286 ICOSANDRIA MOXOGYKIA 



Obs. Several varieties of this are cultivated, under the names of Moor Park, 

 Brussels Apricot ,&c. The young fruit is so liable to be destroyed by the puncture 

 of insects, that it is a very uncertain croj) 9 with us. 



2. A. dasycarpa, DC. Leaves ovate, acuminate, doubly-serrate ; 

 petiole* glandular i flowers pedicellate. DC. Prodr, 2. p. 532. 

 A. sibirica, var. dasycarpa. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 36, 

 Primus dast/carpa. Willd. Sp. 2. p. 990. Lindl. Ency. p. 424. 



Hairy-fruited Aumkxiaca. Vulgo — Black Apricot. 



Stem 10 to IS feel high, branching; brum hes rather slender atulvit gate. Leaves 

 an inch and half to near 3 inches long, ami 1 to 2 inches wide, smooth above, pubes- 

 cent on ///<■ midrib and in the axils of the nerves beneath ; petioles half an inch to 

 an inch long, pubescent on the ujjper side, and generally with one or tiro glands 

 near the base of the leaf. Flowers on pubescent pedicels, I fourth to 1 third (fan 

 inch long. Calyx-seirments ovate, obtuse, serrulate, mostly dark purple. Potals 

 white, obovate. Drupe subglobose, nearly an inch in diameter, consjncuously pu- 

 bescent, dark purple when mature. 



Hab. Gardens, $c. not common. Fl. April. Fr. July. 



Obs. This has more of the habit of a Plum tree than the preceding,— and is 

 considered more hardy and certain to bear fruit : But m it her if them has been at- 

 tended with much success, here, so far as my observation goes. The foregoing, I 

 believe, are the only species cultivated in the U. States. 



229. PRUNUS. /,. MM. Gen. 431. 

 [The Laiiu name for the Plum.] 



Calyx campanulate, 5-clcft, deciduous. Petals 5. Drupe ovoid, or 

 oblong, very smooth, mostly covered with a glaucous powder, or bloom, 

 fleshy ; nut compressed, acute at each end, smooth, with the margins 

 subsulcate. 



Small trees: leaves oval, or lancc-ovate, alternate, stipular, convolute when 

 young ; flowers mostly preceding the leaves ; pedicels suLsolitary, or in umbellate 

 fascicles. Xat. Ord. ?">. Lindl. Amyodalbje. 



1. P. domkstica, L. Unarmed ; leaves lance-ovate, or oval, mostly 

 acute; pedicels subsolitary ; fruit oval, ovoid, or oiovoid. DC 

 Prodr. 2. p. 533. 



Domestic Pruxus. Vulgo — Common Plum. Damascene, Gage, &c. 



Gallic^ — Prunier. Germ. — Der Pflaumenbaum. Hisp. — Cirutlo. 



Stem 8 to 12 or Xofeet high, branching ; branches not spinose. Leaves 1 to 3 

 inches long, and 3 fourths of an inch to *2 inches tcide, variable inform and siic, 

 sometimes obtuse ami a Utile emarginute, serrate, smoothish, when young tflen 

 densely pubescent near the base of the midrib, and pilose on the nerves beneath ; 

 petioles half an inch to an inch or more in length, pubescent on the margin ; sti- 

 pules cuneiUe-oblong \ often trifid at apex, pubesccnt-ciliatc. Flowers rather Re- 

 ceding the leaves, subsolitary, or in pairs, from a flowering bud ; pedicels about 

 half an inch long, pubescent. Calyx-segments oblong, obtuse, slightly ciliate. 

 Petals white, orbicular-obovate. Drupe of various forms and sizes, from oval to 

 ovoid, obovoid, and subglobose, half an inch to an inch or more in diameter, covered 

 with a fine bluish-white powder, or bloom, when mature, of various colors, from 

 black to copper-color, and pale greenish yellow, with a rather firm Jleshy pulp. 



Hab, Gardens; yards, <$-c. frequent. Fl. April. Fr. August. 



