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he observes that these, and “C. cornita, remarkable for its pod-like mon- 
strosity, are handsome showy trees, growing on lofty mountains, and worthy 
of introduction into England.” (Royle’s Illust., p. 205.) 
C. canadénsis Lois., C. ellfptica Lois., C. paniculata Lois, and some other 
hardy species, are mentioned in our first edition. 
§ iii. Laurocérasi. The Laurel-Cherry Trees. 
Sect. Char, Evergreen. Flowers in racemes. 
# 2 28. C. Lusita’Nica Lois. The Portugal Laurel-Cherry, or common 
Portugal Laurel, * 
Identification. Lois. in N. Du Ham., 5. p.5. 5 
Dec. Prod., 2. p.540.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 516. 
ynony Prinus_lusi Lin. Sp. 678. ; BN 
the Cherry Bay; Cerisier Laurier du Por- 
tugal, Fr.; Azareiro, Portuguese. 
Engravings. Mill. Ic., 131. t. 196. f. 1. ; Dill. 
Elth., 193, t. 159. f. 193.; the plate of the ; 
species in Arb. Brit., lst edit., vol. v. 5 and 2 
our figs. 483, 484. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Evergreen. Leaves 
coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, ser- 
rate, glandless. Racemes upright, 
axillary, longer than the leaves. 
(Dec. Prod.) An evergreen low 
tree. Portugal, and the Azores. 
Height 10 ft. to 20 ft.; in British 
gardens sometimes 30 ft. Intro- 
duced in 1648. Flowers white; 
June. Drupe dark purple ; ripe 
in September. Young wood pur- 
plish black. 
Variety. 
2? C. 1. 2 Hixa Ser. Pri- 
nus Hixa Broussonet ; P. 
multiglandulésa Cav.; C. 
Hixa Webb et Bert. Hist. 
Can. t. 38. (Our jig. 482.) 
— Leaves larger, with their 
lowest teeth glanded. Ra- 
cemes elongate. Flowers-more loosely disposed. Spontaneous in 
the islands of Teneriffe, Grand Canary, and Palma. Mr. P. B. Webb 
informs us that this tree, in its native localities, attains the height 
_ of 60 or 70 feet. 
The Portugal laurel is generally seen as 
an immense bush, but when trained up toa 
single stem it forms a very handsome tree 
with a conical head, It is not of rapid 
growth, seldom making shoots more than 
9 or 10 inches in length ; but, when planted 
in good free soil, and trained to a single 
stem, plants, in the neighbourhood of Lon- 
don, will reach the height of from 12 ft. 
to 15 ft. in 10 years. It is generally planted 
solely as an ornamental evergreen; but 
sometimes hedges are -formed of it in nur- 
sery-grounds and flower-gardens. The 
berries are greedily eaten by birds, and 
form a favourite food for pheasants. What 
renders the tree particularly valuable, Miller 
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