drupa magnitudine fructus Cerasi svium, 

 globosa, calyce filamentisque persistentibus 

 basi cincta, succoso - carnosa, sapore grato 

 acidulo-dulci, nigra (?), monopyrens- Nucleus 

 ejusdem fere ac in Ceraso figurac, sed parum 

 minor, osseus, obovato-orbicularis, compres- 

 siusculusutrinque convexus,praeter rugas non- 

 nullas a erista marginali convexa obtusa per 

 utramque seminis faciem obhque adscendentes 

 laevis, (abortu) monospermus. Semen ob- 

 ovato-orbiculare , convexo - compressiusculum. 

 Testa membranacea, fusca, vertice notata ma- 

 cuia orbiculari atrata (chalaza membranae in- 

 ternae cum testa arcte connatae). Albumen 

 incompletum , in utnique seminis facie lami- 

 nam iinearem basin versus evanidam a cha- 

 laza decurrentem formans , testae s. tunicae 

 interiori adhaerens. Cotyledones crassae, car- 

 nosae, plane sibi incumbentes, suborbiculares, 

 retusae; radicula conica brevis, plumula parva 

 conica. (Zmcc. ) 



C. Capuli Cav. sec. Sprg. in Peruvid 

 indicatur iudigena, et a Ser. foliis lanceolatis 

 argute serratis eglandulosis glabris defini- 

 tur. An nihilominus diversa? 

 2. Racemi ..... (haud exactius de- 

 scripti). 

 Folia 



1) utrinque pubescentia viridiaque 18. Padus canadensis. 



et in petiolura desinentia, eslan- Cerasus canadcnsis Lois in DvJi,. 1. c. 3 .— 



j i i i. i i. ' o Ser. 1. c. 539. 28. — G.Don 1. c. 515. 3-1. 



dulosa lato-lanceolata rugosa. _ Ser _ j c _ 417 



Prunus canadensis L. Sp. pl. 678. — WIU. 



1. c. 986. 4. 

 Cerasus racemosa, foliis amygdalinis, ame- 



ricana. Pluh. Alm. 97. t. 58. f. 5. 

 ln Americd septentrionaH. 5- 

 Rami laeves. Folia venoso-rugosa minus- 

 que rigida quam in reliquis , argute serrata, 

 ad tactum manifeste villosa. 



Testibus Torr. & A.Gr. 1. c. 408. adn. haec 

 species , quain cl. Sprg. penitus omisit, esset 

 supprimenda, cum specimen in Hb. Linn., flore 

 et fructu destitutum , ad Pr. americanam 

 Marsh. pertinere videatur , quae vero flores 

 racemosos haud exhibeat, atque figura Pluke- 

 netii (folia tantum) ad ullam aliam spcciem 

 pertineat. 



2) glabra venosa, 



(1) elliptica obtusiuscula serrata. 19. P. elliptica. 



Cerasus elliptica Lois. 1. c. 4. — Ser. 1. c. 

 540. 32. — G.Don 1. c. 515. 40. — Sp. 

 1. c. 418. 

 Prunus elliptica TKb. Jap. 196. — Wlld. 



1. c. 5. — Sprg. 1. c. 478. 38. 

 In Japonia. 5- 

 Arbor , ramis ramulisque alternis nodosis 

 albo-punctatis rugosis glabris. Folia in ra- 

 mulis aggregata , sparsa , breviter petiolata, 

 patentia, digitalia. Flores paucl (racemi pau- 

 ciflori?). Drupa oblonga , magnitudine Pas- 

 sulae. (Thb. ) 



(2) longa Ianceolata acuminata obiter 20. P. glaucifolia. 

 crenata, subtus dense reticulata albi- Cerasus glaucifoha W aU. 



do-glauca , axillis venarura ferrugi- Cerasus napaulensis Ser. 1. c. S». — G.Don 



neo-pilosis; pedunculi breves rhachis- 1- c. 38. — iSp. 1. c. 



que villosuli; calyces glabri. In Nepalid. §. . 



Folia llhs Sahcis fragilis simiha, (ob- 



tuse serrata DC). P. Capollin affinis teste 



Zitcc. 1. c. 



