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The Germen is roundifli. The Style is thread- form and the 
length of the ftamina. The Stigma is orbiculate. 
The Seed-veJJel is a roundiih drupe. 
The Seed is a nut, roundiili and comprelTed. 
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, fharply faw- 
ed on their edges and much veined. The flowers 
generally come out very thick round the branches, 
often upon thick fhort fpurs ; and are fucceeded by 
large oval fruit, with a fweet fucculent pulp. We 
have a great variety of thefe, growing naturally in 
a good, moift foil, with reddifh and yellowifh fruit, 
but differing much in fize, taffe, and confidence, 
2. Prunus anguflifolia. Chica/aw Plumb . 
This is fcarcely of fo large a growth as the former, 
but rifing with a ftiff fhrubby ftalk, dividing into 
many branches, which are garnifhed with fmooth 
lance-fhaped leaves, much final ler 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 bloffoms 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 
dates, are fomewhat impatient of much cold. 
3. Prunus 
