284 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Engravings. Mill. Icon., t.80. f. 2.; and our fig. 455. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Branches twiggy. Leaves obo- 
vate-oblong, upright, glabrous, indistinctly ser- 
rulated, glaucous beneath. Flowers upon 
peduncles, disposed rather umbellately. Calyx 
bell-shaped, short. Fruit ovate, black. (Dec. 
Prod.) A low somewhat procumbent shrub. 
North America, in Pennsylvania and Virginia, 
in low grounds and swamps. Height 3 ft. 
to 4 ft. Introduced in 1756. Flowers white; 
May. Drupe black; ripe in July. 
A curious and rather handsome tree, when 
grafted standard high; and a fit companion for 
the other dwarf sorts, when so grafted. Sir W. 
J. Hooker suspects this to be the same as C. ope Cenaaae Bundles 
depréssa. It has been compared, Sir W. J. Hooker observes, in its general 
habit, to Amygdalus nana; and such a comparison is equally applicable to C. 
depréssa. (FU. Bor. Amer., i. p. 167.) 
x 11.C. (p.) pepre’ssa Ph. The depressed, or prostrate, Cherry Tree. 
Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 332.; Dec. Prod., 2. p.538.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. 
p. 168. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 514. 
Synonymes. C. pimila Miche. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 286., not Prdnus pdmila L.; P. Susquehane 
Willd. Enum. 519., Baumz. ed. 2. p. 286.; Sand Cherry, Amer. : 
Engraving. Our fig. 456. from living plant in Loddiges’s arboretum. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches angled, depressed, prostrate. Leaves 
cuneate-lanceolate, sparingly serrate, glabrous, glaucous beneath. 
Flowers in grouped sessile umbels, few in an umbel. Fruit 
ovate. (Dec. Prod.) A prostrate shrub. North America, 
from Canada to Virginia, on the sandy shores of rivers and 
lakes. Height 1 ft. Introduced in 1805. Flowers white ; 
May. Drupe black, small, and agreeably tasted ; ripe in July. 
In America it is called the sand cherry, and said to be distin- 
guished at sight from all the other species, not less by its prostrate 
habit, than by its glaucous leaves, which bear some resemblance 
in shape to those of Amygdalus nana; and, according to Sir W. 
J. Hooker, to those of C. pumila. 
456. 
C. (p-) depréssa. 
% 12, C. pyemm‘a Lois. The pygmy Cherry Tree. 
fdentification. Lois. in N. Du Ham., 5. p. 32. and 21.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 513. 
Synonyme. Prinus pygme'‘a Willd. Sp. 2. p. 993., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 331. 
mgraving. Our fig. 457. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-elliptical, but tapered to the base, 
and rather acute at the tip, sharply serrated, glabrous on both 
surfaces, and with 2 glands at the base. Flowers of the size of 
those of P. spindsa, disposed in sessile umbels, a few in an 
umbel. (Dec. Prod.) A low shrub. Western parts of Pen- 
sylvania and Virginia. Height 4 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 4 
1823. Flowers white; May. Drupe black, of the size of a 
large pea, a little succulent, and very indifferent to the taste; 5 
ripe in July. 457. C.pygme'a. 
ai ¥ 13. C.n1‘era Lois. The black Cherry Tree. 
Identification. N. Du Ham., 5. p.32.; Dec. Prod., 2. p.538.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 513. 
Synonymes. Prinus nigra Ait. Hort. Kew. 2d ed. Eee 193., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p.331.; P. 
americana Darlington in Amer. Lyc. N. H. of New York. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t.1117.; and our figs. 458, 459. 
Spec. Char., §c, Leaf with 2 glands upon the petiole, and the disk ovate- 
acuminate. Flowers in sessile umbels, few in an umbel. Calyx purple ; 
its lobes obtuse, and their margins glanded. (Dec. Prod.) A tall shrub or 
