PL ex. cal. 
62. DIIU PACEiE. 360. Cerasus. 591 
?j. seroiina. Drupe roundish, blackish red, austere. 
Cerasus sylvestris septentrionalis fructu parvo serotino, Raii Syn. 463,4? 
Prunus cerasus austera, Lin. S. P. 679. 
Morello cherry . 
3. Cerasus avium . Bird cherry . 
Umhells sessile ; leaves ovate, lanceolate, downy beneath. 
Cerasus sylvestris fructu nigro, Raii Syn. 463,2. 
Cerasus nigra, Ger.em. 1505, 11. 
Prunus avium, Sibthorp Ft. Ox. 154. 
Prunus Cerasus avium, Huds. Ft. Angl. 213. 
Black cherry. Mazzards. Gee. 
Woods and hedges, also cultivated; tree; April. 
Fruit ovate, blackish, sweet. 
£. major . Drupe large, finer flavoured. 
Prunus cerasus «, Smith Ft. Brit . 527. 
Coroun cherry. Carrons. 
II. 361. PRUNUS. Pliny. Plum. 
Drupe fleshy, bald, furrowed on one side, covered with a 
glaucous pollen ; nut ovate, oblong, compressed, rough ; 
edge furrowed angularly ; tip pointed. 
1. Prunus spinosa. Thorny plum. 
Branches ending in spines ; leaves elliptical, lanceolate ; 
peduncles solitary ; fruit upright, roundish. 
Prunus sylvestris, Raii Syn. 462, 1 ; Ger. em. 1497, 5; Park. 1033. 
Prunus spinosa, Lin. S. P. 681. 
Black thorn. Sloe. 
Woods and hedges; shrubby; March and April. 
Branches divaricating; flowers white, appearing before 
the leaves are expanded ; drupe black. — Root spreads wide; 
wood, hard, tough ; thorns produce unpleasant wounds ; 
leaves when young used to reduce the price of tea ; fruit 
rather acid, very rough ; bark may be used for the Peru- 
vian; flowers in infusion purgative; juice of the fruit serves 
to mark linen with an indelible stain. 
2. Prunus insititia. Foreign plum. 
Branches mostly ending in a spine; leaves lanceolate, 
ovate, convolute, villous beneath: peduncles rarely solitary; 
drupe roundish. 
Prunus sylvestris major, Raii Syn. 462,2. 
Prunus insititia, Lin. S. P. 680. 
Prunus communis insititia, Huds. Ft. Ang. 212. 
Biaclc bullace. Black bulle&se. 
