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Culinis CERASORUM AUTUMNALIUM 
Fruftus. 
Locus. Colitur ubique in hortis, locis eleva¬ 
tis. Arbor. 
FORMA, ree. (ceraC nigr.) Folia alterna , in 
ramulo anni currentis, petiolata, ovata, termi¬ 
nata apice attenuato, obtufiufcuio, bipoMicam, 
margine ferrata: ferraturis inaequalibus, obtufis 
cum tuberculo parvo, fufeo; a inferioribus oppo- 
ficis, glandulofis; utrinque minutim rugofa, ve- 
nuiofa, glabra, nitidiufcula, fupra oblcure viri¬ 
dia, fubtus pallidiora, nervofa: nervis a rachi 
obliquis, alternis. Petioli foliis breviores, tere¬ 
tes, fuperne canaliculati. Pedunculi pollice lon¬ 
giores, teretes, glabri, fuperne incraflati, api¬ 
ce terminati margine truncato, plano, drupa? 
adpreflb; folitarii, fepe gemini, e gemma ramu¬ 
li annotini. Drupa pendula?, fubrotunda?, pon¬ 
dere circiter drachmse 1, apice obtufo-rotundato, 
depreffiufculo hilo pufillo notata?, bafi concava?, 
undique la?ves, nitidas, atomis adfperfa?, nigra:; 
parencymate carnofo-fucculento, venofo, tener¬ 
rimo, fucco fangvineo. Nux fubrotunda, viK 
rugofa, offea, altero margine acuto, altero ve¬ 
ro incraflato, gibbo, angulis tribus obfoletis, bafi 
cicatrifata. Nucleus albus, amygdalinus, ovatus, 
acutus, ftriatus. Variant frudus Cerafi diverfe, 
colore nimirum, fapore, magnitudine, &c. 
PROPR . rec. Folior . odor debilis; fapnr her- 
baceo-cerafinus, vix amaricans; mafticata gluti- 
nofa, lubrica, faliva viridefeente. FruEluum: 0- 
dor nullus*, fapor magis vel minus acidulus, pro 
ingenio cujusque varietatis; ex his Cerafi autu¬ 
mnales fubamari, lubflyptici fentiuntur. Nucleor . 
proprietas fere amygdalarum amararum. 
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