XXVI. ROSA‘CEE: CE/RASUS. 983 
(Dec. Prod.) A prostrate 
shrub. Native of the moun- 
tains of Candia, of Mount 
Lebanon, and of Siberia. 
Height 3 ft. to 1 ft. Intro- 
duced in 1802. Flowers 
rose-coloured; April and 
May. Drupe red ; ripe July. 
A very desirable species for 
grafting standard high on the 
common cherry. The red co- 
lour of the flowers is very un- 
common in this genus. 453. Cerasus prostrata. 
¥ 8. C. PeRsicIFo‘LIA Lois. The Peach-tree-leaved Cherry Tree. 
Identification. Lois. in N. Du Ham., 5. p.9.; Dec. Prod., 2. p.537.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 513. 
Ss yme. Prinus persicifdlia Desf. Arb. 2. p. 205. 
ngraving. Our fig. 000. in fig. 000. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, unequally serrate, gla- 
brous, with two glands upon the petiole. Flowers numerous, upon slender 
peduncles, and disposed umbellately. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous tree. 
? America. Height 30 ft. to 50 ft. Introduced in 1818. Flowers white ; 
May. Drupe small, black; ripe in July. 
A rapidly growing tree, attaining the height of the common wild cherry, 
and bearing so close a resemblance to it in almost every respect, that it is 
probably only a variety of it. There are trees of this kind of cherry in the 
Jardin des Plantes at Paris, of a pyramidal form, with a reddish brown smooth 
bark, flowers about the size of those of C. Mahdleb, and fruit about the size 
of peas. The wood is said to be harder and redder than that of the common 
wild cherry. It was raised from seeds sent from America by Michaux. 
¥* 9. C. BorEA LIS Michr. The North-American Cherry Tree. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 286.; Lois. in N. Du Ham., 5. p. 32. No. 22.; Dec. 
Prod., 2. p. 538. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 513. 
Synonymes. Prinus borealis Poir. Dict. 5. p. 674. ; the Northern Choke Cherry, Amer. 
Engravings. Michx. Arb. Amer., 3. t.8.; and our fig. 454. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oval-oblong, acuminate, membranaceous, glabrous, 
denticulate and almost in an eroded manner: they resemble those of the 
common almond tree, but have the serratures 
inflexed, protuberant, and tipped with minute 
glandulous mucros. Flowers on longish pe- 
dicels, and disposed nearly in a corymbose 
manner. Fruit nearly ovate, small; its flesh 
red. (Dec. Prod.) A small tree. Northern 
parts of North America. Height 20 ft. to 
30 ft., with a trunk 6 in. to 8in. in diameter. 
Introduced in 1822, Flowers white; May. 
Drupe red; ripe in July. 
Of all the cherries of North America, Mi- 
chaux observes, the C. borealis is the one that 
has the greatest analogy with the cultivated « 
cherry of Europe. Pursh describes it as a 
very handsome small tree, the wood exquisitely 
hard and fine-grained ; but the cherries, though 
agreeable to the taste, astringent in the mouth, 
and hence called choke cherries. 454. Cérasus boredlis. 
~« 10. C. pu'mita Miche. The dwarf Cherry Tree. 
identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 286. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 537. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 513. 
Synonymes. Primus pimila Lin. Mant.73., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p.331.; Cérasus glauca 
Moench Meth. 672. ; Ragouminier, Nega, Menel] du Canada, Fr. 
