124 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



2°. The fruit is much more elongated & terminates in a longer & sharper point. 

 It's fifteen or sixteen lignes wide, eight or nine lignes thick at its large diameter & six or 

 seven lignes at its small diameter. 



One of its varieties differs in the fruit, which is much smaller in all dimensions. 

 It's only an inch long, seven lignes thick at its large diameter & six lignes at its small 

 diameter. The flower is considerably different. It's seventeen to eighteen lignes long, & 

 the petals are quite narrow (five-&-one-half lignes) in proportion to their length (eight-&- 

 one-half lignes). They are deeply cleft in a heart shape & lightly tinged with red on the 

 unguis. 



VIII. Indian ALMOND TREE, dwarf. H. R. Par. 

 Indian dwarf ALMOND TREE. (PL I/I.) 



This small tree is rarely taller than two-&-one-half feet & its stems are at most the 

 thickness of a little finger. They often die before reaching that size, & the tree renews 

 itself by shoots & suckers that it puts out in large numbers. 



Its shoots are straight & the leaves are arranged alternately. From one to five buds 

 form under the axilla of each leaf, one of which is a vegetative bud. The stems are large 

 and very prominent. 



The leaves are field-green and pointed at both ends, but the widest point is much 

 closer to the tip than to the stalk, in contrast to the leaves of all other almond trees. The 

 denticulations are uniform, fine, very sharp, & quite deep. The large leaves on vigorous 

 shoots are three or three-&-one-half inches long & ten to twelve lignes wide. The others 

 are much smaller 



