J LI. eosacej:. (J. D. Hooker.) 313 



P. AMTGDALtis, BaUl. ; leaves appearing after the flowers oMong-lanceolate ser- 

 rulate, petiole glandular as long as the leaf is broad or longer, stipules fimbriate, 

 flowers peduncled, calyx campanulate, pericarp 2-valved. Brandts For. Flor. 190. 

 Amygdalus communis, lAnn.; Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 500. — The almond. 



Cultivated in the cooler parts of India. 



P. PEESioA, Benth. ^ Hook. f. Gm. Plant, j. 609 ; leaves appearing after or with the 

 flowers oblong-laneeolate serrate, petiole glandular or not shorter than the leaf is 

 broad, stipules fimbriate, flowers sessile, calyx campanulate, pericarp indehiscent. 

 Brandis For. Flor. 191. Amygdalus persica, Linn.; Soxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 500, A. col- 

 limxs, Wall. Cat. 723. Persica vulgaris, Jlfiifer. ? P. saligna, ifowZe iZZ. 204 (name 

 only).— The peach. IVall. Cat. 7120. 



Cultivated in the cooler parts of India: up to 10,000 ft. in the N."W. Himalaya. > 

 The nectarine is a form with glabrous and the peach with downy pericarp. 



Sect. IJ. Armeuiaca. Leaves convolute in bud. Flowers sessile or 

 peduncled. Drupe large, indehiscent, downy ; stone bony, smooth. 



P. ABMENiACA, Linn. ; leaves appearing after or with the flowers broadly ovate 

 acuminate crenate, petiole glandular, stipules lanceolate, fiowers shortly peduncled, 

 calyx campanulate, stone with a thickened grooved margin. Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 501. 

 Brand. For. Flor. 191. — The apricot. 



Cultivated and almost naturalised in N.W. India up to 10,000 ft., and in Tibet. 



Vab. dasycarpa, the black-fruited apricot, is also cultivated in Kashmir. Brandis 

 I. c. Thomson's Kashmir specimens (cultivated at 5-7,000 ft.) have peduncles longer 

 than the calyx-tube. 



Sect. III. Cerasus. Leaves conduplicate in bud. Flowers solitary fasi- 

 cled or unjbeUed. Calyx-tube short or long. Drupe glabrous, not glaucous. 



* Flowers appearing with the leaves, 



P. Avium, Linn. ; roots without suckers, leaves flaccid drooping oblong-obovate 

 acutely serrate pubescent beneath, petiole long 2-glandular, flower fascicled long- 

 pedicelled, flowering buds leafless, calyx-tube urceolate constricted at the top, lobes 

 entire, petals flaccid spreading almost obcordate, fruit sweet or bitter, stone smooth. 

 P. Cerasus o, Brandis For. Flor. 193. — Sweet cherry or gean. 



Cultivated in the N. W. Himalaya up to 8000 ft., and almost naturalised. 



P. Ceeasxjs, JArm. ; roots with many suckers, leaves erect firm shining crenate- 

 serrate glabrous beneath, petiole short eglandular, flowers fascicled long-pedicelled, 

 flowering buds leafy, calyx-tube campanulate not constricted at the top, lobes cre- 

 nate, petals erect stiff tip rounded, fruit acid, stone smooth. Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 501. P. caproniana, DC. Prodr. ii. 536. — Wild cherry. 



Cultivated in the N. W. Himalaya up to 8000 ft. 



1. P. prostrata, Labill. ; Soiss. Flor. Orient, ii. 648 ; leaves small elliptic- 

 or ovate-oblong obtuse serrate glabrous above white and tomentose beneath, 

 flowers solitary or fascicled subsessile, calyx-tube cylindric, fruit small almost 

 dry. Brandis For. Flor. 193 ; Sibth. Flor. Greec. t. 478. £ot. Beg. t. 136. 



Wbsteen tempbkate HistiXATA from the Sutlej westwards, alt. 5-10,000 ft., 

 Jacquemont, Falconer, etc. — Disteie. Westward to Spain, ascending to 12,000 ft. in 

 Afghanistan. 



A scraggy shrub 5-6 ft. ; branches hoary, spreading, suberect or prostrate. 

 Leaves J-1 in., usually snowy white beneath, rarely green, narrowed into the short 

 eglandular petiole. Flowers red, on lateral buds, appearing with the leaves. Calyx- 

 twe J in., cylindric, glabrous or pubescent ; limb with 5 oblong obtuse entire lobes. 

 Petals orbicular-obovate, longer than the calyx, rosy. Stamens much shorter. Fruit 

 I in., ovoid or subglobose, red-purple, flesh scarcely eatable. 



