XXVI. ROSA CEH: CE’/RASUS. 
low tree. Canada and the Alle- 
ghany Mountains. Height 6 ft. 
to 10 ft. Introduced in .1773. 
Flowers white, with purple an- 
thers. Drupe red; April, May. 
The fruit, which, as far as we 
know, has not been produced in 
England, is described by Sir W. J. 
Hooker as being as large as a mo- 
derate-sized cherry, and, apparently, 
red. In British gardens this forms a very handsome small 
tree, distinguished even in winter by the smoothness and dark colour of its 
young wood, and in this respect resembling more a plum than a cherry. 
458. C. nigra. 
a 14. C. uyema'tis Mich. The winter Cherry Tree. 
6 : . Sept. 1. p 
Carol, 1. p. 542. ; the black Choke Cherry, Amer. 
Spec. Char., Gc. Leaves oblong-oval, or 
oval, abruptly acuminate: Flowers gla- 
brous, disposed umbellately. Lobes of 
the calyx lanceolate. Fruit nearly ovate, 
and blackish. (Dec. Prod.) A shrub. 
Western mountains of Virginia and Ca- 
rolina. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced 
in 1805. Flowers white ; May. Drupe 
small, black, and extremely astringent, 
but eatable in winter; ripe in October. 
460. C. hyermilis. 
% 15. C. car’casa Michr. The Chicasaw Cherry Tree. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. BR 284. ; Lois.in N. Du 
Ham., 5. p.183.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 514 
Synonymes. Prinus chicasa Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 332.; P. 
insititia Walt, Carol. ; Chickasaw Plum, zz Carolina. 
Engraving. Our fig.461. from a living specimen in Loddiges’s 
arboretum. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Branches glabrous, becoming rather 
spiny. Leaves oblong-oval, acute, or acuminate. 
Flowers upon very short peduncles, and mostly 
in pairs. Calyx glabrous, its lobes very short. 
Fruit nearly globose, small, yellow. (Dec. Prod.) 
A shrub. Carolina and Virginia. Height 6 ft. 
Introd.1806. Flowers white; Apriland May. Drupe 
small, yellow, and agree- 
ably tasted ; ripe in July. 
Sir W. J. Hooker observes ee 
that a plant which he received under this name appeared 
to him identical with C. borealis; the plants in the Lon- 
don gardens are very different, resembling much more 
closely the common sloe, as will appear by our figure. 
16, C. puBE’scens Ser. The pubescent Cherry Tree. 
Identification. Seringe in Dec. Prod., 2. p. 538. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 514. 
Synonymes. Prinus pubéscens Ph. Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p.381., and 
Lod. Cat.; P. spherocérpa Micha. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 284., not of 
wartz. 
Engravings. Our fig. 462. from a living specimen in Loddiges’s arbo- 
Tetum ; and fig. 463. from a specimen in the Lambertian herbarium. 
459, Cu pubiscens, 463, ‘Spec. Char.,§c. Young branches pubescent. Leaves with 
