282 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves obovate, acuminated, setaceously serrulated, quite 
glabrous. Petioles glandular. Flowers in fascicles. (Don’s Mill.) A low 
erect tree, or rather tree-like shrub. China. Height in China 4 ft. to 6 ft. ; 
in British gardens 6ft. to 10ft. Introduced in 1822. Flowers double 
white, tinged with red, though not so much so as the double French 
cherry. 
This tree resembles the common cherry tree, but isnot of such vigorous 
growth ; and only the double-flowered variety of it has been yet introduced. 
A very ornamental plant. 
*% 5. C, Pseu‘po-Cr’rasus Lindl. The False-Cherry Tree. 
Identification. Hort. Brit., No. 12663.; Don’s Mill., 2. p.514. 
Synonymes. Prinus Pseddo-Cérasus Lindl. Hort. Trans. 6. p.90.; P. paniculata Ker Bot. Reg. 
, 800., but not of Thunb. ; Yung-To, Chinese. 
Engruvings. Bot. Reg., t. 100. ; and our jig. 451. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves obovate, acuminate, flat, serrated. 
Flowers racemose. Branches and peduncles pubescent. 
Fruit small, pale red, of a pleasant subacid flavour, with 
a small smooth stone. (Don’s Mill.) A low tree. China. 
Height 8 ft.to 10 ft. Introduced in 1819. Flowers 
white; March and April. Fruit pale red; ripe in June. 
This tree is readily known from the other cherry trees, 
even when without its leaves, by its rough gibbous joints, at 
which it readily strikes root; and is, consequently, very / 
easily propagated. It has been tried by Mr. Knight, as a 
fruit tree ; and he finds that it forces in pots better than 
any other variety. Desirable for small gardens, on account 
of its very early flowering. 
a 6. C. Caamamcr’rasus Lois. The Ground-Cherry Tree, or Siberian 
Cherry. 
Identification. Lois. in N. Du Ham., 5. p.29.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 537.: Don’s Mill., 2. p. 513. 
Synonymes. C. intermédia Lots. in N. Du Ham. 5. p.30.; Prinus intermédia Potr. Dict. 5. 
p. 674.; P. fruticdsa Pall., according to Besser; Cérasus pdmila C. Bauh., according to Pall. Fi. 
Ross.; Chamecérasus fruticdsa Pers. Syn. 2. p.34. 
Engravings. N. Du Ham., 5. p. 29. t.5. f. A; Hayne Abbild., t.61.; and our fig. 452. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-oblong, glabrous, 
glossy, crenate, bluntish, rather coriaceous, scarcely 
glanded. Flowers in umbels, which are usually 
on peduncles, but short ones. Pedicels of the 
fruit longer than the leaves. Fruit round, reddish 
purple, very acid. (Dec. Prod.) A neat little shrub. 
Siberia and Germany. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introd. 
in 1587. Flowers white; May. Drupe reddish 
purple ; ripe in August. 
It forms a neat little narrow-leaved bush, which, 
when grafted standard high, becomes a small round- 
headed tree with drooping branches, at once curious 
and ornamental. It does not grow above a fourth 
part of the size of C. semperflorens ; and, like it, it 
flowers and fruits during great part of the summer. 
452. C. Chameecérasus- 
« 7. C. prostra‘ra Ser. The prostrate Cherry Tree. 
quentvication: | Serinee in Dec. fics 2. p. 538.; Don’s Mill., 2. B 514, 
ynonymes. Prinus prostrata Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 3. 199. » Pl, 3 
incana Stephen in Mém. Soc. Mosq. 3. p. 263. ea ee ee as sea 
Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. t.7.; Bot. Reg., t. 106. ; and our fig. 453. 
Spec. Char., §c. Decumbent. Leaves ovate, serrately cut, glandless, tomen- 
tose, and hoary beneath. Flowers mostly solitary, nearly sessile. Calyx 
tubular. Petals ovate, retuse, rose-coloured. Fruit ovate, red ; flesh thin, 
