i i4 éd. spach. — Gcrtus Amygdalm. 



Amygdalus Pallasii, Turcz. (ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. éd. 2; et fide speci- 

 minis a cl. Ledebour ad lierbarium Mussei Parisiensis misso). 



Ramulis novellis puberulis. Foliis lanceolato-oblongis , v. ob- 

 longo-aut ovato-lanceolatis , serratis,v. crenato-dentatis , ple- 

 rùmque acutis. Disco margine tomentoso. Drupis ovato-&nbglo- 

 bosis, acutis, incano-pubescentibus ; putamine acumirmîato , 

 eforaminato , laevigato, carinulato. 



Frutex teste Pallasio « orgyalis, ramosissimus , dumosus ; truncis pollicari 

 <( diametro vix crassioribus , a basi ramosissirais; ramis altérais, patentiusculis; 

 a cortice fusco- testaceo , iaevigato. Radix fîbroso-ramosa , copiosissima , flavis- 

 « sima. » Ramuli novelli graciles, flexuosi, angulati, siinplicissimi , teuerrime 

 puberuli, virides v. fusci, haud raro pedem longi : annotini glabri, p.irum cras- 

 siores (raro crassitie pennae corvina 3 ), cortice plerumque castaneo. Gemmée 

 ternae, v. rarius aut pauciores a ut fasciculatas, minutae. PeruljE ovatae v. sub- 

 rotundœ, mucronatae, castaneœ, ciliataB, caeîerum glabrae; intimas 2 lineares v. 

 oblongse, saepe tricuspidatœ. Folia suprà saturate viridia, sublucida et glabra , 

 subtùs glaucescentia, modo glaberriraa , modo ad costam venasque pilosiuscula ; 

 ramillularia 6-12 lineas longa; ramularia 1-2-pollicaria; serraturae acutœ, in- 

 sequales, grossae, pleraeque glandulosae; petiolus ciliolatus. Stipulée setaceœ, 

 ciliatœ, plerumque petiolo subaequilongae, haud raro fimbriatae : lacinulis glan- 

 dulosis. Pediwculi sub antbesi 1-2 lineas longi, modo e gemma exserti , modo 

 inclusi, nunc erecti, nuuc patentes, nunc cernui. Calyx lutescens, v. rufesceDS, 

 glaber; tubus 1 1/2-2 lineas longus, 10-nervius; sepala uvata,v. ovalia, v. oblonga, 

 oblusa,tubo sequilonga v. vix breviora, tenuiter 3-nervia, subreticulata : ser- 

 raturis plerumque minutis et remotis, cuspidatis, v. raro obtusis. Djscus tenuis, 

 citrinus, ore in aunulum integrum incrassatus. Pet^la alba v. carnea, ovalia, 

 v. ovata, v. oblonga, v. obovata , v. subrotunda , obtusissima, alba, v. carnea. 

 Stamina 3o v. 35 : majora sepalis longiora ; minora parum breviora. Ovarium 

 lanato-tomcntosum. Stylus excepta basi glaber, stamina majora superans, ovario 

 multo longior. Drupa (ex icône et descriptione Pallasiana ) exsucca, griseo- 

 virescens, circiter 3 lineas longa. Putamen volumine pisi majoris, pallide lutes- 

 cens, basi subsulcatum. Seminis nucleus (teste Pallasio) vix amarus, gratissinio 

 amygdalino sapore. (Exam. s. sp. et v. c.j absque fructu.) 



Crescit in Sibiriâ orientait et in Davuriâ ( Pallasl Ledebour! 

 Fischer!). 



Secilo IF. EUAMYGDALUS, Nob. 



Arbores v. frutices. Ramuli mutici v. spinescentes , saepissimè 

 divaricati; annotini et veteriores ramillulisabortivis v. abbre- 

 viatis gemmiparis instructi. Ge m m se -floral es solitariae v. ge- 

 minae, plerumque gemma foliari comitata?. Folia floribus 



