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obtuse, nearly smooth* Petnls white, obovate. Drupe globose, half on inch to near 

 3 quarters in diameter, re*/, or yellowish red, irhcn mature, marly or quite dentil at? 

 of bloom, icith a tender and rathei' succulent pulp, and a thin skin. 



Hab. Gardens: not common. f\. April* Yr*July. 



Obs. The fruit of this is very pleasant ; and xcorthy of more attention than it 

 has yet received, in this County. It ajqyroarhcs the Cherry somewhat* in character: 

 and* icith the preceding (if I have not erred in the synonyms), has been transferred 

 to that genus, by Professors De Candblle and Hooker. The habit of the plants, 

 hotcever, I still think is decidedly that ofYvwwws. Three or four additional species 

 of genuine Prunus are enumerated as natives of the U. States; but the whole 

 family rrquires a careful revision. 



230. CERASUS. Juss. DC. Prodr. 2. /;. 535. 

 [Latin, Ccrasus, a cherry ; the name of an Asiatic town, whence it was derived.] 



Calyx canipanulato, 5-clcft, deciduous. Petals 5. J)ru(>c globose, 

 or roundish-ovoid, often umbilicate or subcordate nt base, very smooth, 

 destitute of bloom, succulent ; nut subglobose, smooth. 



Trees: leaves obovate, oval, or oblong, alternate, slipular, conduplicate when 

 young; flowers in umbellate fascicles rather preceding the leaves, ftjr racemose 

 and accompanying the leaves. Nat. Ortl./Z. Lindl* Amygdalbje. 



-J- Flowers umbellate ; — from the bads* 



1. C. VULGARIS, Mill, llrahches spreading; leaves obovate, and 

 lance-ovate, mostly narrowed at base, aemninate or acute* smoothish; 

 umbels subsessile ; flowers rather preceding the leaves ; fruit glo- 

 bose ; pedicels rather slmrt. 

 C. Caproniana ? DC. Prodr. 2. p. 536. 



Prunus Cerasits. Ait ! Kcw. 3. p. 198. Muhl. Catal. p. 48. Lindl. 

 Ency. p. 422. Eat. Man. p. 280. var. caproniana ? Willd. Sp. 2. p. 

 991. also? var. ausiera. Willd. L c. IVrs. Syn, 2. p. 35. 



Common Ceuasus. Ylilgo — lied or Sour Cherry. *Morello Cherry. 

 Gallicc — Le Cerisier. {\cvn\\\\\\c^-J)er Kirschbaum. Hisp.— Ceriti* 

 Stem 12 to lo or SOfeet high* irrcgulp&ly branrhing ; branches rather slimier and 

 weak, spreading nearly h oriz on tally | forming a roundish bushy t(j>. Leaves 

 an inch and a half to 3 inches long, and an inch to near 2 inches wide* when young 

 densely pubescent along the midrib ben cath. family smooth ish, doubly or uneouully 

 serrate, mostly with 2 glands at base ; )uuiolos half an inch to an inch lot l-, 

 smoothish; stipules cuneate-oblongy often trifid at apex* serrate. Flowers rathei 

 in advance of the leaves* in subsessile umbels of 2 or 3 from a bud* seated on very 

 short lateral spurs ; pedicels half an in+h to an inch long. Calyx-segments obovate' 

 oblong* obtuse* spreading^ finely senate-dentate , and subciliate. Petals white ? 

 roundish-obovate* mostly entire. Drupe globose, rather large {one half to 2 thirds 

 of an inch in diameter)* red, or dark purjrfc, when mature. 



Hab. About houses; alongfences* lanes, $c. frequent. Fl. April. Fr. July. 



Obs. The fruit oftto common Sour Cherry is extensively used by the pastry cook* 

 in domestic economy, and is one of the vuyst valuable varieties,— the tree being 

 hardy, and a constant bearer. The Morello Cherry (var. griotta? DC.) is also a 

 much esteemed variety ; but, for the last five and twenty years, the tree has been 

 so subject to diseaseyfrom the operations of trisects in the branches (causing large 

 warty protuberances), that it rarely produces any fruit. Prof. De Candolle appears 

 to refer the May-duke Cherry (var. Montmorency ana?) to this species: hut* 



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