288 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
obovate, acuminated, glandularly serrated, glabrous 
Stipules subulate, 
glandular, length 
of the petiole. 
fp Petiole glandless. 
Zz (Don’s Mill.) A 
LidzEzg shrub. China. 
Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. f 
Introd. in 1822. 
», The flowers small, 
~ and white. Drupe 
about the size of 
470. Cérasus salfcina. that of the myro- 
balan plum. 471. Clrasus Paddum. 
Species belonging to the preceding Subdivision (B.), not yet introduced. —C, 
Phéshia Hamilt., Primus cerasdides D. Don., Cérasus Puddum Roxb. (Wall. 
Pl. Rar., ii. t. 143. ; and our jig. 471.), is a native of Nepal, producing fruit 
like that of the common cherry, and wood which is considered valuable as 
timber, The flowers are of a pale rose colour, and the tree grows to the 
height of 20 or 30 feet. C. glanduldsa, C. dspera, and C. incisa Lois., are Japan 
shrubs, with rose-coloured flowers, described by Thunberg; and C. humilis 
Moris., a native of Sardinia. 
§ ii. Padi veri Ser. The true Bird-Cherry Kinds of Cérasus. 
Sect. Char. Flowers produced upon the shoots of the same year’s growth as 
the flowers ; the latter disposed racemosely. Leaves deciduous. 
A. Species of Bird-Cherry Trees already in Cultivation m Britain. 
* 21. C. Maua‘teB Mill. The Mahaleb, or perfumed, Cherry Tree. 
Identification. Mill. Dict., No. 4. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 589. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 514. 
Synonymes. Prinus Mahdleb L. Sp. 678.; Bois de Sainte Lucie, or Prunier odorant, Fr.; 
Mahalebs-kirsche, Ger.; Ciliegio canino, Ital. 
Engravings. N. Du Ham., 5. t.2.; Jacq. Fl. Austr., t.227,; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit. 
Ist edit., vol. v.; and our fig. 472- 
Spec. Char., §e. eaves cordately ovate, denticulate, glanded, curved. 
Flowers in leafy subcorymbose racemes. Fruit black, between ovate and 
round, (Dec. Prod.) A small tree. Middle and South of Europe; com- 
mon in France, especially in the mountainous districts ; very common near 
St. Lucie, whence the French name. Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. ; in British 
gardens 20 ft. to 30ft. Introduced in 1714. Flowers white; April and 
May. Drupe black; ripe in July. 
Varieties. Besides one with variegated leaves, there are : — 
¥C.M. 2 fréctu flavo Hort.— Fruit yellow. There is a plant of this 
variety in the garden of the Horticultural Society. 
% C. M. 8 Jatifolium “Hort. — Leaves broader than in the species. 
A handsome small tree, with a white bark, and numerous branches. The 
leaves somewhat resembling those of the common apricot, but of a paler 
green. The wood, the leaves, the flowers, and the fruit, are powerfully 
scented ; the flowers so much so as not to be supportable ina room. The 
wood is hard, brown, veined, and susceptible of a high polish. Its smell is 
less powerful, and more agreeabie, when it is dry, than when the sap is in it. 
In a dry state it weighs 591lb. 4.0z. per cubic foot. in France, it is much 
sought after by cabinetmakers, on account of its fragrance, hardness, and the 
fine polish which it receives. In Austria it is used for forming the twisted 
tubes of tobacco pipes. In France the mahaleb is used as a stock on which to 
graft the different kinds of fruit-bearing cherries: for which it has the advan- 
tages of growing on a very poor soil ; of coming into sap 15 days later than 
