( III ) 



The Gemen is roundilTi. The Style is thread- form and the 



length of the ftamina. The Stigma is orbiculate. 

 The Seed'VeJJel is a roundifK drupe. 

 The Seed is a nut, roundilh and compreffed. 



The Species, with us, are, 



I. Prunus americana. Large Tellow Sweet Plumb. 



This generally rifes to the height of twelve or fif- 

 teen feet, fpreading into many ftifF branches. The 

 leaves are oblong, oval, acute pointed, fharpiy faw- 

 ed on their edges and much veined. The flowers 

 generally come out very thick round the branches, 

 often upon thick fliort fpurs; and are fucceeded by 

 large oval fruit, v/ith a fweet fucculent pulp. We 

 have a great variety of thefe, growing naturally in 

 a good, moift foil, with reddifli and yellow^ifli fruit, 

 but differing much in fize, tafle, and confiflence. 



2. Prunus anguftifolia. Chicafaw Plu7nb. 



This is fcarcely of fo large a growth as the former, 

 but rifmg with a fliff fhrubby flalk, dividing into 

 many branches, which are garnifhed with fmooth 

 lance-fhaped leaves, much fmaller and narrower than 

 the firft kind ; a little waved on their edges, mark- 

 ed with very fine, flight, coloured ferratures, and 

 of an equal, fhining green colour, on both fides. 

 The blolToms generally come out very thick, and 

 are fucceeded by oval, or often fomewhat egg-fhap- 

 ed fruit, with a very thin fkin, and foft fweet pulp. 

 There are varieties of this with yellow and crimfon 

 coloured fruit. Thefe being natives of the fouthern 

 ftates, are fomewhat impatient of much cold. 



3. Prunus 



