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XLVI. ROSACEA 



[Primus 



Fig. 121.— Prunus Puddum, Eoxb. 



than calyx. Calyx turbinate, 

 lobes ovate, acute. Fr. yellow 

 and red, ovoid or globose, 

 ^— | in. long, acid, somewhat 

 astringent, stone ovoid, ru- 

 gose and furrowed, supported 

 by the calyx-base, from which 

 the tube separates after 

 flowering. 



Outer Himalaya from the 

 Sutlej to Sikkim, mostly be- 

 tween 2,500 and 7,000 ft. Khasi 

 hills, Manipur. Upper Burma 

 4-6.000 ft. Often cultivated. 

 PL early in winter (Nov. Dec.) 

 and in Spring (April -May). 

 Gamble (List 34) mentions two 

 varieties, a. a very big tree, fl. 

 crimson, March, /3. smaller, fl. 

 pink or v r hite, Nov. 



A tree 3 ft. girth, found by 

 Montagu Hill, Feb., 1902, on the 

 hills east of Bhamo, fl. red, 

 pedicels glabrous, shorter than 

 calyx, calyx glabrous, eampamilate, lobes obtuse, shorter than half the tube, ovary and 

 style glabrous, is similar to P. liirtipes, Hemsl., of China, which however has calyx 

 and pedicels hairy. Not named because 1. unknown. 



B. Fl. solitary or umbellate, appearing after the leaves. 



8. P. Cerasus, Linn. ; Brandis F. Fl. 193.— The Cherry. 



A middle-sized tree, the bark of this and of several allied species peeling off 

 in horizontal strips. L. elliptic or obovate, abruptly acuminate, irregularly 

 crenate-serrate, petiole less than breadth of leaf, 2 glands on petiole or on the 

 base of blade, stipules fimbriate. Fl. white on long slender pedicels, in 

 fascicles of 2-5, from latei'al generally leaf-bearing buds. Calyx turbinate, 

 lobes obtuse. Drupe glabrous, with a polished round stone. 



This includes P. Avium, Linn., the siceet Cherry, indigenous in Europe, and P. Cerasus. 

 Linn., the acid Cherry, believed to be indigenous in Western Asia. Cultivated in N. W. 

 Himala3 7 a. These two may be regarded as distinct species. P. Cerasus produces abun- 

 dant root suckers, while P. Avium has none. Fl. April, May. 



9. P. microcarpa, C. A. Meyer, Baluchistan, Western Asia. A shrub with elongate 

 branches, 1. glabrous, sharply serrate, 1 in. long, petiole shorter than blade, fl. i in. 

 across, calyx-tube cylindric, slightly wider at the base, drupe fleshy, ovoid | in. long. 

 10. P. Jacquemontii, Hook, f., Baluchistan, Kuram valley, dry regions of inner N.W. 

 Himalaya, a small shrub, 1. deeply and sharply serrate, blade 1-2, petiole J-J in. Fl. 

 solitary, pink, pedicels very short, calyx-tube funnel-shaped. Fr. bright red. 11. 

 P. prostrata, Labill. ; Brandis F. Fl. 193. Vern. TaUti, Pangi, Lahaul. Afghanistan, 

 arid regions of the inner N.W. Himalaya 5-12,000 ft., western Asia, Greece, Crete, 

 Sardinia, Spain, Algeria, a small scraggy shrub, branchlets hoary, L. ovate or elliptic, 

 sharp-serrate, glabrous above, usualty densely clothed beneath with white woolly 

 tomentum, blade J-l in., petiole short, without glands. Fl. red on short peduncles, 

 on lateral buds, solitary, or in pairs. Calyx-tube glabrous or slightly hairy, cylindrical, 

 teeth short, obtuse, hairy inside. Fr. J in. long, reddish-purple, pulp scanty. The 

 European and West Asiatic shrub has smaller fl. 12. P. tomentosa, Thunb., Kashmir, 

 5-6000 ft., North China and Japan, a shrub, 1. ovate, acuminate, softly tomentose 

 beneath, fl. on short pedicels, calyx-tube cylindric, fr. hairy, nearly sessile, scarlet. 

 13. P. rufa, Wall., Nepal, Sikkim, 9-12,000 ft, * Tibet, A small tree, young shoots hairy, 

 1. elliptic-lanceolate sharply serrate, glabrous except petiole and nerves beneath, blade 

 2-4, pstiole J-J in. Fl. pink, solitary or fascicled, pedicels A-li in., calyx glabrous. 

 Fr. red, fleshy. 



C. Fl. in axillary or terminal many-flowered racemes, 1. deciduous. 



14. P. Padus, Linn.— Syn. Cerasus cornuta, Wall. ; Royle 111. t. 38, f. 2. 



