590 360. Cerasus. 62. DRUPACEiE. PL ex. cal. 
Leaves petioled, veiny, odour like rue; racemes single, 
from the base of the young leaves; flowers white; petals 
finely serrated ; drupe black ; {nut with cavities on the out- 
side, Stokes).— Bark in decoction used to cure the venereal 
disease ; fruit nauseous, but gives an agreeable flavour to 
wine and brandy, a decoction of the fruit used in dysentery. 
b. Cerasus. Leaves deciduous ; flowers umlelled . 
2. Cerasus hortensis . Garden cherry. 
Umbells few-flowered, peduncled ; leaves ovate, lanceolate, 
bald, doubled together. 
Cerasus sylvestris fructu rubro, Raii Syn. 463, 1. 
Prunus avium, Lin. S. P. 680. 
Primus Cerasus, Withering Hot. Air. 507. 
Wild cherry. 
Woods, also cultivated; tree; April to June. 
Petioles with 1 or 2 glands near the end, sometimes 0 ; 
leaves with the lowermost teeth on one and sometimes both 
sides glandular; drupe red. — Fruit of the cultivated varie- 
ties esculent, but generally difficult of digestion ; wood 
close grained ; gum differs in chemical qualities from that 
called gum Arabic, but is equally nutritive* 
g. parva. Drupe heartshape, small, red. 
Cerasus sylvestris fructu minimo cordiformi. Raii Syn , 463,3. 
Prunus Cerasus / 3 , Smith FI. Brit. 527. 
y. acidula. Drupe round, red, tart, flesh easily separable 
from the nut. 
Prunus Cerasus aproniana, Lin. S. P. 679. 
Cerasus vulgaris, Ger. em. 1502, 1. 
Kentish cherry. 
S', majalis. Leaves when young downy underneath along 
the main and large ribs; drupe round, uniformly red, flesh 
easily separable. 
May duke cherry. 
£. cordiformis. Drupe heartshape, white and red ; flesh 
whitish, adhering to the nut. 
Cerasus Hispanica, Ger. em. 1502,3. 
Cerasus Hispanica, sive alba, Park. Par. 573,3. 
Prunus cerasus dulcis, Lin. S. P. 679. 
White heart cherry. 
£. nigra. Drupe heartshape, reddish black ; flesh blackish 
red, very sweet. 
Cerasus cordata, Park. Par. 573. 
Black heart cherry. Small la cceur or heart cherry. 
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