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Prunus .~\ xxvn. eosacete : amygdaleyE. 
E. B. t. 841. — y. domestica; pedicels glabrous, leaves at 
length glabrous beneath except sometimes the midrib, branches 
unarmed. P. domestica L. : E. B. t. 1783. 
Hedges, coppices, and woods. — 7. perhaps truly wild at Twine- 
ham, Sussex ; and Isle of Wight. b . 4, 5. — Hudson and Smith 
were of opinion that war. 0. and 7. are forms of the same plant, and 
we are satisfied that the first of these cannot be satisfactorily distin- 
guished from P. spinosa. Dr. Bromfield also observed that in Hamp- 
shire P. spinosa is linked to the other two “ by such imperceptible 
and evanescent degrees of affinity, as to defy any specific formula 
that can be framed to distinguish them.” P. spinosa has in general 
much more spinous and crooked branches, and smaller leaves ; and 
the flowers are usually solitary and past before the leaves appear. 
P. insititia has often scarcely any spine, and then can only be dis- 
tinguished by the rather more pubescent leaves. In a., or the Sloe, 
the fruit is small, globose, and very austere ; in 0., or the Bullace-lree, 
it is larger ; and in 7. it is often longer than broad. 
** Pedicels elongated or racemose. Fruit without bloom. Young 
leaves conduplicate. Cerasus DC. 
2. P. Avium. L. ( wild C. or Gean) , flowers in nearly sessile 
lax umbels, calyx-tube pyriform, the segments entire somewhat 
pointed, leaves drooping ovate-lanceolate. P. Cerasus Sm. in 
E. B. t. 706. 
Woods and hedges. b- S . — A tree. Flower-buds not leafy. 
The stone of the drupe adheres to the flesh in this species ; in the next 
it separates readily. — The origin of the common garden Cherry. 
3. P. Cerasus L. (Morello C.) ; flowers in nearly sessile 
umbels, calyx-tube turbinate the segments crenato-serrate 
blunt, leaves not drooping oblong-obovate or broadly ovate- 
lanceolate. E. B. S. t. 2863. P. austera Ehrh. 
Woods and hedges, in various places in England, b . 5. — A 
bushy plant, 6 — 8 ft. high, throwing out underground shoots or stems 
■ resembling creeping roots, to a considerable distance. Leaves erect or 
•; horizontal, never drooping, “ possessing a firmness and opacity quite 
wanting in the foliage of the last species.” Bromf. Inner scales of the 
, fiower-buds leafy. — This is the origin of the Morello cherry, but 
whether truly distinct from the preceding is to us doubtful. As- 
suredly in cultivation several of the differences usually assigned dis- 
appear, such as the pubescence of the leaf; and as to the leafy nature 
of the flower-buds, unless the upper figure in E. B. t. 706. be also 
•I taken from the present species, it seems sometimes alike in both. 
4. P. Pddus L. (Bird- Cherry) ; flowers in pendulous racemes, 
<■ leaves deciduous obovate or oval glabrous with two glands at 
the summit of the foot-stalk. E. B. t. 1383. 
Woods and coppices, frequent, especially in the north, b . 5. — 
