Order I. 
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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7026 Flowers racemose. Racemes pendulous, Lvs. decid. doubly serrat. somewhat rugose, Petioles witli 2 glands 
/3 Serratures of leaves less. Racemes more erect 
7027 Flowers racemose, Racemes erect. Leaves deciduous doubly toothed smooth. Stalks with 4 glands 
7028 Flowers in loose racemes, Lvs. decid. simply serrated : lower serratures glandular. Rib beard, towards base 
7029 Flowers in lateral racemes. Leaves without glands oblong acuminate entire smooth on each side 
7030 Flowers racemose, Racemes lateral, Leaves evergreen without glands oblong acuminate entire 
7031 Flowers racemose. Leaves evergreen ovate-lanceolate serrated without glands 
7032 Flowers racemose. Leaves evergreen with two glands at back 
7033 Flowers corymbose terminal. Leaves ovate 
7034 Umbels sessile aggregate few-flowered, Cal. acute. Branches virgate round. Leaves narrow lanceolate 
7035 Umbels sessile aggregate few-fl. Sepals lane. Stipules setaceous compound, Lvs. obi. oval suddenly pointed 
70S6 Umbels sessile. Leaves obovate obtuse smooth with glandular serratures 
'7037 Umbels somewhat stalked. Leaves ovate-lanceolate smooth folded together 
7038 Leaves obovate acuminate flat serrated. Racemes pubescent 
7039 Flowers racemose. Calyxes serrated. Leaves ovate serrated glandular at base 
7040 Umbel sessile. Leaves ovate-lanceolate pubescent beneath folded together 
7041 Umbel subsessile aggregate many-fl. at length panicled. Leaves obi. lanceolate serrated smooth 
7042 Umbel sessile solitary few-fl. Leaves deciduous ovate acuminate finely serrated. Petioles with 2 glands 
7043 Peduncles solitary. Leaves ovate acuminate smooth. Branches unarmed 
7044 Fl. lateral clustered. Leaves doubly serrated roundish acute 
7045 Peduncles subsolitary. Leaves lanceolate ovate convolute. Branches not spiny 
7046 Peduncles twin, Leaves ovate villous beneath convolute, Branches spiny 
7047 Peduncles solitary, Leaves elliptical smooth. Fruit pendulous, Branches nearly unarmed 
7048 Umbel sessile clustered few-fl. Cal. obtuse, Branches angular prostrate, Lvs. cun. lane, glaucous beneath 
7049 Buds clustered 2-fl. Ped. very short, Cal. smooth. Leaves oblong acum. serrulate. Branches spiny 
7050 Pedunc. subsolitary. Leaves ovate-oblong acuminate doubly serrated 
7051 Peduncles solitary, Leaves obovate obi. beneath glaucous serrated entire at base 
7052 Peduncles solitary. Leaves ellipt. lanceolate pubescent beneath, Branches spiny 
7053 Peduncles twin. Leaves ovate cut serrate without glands beneath white. Stem prostrate 
7054 Flowers corymbose, Ped. elongated. Leaves oval oblong eroded membranous smooth 
7055 Umbels sessile aggregate few-fl. Leaves ovate ellipt. acute smooth on each side with 2 glands at base 
7056 Flowers sessile, Leaves subcordate 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
or before 1415, that the hawkers in London were wont to expose cherries for sale in the same manner as is 
now done early in the season. . The tree is now very generally cultivated both as a wall and standard fruit, 
and has been forced for upwards of two centuries. 
The Romans had eight varieties of cherry : in the British gardens are upwards of forty sorts. The French 
divide their cherries into griottes, or tender-fleshed ; bigarreaux, or hard-fleshed ; and guignes, or small fruits. 
The fruit of many varieties is somewhat heart-shaped, hence the very general cognomen ; why some sorts are 
called dukes is not as obvious. The Morello cherry is very distinct from the other varieties, bearing almost 
exclusively on the preceding year's wood, and the pulp of the fruit having the consistence and flavor of the 
Morel, whence the name. Cherries are grafted or budded on seedlings from cherry-stones, or better from 
seedlings of the wild cherry. For dwarfing, they are worked on the bird cherry or perfumed cherry : the 
latter is preferred in Holland. 
Cherry trees are very ornamental in shrubberies and woods, and valuable as encouraging the different 
species of thrush. The gum of cherry trees is eatable, and equal to that of gum arable ; the wood is hard 
and tough, and used by the turner and cabinet maker. 
Prunus Pseudo-Cerasus, the Chinese cherry, is of recent introduction, and most valuable on account of its 
bearing an excellent fruit, and producing it abundantly in a forcing-house. 
P. avium, the gean, guigne, Fr., attains a large size, and its timber is of considerable value: the black 
corone cherry is supposed to be an improved variety of it, as are the different geans. 
P. domestica is generally considered the original of the plum tree. Prune, Fr., Pflaumen, Ger., and 
Prugno, Ital. Many, however, conjecture that P. insititia, spinosa, and domestica, are the same species. There 
are several sorts of plutns found wild in Britain, independently of the sloe, such as the buUace, damson, 
muscle, and winesour. The plum is said to love a lofty exposure, and to be favorable to the growth of grass 
under it. The bark dyes yellow, the wood is used in turnery, and the dried fruit or prune is formed into 
electuaries and gentle purgatives. Prunes were originally brought from Damascus, whence their name of 
damask, but are now chiefly imported from France. 
There are a great many varieties of the plum in France, and in British gardens nearly a hundred sorts. By 
far the best dessert plum is the greengage, Reine Claude, Fr., Regina Claudia, Ital. It is well known 
throughout Europe, and perfectly distinct from every other variety. The damson is the best baking plum, 
'and the winesour the best for sweetmeats. Plums are generally grafted or budded on muscle or damson 
stocks. 
Prunus Armeniaca, Abricot, Fr., Abricosenbaum, Ger., Albicocco, Ital., Albarcoqiie, Portug. is a fruit 
tree next in esteem to the peach. From its trivial name, it is generally supposed to have originated in 
Armenia, but Regnier and Sickler assign it a parallel between the Niger and the Atlas ; and Pallas states it 
to be a native of the whole of the Caucasus ; the mountains there, to the top, being covered with it, 
Thunberg describes it as a very large, spreading, branchy tree in Japan. Grossier says, that it covers tlie 
barren mountains to the west of Pekin, that the Chinese have a great many varieties of the tree doublc- 
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