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os 5. P.ca’npicans Balb. The white Plum Tree. 
Identification. Balb. Cat.Taur., 1813. p. 62. ; ? Willd. Enum. Suppl., p.32.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 533. , 
Don’s Mill., 2. p. 498. ‘ 
Engravings. Bot. Reg. t. 1135.; and our figs. 441, 442. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches pubescent. 
Flowers 2 or 3 together, upon short 
pubescent peduncles. Calyx _ bell- 
shaped. Leaves broadly ovate, 
whitish beneath. Stipules of the 
length of the petiole, very narrow, 
and cut in a toothed manner. (Dec. 
Prod.) A low shrub. ? Tauria. 
Height 6 ft. to 8 ft. Introd. in 1825. 442. P. candicans. 
Flowers white ; April. 
It is not known of what country it is a native. It is quite 
y, hardy, easily cultivated, and so laden with white blossoms in 
441. P.cindicans. spring as to appear a mass of snow, whence the name. 
a: 6. P. Cocomr’LLa Tenore. The Cocomilla Plum Tree. 
Identification. Tenore Prod. Suppl., 2. p.67.; Cat., 1819, p.46.; Dec. 
Prod., 2. p-533.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 498. 
Engraving. Our fig. 443. from a living specimen. 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowers upon short peduncles, In pairs. 
Leaves obovate, crenulate, glabrous ‘on both surfaces ; 
the crenatures glanded. Fruit ovate-oblong, with a small 
point, yellow, ? bitter or ? acid. (Dec. Prod.) A low shrub. 
Calabria, in hedges. Height 2ft. to 3 ft. Introduced 
in 1824, Flowers white; April. Drupe yellow ; ripe in 
August. 
The bark is febrifugal, and, in Calabria, is considered to 
be a specific for the cure of the pestilential fevers common 
in that country. 
27, P. maritima Wangenheim. The sea-side-inkabiting Plum Tree. 
ident eront: Wangenh. Amer., 103., according 
to illd. Enum., p.519.; Pursh Fl. Amer. 
Sept., 1. p. 332.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 533. ; Don’s 
Mill., 2. p. 499. 
Synonyme. ?P. acuminata Michz. Fl. Bor. Amer. 
284, 
p. 284. 
Engravings. Our fig.444., from a living speci- 
men ; and fig. 445. from Pursh’s specimen in 
the Lambertian herbarium. 
444, Prinus maritima. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves lanceolate- 
ovate, serrate. Flowers in pairs. 
Fruit small, round, sweet, dark blue. 
44&. Prinus maritima. 7 2 
