262 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Synonymes. Amygdaléphora Neck.; A dier, Fr. ; Mandelt Ger, ; Mandorio, Ital. 
Derivation. From amuésé, to lacerate, in reference to the fissured shell ofthe nut. Martinius sus- 
pects that it comes froma Hebrew word which signifies vigilant ; becauseits early flowers announce 
the return of spring. 
Gen, Char. Drupe clothed with velvety pubescence, having a dry rind, which 
separates irregularly, containing a pitted or smooth putamen or nut. (Don’s 
Mil.) 
Leaves simple, conduplicate when young, alternate, stipulate, deciduous, 
Flowers nearly sessile, usually pink or rose coloured, rising either singly or 
by pairs from the scaly buds, earlier than the leaves. — Shrubs or trees of the 
middle size, deciduous. Natives of the North of Africa, and the mountains 
of Asia; also of Russia, and the Levant. 
The fruit-bearing species are cultivated in the Middle and South of Europe 
and the Levant, and are propagated chiefly by grafting ; and the others by 
grafting, layers, suckers, or cuttings of the root. The almond was included 
by Linnaeus in the same genus with the peach and nectarine, of both of which 
it is, doubtless, the parent, as trees have been found with almonds in a 
state of transition to peaches, and with both peaches and nectarines on the 
same branch. 
a 1. A.na'wa L. The dwarf, or shrubby, Almond. 
Identification. Lin. Mant., 396.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 530. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 482. 
Synonymes, Prdnus inérmis Gmel.; A. nana var. « vulgaris Dec.; Amandier nain, F’r.; Zwerche- 
mandel, Ger. ; Peschino della China, Léa. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 161.; N. Du Ham., 4.t. 30. ; and our jigs. 422, 423. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong-linear, tapered at the base, serrated, glabrous ; 
Flowers solitary, rose-coloured. Calyx cylindrically bell-shaped. Fruit of the 
same shape as that of A. communis, but much smaller. (Dec. Prod.) A 
deciduous low shrub. Calmuc Tartary, very frequent on the banks of the 
Volga, and about Odessa. Height 2ft. to 3ft. Introduced in 1683. 
Flowers rose coloured; March and April. 
Varieties. 
s, A.n. 2 gedrgica Dec. A. gedrgica Desf. Arb. 2. p. 221., and Lodd. 
Cat.— It differs from the species in having the lobes of the calyx 
lanceolate, and as long as its tube; and the styles only tomentuse at 
the base, being scarcely so there, and not protruded. A native of 
Georgia, which has been cultivated in the Geneva Botanic Garden, 
sx A. 2.3 campéstris Ser. A, campéstris Besser Enum. p. 46. No. 1425., 
Hort. Fl. Aust. 2. p.2., and Lodd. Cat. ; A, Besseriana Schott in Caé, 
Hort. Vindob. 1818, and Lodd. Cat. — Leaves 
broader. Lobes of the calyx as long as the tube. 
Petals narrower, longer, and white. Styles to- 
mentose at the base. The form of the nut, ac- 
cording to Besser, is various. Supposed to be a 
native of the South of Podolia. (Dec. Prod.) This 
variety is in the Hort. Soc. Garden, where it 
was raised from seeds received from Dr. Fischer 
of Petersburg. 
& A.n. 4 sibirica Lodd. Cat., and Lodd. Bot. Cab. 
1599., and our fig. 421., is extant in some British 
botanical collections, where it is an upright shrub, 
about 6 ft. high, with wand-like shoots, clothed 
with fine, long, willow-like, glossy, serrate leaves; 
on account of which, and its upright habit of | 
growth, the latter being different from that of all 
the other species and varieties of almond, it is va- 
luable in every coilection where variety of cha- 
racter is desired. H. 8. 
; 421. 4. n. sibirica. 
All the different forms of the dwarf almond are low shrubs, seldom exceeding 
2 or 3feet in height. The leaves bear a general resemblance to those of some 
