PRUOTS. SPIEiA. 
ir' ovate-lanceolate rather downy beneath.^ — a. P. spinosa (L.) ; 
HMnches spinous, ped. glabrous, 1, usually glabrous, fr. globose. 
£. 842.-/3. P. iiisitttia ( L. ) ; branches slightly spinous, ped. 
ind underside of 1. usually downy, fr. globose. £. B. 841. — 
^ P. domestica (L.) ; branches without spines, ped. glabrous, 1. 
airy about the niidrib beneath, fr. usuiUly oblong. E. B. 1783. 
^-These charactei-s are not constant : a. is usually a shrub with 
rooked and much armed branches and 11. before the leaves; 
J. is a taller shrub with straight and slightly armed branches 
nd fl. and 1. usually together; -y. is a small tree, and those having 
ound fir. may not be the tine plant.- — Thickets, a. alone is a true 
ative. Sh. rS". V. a. Sloe. Blackthorn. ^.Bidlace. E.S.I. 
** Young leaves conduplicate. Cehasus. 
2. P. Pddus (L.) ; arborescent, 1. obovate-lanceolate finely 
errate glabrous, in pendulous racmnes, fr. roundish-oblong. — 
'7. B. 1383. — A small tree. L. minutely doubly senate. Fl. 
s hite, many, in a lax raceme. Fr. black, harsh, bitter ; nut 
ainkled.— Woods and hedges. J. V. Bird Cherry. E.S.I. 
3. P. A'vium (L.); arborescent, I. drooping ohloug-ohov&te 
udderdy cuspidate incise-serrate downy hejieath, caly.t-titbe con- 
racted below the entire sepals, " fr. heartshaped." — E. B. 706. 
-^A ti-ee of 20 — 30 feet high. Outer scales of^the leaf-buds de- 
iexed. Flower-buds not leaf\-. Fl. in umbels. Pet. bifid, with 
. minute claw, " Fr. fii-m, bitter, black or red." Borr. — Woods. 
:. V. Wild Cherry. E. S. I. 
4 P. Cer asus (L.) ; fruticose, I. not drooping oblong-obovate 
>r ovate-lanceolate doubly crenate-serrate glabrous, caly.v-tube not 
o)itracted, fruit round. — E. B. S. 2863. — An erect bushy shrub, 
: — 8 feet hi^h. Umbels scattered. Outer scales of the leaf- 
»uds erect. Inner scales of the ilower-buds leafy. Sep. crenate- 
errate. Pet. subemarginate, with a claw. " Fr. juicy^ acid, 
Iways red." — Hedges. Sh. V. Dwarf Cherry. E. I. 
Suborder II. Rosen. Tribe 1. SpiraidtB. 
'■ 2. SpiEiE'A Linn. 
Jl. S. salicif6lia (L.) ; shrubby, stip. 0, 1. elliptic-lanceolate 
nequally seri'ate glabrous, racemes terminal compound, stam. 
ixceeding the, petals. — E. B. 1468. — A shrub of 4 — 5 feet high 
rith smooth roimd wandlike branches. Fl. flesh-coloui-ed, in 
ense erect racemes. — ^Damp woods in the North and in WaleSj 
are. Sh. \TI. E. S. 
l2. S. Ulmdria (L.); herhaceom, stip. rounded toothed, 1. in- 
jrcsxptedly pinnate, leaflets ovate undivided, the terviinal one 
