Frunus.] li. EOSACEas. (J. D. Hooker.) 315 



Temperate Himalaya ; from Gcrwhal, alt. 3-6000 ft. to Sikkim; and Bhotan, alt. 

 5-SOOO ft. BuBMA, East of Bhamo, Kztrz. 



A large tree, of brilliant appearance in flower, glabrous except the puberulous 

 young shoots. Leaves 3-5 in., variable in length and breadth, often doubly serrate, 

 glabrous ; petiole slender, ^-| in. ; stipules long, subulate, laciniate. Flowers rose 

 red or white, fromlateral buds clothed with concave rounded glabrous scales ; pedun- 

 cles ^1 in., often subcymose, connate at the base or almost umbellate. Coh/X'tabe 

 J in., glabrous ; lobes ovate, acute, quite entire. Drupe oblong or ellipsoid, obtuse 

 at both ends ; flesh scanty yellow or reddish, acid ; stone bony rugose and furrowed. 

 — ^Allied to the C. pseudoceramts, of Japan. In Sikkim the ovary is often (from insect 

 puncture) enlarged into a fusiform pale smooth fleshy body 2 inches long gradually 

 narrowed into the elongate filiform style. 



Sect. IV. Prunus proper. Leaves convolute in bud, appearing after the 

 flowers. Flowers solitary or fascicled. Calyx-tvhe short. Drupe glabrous, 

 usually glaucous. 



6. P. communis, Huds. ; var. rsTBHiiiA ; shrubby, unarmed or spinous, 

 leaves obovate ovate or ovate-lanceolate serrulate obtuse acute or cuspidate, 

 nerves hairy beneath, peduncles solitary or in pairs, calyz-tube obconic, drupe 

 globose or ovoid drooping. Brand. For. Flor. 192. P. insititia, iMin. ; P. 

 nokhariensis, and P., aloocha, Moyle III. 205 (names only), 



Western temperate Himalaya; cultivated or indigenous from Guewhai, to 

 Kashmie, alt. 5-7000 ft. ('truly wild,' T. Thomson). 



This, Thomson who gathered it in Kashmir, considers to be the common yellow 

 fruited buUaee ; its fruit is eatable, and I see no chareicter whereby to distinguish 

 it from that plant. I have seen no specimens of Koyle's P. aloocha and bokhariensis, 

 but have no reason to doubt that they are referable to this. A dark blue damson, 

 probably P. communis, var. domestica, and an orange red larger one, are stated by 

 Madden (As. Soc. Journ. xvii. part i. 445), to be cultivated about Almorah. 



7. P. triflora, Roxh. Hm-t. Bmg. 38 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 501 (trifolia) ; shrubby, 

 unarmed, leaves oblanceolate crenulate shortly acuminate nerves glabrous be- 

 neath, peduncles usually in threes, calyx-tube turbinate, drupes ovoid cordiform. 

 Kurz, For. Flor. Brit. Burm. i. 434 ; Wall. Cat. 720. 



AvA Hills, Kurz. — ^Disteib. China. 



A bushy tree, with blackish bark, everywhere glabrous. Leaves 2-4 in., recurved, 

 eglandular at the base, equitant in bud; petiole slender; stipules gland-ciliate. 

 Mowers small, white, very regularly in threes from the buds ; peduncle ^ in. 

 Calyx-lobes longer than the tube, ovate, acute, margins glandular. Petals ^ in., 

 broadly obovate. Ovary ovoid, stigma large. Drupe purple, glaucous, grooved on one 

 side ; pulp reddish yellow. — I have taken the characters from Roxburgh and Kurz. 



Sect. V. Xiaurocerasus. Leaves conduplicate in bud. Flowers in axil- 

 lary or terminal many-flowered racemes. Calyx-tvhe short, obconic. Drupe 

 glaucous or not. 



* Leaves deddvMis. 



8. P. Padus, lArm ; leaves oblong-obovate or -lanceolate acuminate, 

 sharply closely serrulate, base rounded or cordate, nerves 10-20 pair, petiole often 

 eglandular, racemes elongate pendulous, flowers ^— g in. diam,, stamens 30-40, 

 drupe J in. diam. globose, stone rugose. Brandis For. Flor. 194. Oerasus cor- 

 nuta, Wall. Cat. 716 and 717 inpart ; Boyle III. 207, t. 38, f. 2. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Mtteeee, alt. 6-9.500, to Sikkim, alt. 8-12,000 ft., 

 and Bhotan. — Disteib. Westward to Great Britain, and Siberia to Kamtschatka. 



