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although the fruit approaches the common Sour Cherry in form, the habit of the 

 tree % I think, decidedly inclines to the following. The same remark may be ?nade 

 of the Carnation Cherry, and perhaps of some other varieties. 



2. C atiux, Mcench. Branches erect, or ascending ; leaves obovate- 



oblonff, or oval, acuminate, pilose beneath ; umbels sessile ; Jlowers 



scarcely preceding the leaves ; fruit roundish-ovoid, or subcordate 



at base ; pedicels longish. DC. Prodr. 2. p. 535, 



Also? C. duracina, and C. Juliana. DC, 1, c 



Pr units Cerasus, var. Juliana? Willd. Sp. 2, p. 991, Pers. Syn. 2. 



p, 35. 



P. avium* Muhl. Catal. p. 48. LindL Ency. p. 422. Eat Man. p. 



286. Also, var. duracina, and Biffarella. Willd. 1. c. Pcrs. 1. c. 



Birds' Ceiiasus. Vulgo— EnffUsh Cherry. Bleeding-heart. Ox-heart. 

 Stem 25 to 50 or SOfeet high, and often 2 to 3 feet in diameter at base, branching 

 regularly, ami somexchat verticillately ; branches stout, erect, or ascending, form- 

 ing an oblong conical top. Leaves 3 to 5 or 6 inches long, and 2 to 3 inches wide, 

 abruptly acuminate, doubly and rather coarsely serrate-dentate, smooth above, 

 except a minute bristly pubescence on the nerves, pilose beneath, particularly along 

 the nerves ; petioles an inch to an inch and half long, smoothish, generally with 2 

 oblong glands near the base of the leaf; stipules oblong, often trifid at apex, ser- 

 rate, pilose externally. Flowers sub-coetaneous, or nearly contemporary tcith the 

 leaves, in sessile umbels of about 3fro?n a bud,seated on lateral spurs of the 2-y ears 

 old branches ; pedicels slender, an inch to an inch and half long. Calyx- segments 

 ovate-oblong, often rather acute, rejlexed, nearly entire and smooth. Petals ichite, 

 obovate-oblong, mostly emarginate. Drupe roundish- oval, or ovoid, a little com- 

 pressed, often umbilicate, or subcordate at base, succulent, or often rat her firm and 

 fleshy, black, red, or mottled, when mature. 



Hab. About houses ; roadsides, $c. frequent. Fl. April. ¥ v. June— July. 



Obs. 77ms seems to be the original stock of the numerous improved varietici qf 

 cultivated cherry. Prof. De Candolle, tf I understand him correctly, makes 3 spe- 

 cies of what appear to me to belong to this one. The fruit, il is true, presents some 

 striking differences ; but, if the Morello and common Red Cherry can be properly 

 thrown together as one species, J do not see why the same nmy not be done with 

 these. J apprehend that in the grouping of cultivated plants, it is safer to be govern- 

 ed by their general habit, rather than by the quality or appearance of the fruit ; the 

 latter, I think, being more liable to modification by culture than the former. 



f f Flowers racemose;— from the branches. 



8, C. vinoixiANA, Mr. Leaves oblong-oval, or lancc-oblong, acumi- 

 nate, smooth on both sides, shining above, serrate ; serratures nearly 

 equal, short, incurved, mucronate ; petioles with 2 to 4 glands ; racemes 

 erect, elongated. Beck, JBot. p. 97. Icox, Mr. f. Sylva, 2. tab. 88. 



Prunus-Cerasu6 virginiana. Marsh. Ar bust. p. 112. 



Pninus virginiana. Willd. Sp. 2. />. 985. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 34. Muhl. 

 Catal. p. 48. Pursh, Jim. 1. p. 329. JSTutU Gen. 1. p. 302. Bart. 

 Phil. I. p. 222. Ell. Sk. 1. p. 540. Biff el. Bost.p. 192, Torr. FL 1. 

 p. 467. Ejusd. Comp. p. 198. LindL Ency. p. 422. Eat. Man. p. 284. 



Vitioixian Ceba9Us. Vulffd — Wild Cherry. 



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