XXVI. ROSA‘CER: PRU NUS. 278 
¥ P. i. 3 fréctu rubro Hort. — Fruit red. 
* P. i. 4 flore pléno Descemet in Mém. de la Russie Méridionale, 1. 
p. 63. — Flowers double. 
The fruit, which is globular, and usually black, is sometimes yellowish or 
waxy, with a red tint, and sometimes red; it is also so much less austere than 
the sloe, as to make excellent pies and puddings, and a very good preserve. 
438. Primus insititia. 
The fruit of this plum in Provence is called prune sibarelle, because it is im- 
possible to whistle after having eaten it, from its sourness. The wood, the 
branches, the fruit, and the entire plant are used, throughout France, for the 
same purposes as that of the sloe. 
* 3. P. pome’stica L. The domestic cultivated Plum Tree. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 680.; Dec. Prod., 2. p.533.; Don’s Mill., 2. p.499. 
Synonymes. PP. sativa Fuchs and Ray; Prunier domestique, Fr.; ge- 
meine Pflaume, Ger. ; Susino domestico, Ital. 
Engravings. Wood. Med. Bot., t. 85.; E. Bot., t.1783.; and our jig. 439. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Branches spineless. Flowers mostly 
solitary. Leaves lanceolate-ovate, concave on the sur- 
face, not flat. (Dec. Prod.) A low tree. South of Z 
Europe, on hills; in England, found sometimes in 
hedges, but never truly wild. Height 15 ft. to 20 ft. 
Flowers white; April and May. Drupe various; ripe 
August to October. 
Varieties. 
* P. d. 2 flore pléno Hort.— Flowers large, double. 
¥ P.d. 3 foliis variegatis Hort. — Leaves variegated. 
* P. d. 4 armenioides Ser. — Leaves and fruit like 
those of Armeniaca brigantiaca. 
The cultivated plum resembles the common sloe, but is 
larger in all its parts, and without thorns. There are 
numerous varieties and subvarieties; but, as they belong 49% Prinus domestica. 
more to pomology than to arboriculture, we have here only noticed those 
that have some pretensions to distinctness in an ornamental point of view 
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