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AMYGDALUS* communis 3 var. macrocarpa. 
Largefruited Almond. 
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA4. 
Nat. ord. Rosacem. § Amygdalee. 
AMYGDALUS.—Drupa pubescenti-velutina, cortice fibrosd exsucca 
irregulariter secedente, putamine foraminuloso aut levi. Folia juniora 
conduplicata. Flores subsessiles, solitarit aut gemini, foliis precocires, 
é gemmis squamosis orti, Fructus lanatz. Dec. prodr. 2. 530. 
A. communis ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis serrulatis, floribus solitariis, calyci- 
bus campanulatis, fructibus ovoideo-compressis tomentosis. Dec. J. c. 
9. macrocarpa ; foliis latioribus acuminatis vix cinereis, pedunculis breviori- 
bus turgidis, fructibus majoribus umbilicatis apice acuminatis putamine 
duro. Dec. l. c. 
Amandier a gros fruits. Duham. arb. ed. 2.v. 4. p. 112. Novsett. gard. 
fr. p. 7. t. 3. 
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Of this beautiful variety of the Almond there is a single 
specimen in the Garden of the Horticultural Society at 
Chiswick, where our drawing was made, in May 1827. It 
is in most respects like a common Almond, but its flowers 
are almost twice as large, and remain in perfection for a 
longer period. 
The fruit is larger than that of the common Almond. © 
According to M. Seringe, the two kinds of Almond called 
Amande Pistache and Amande Sultane, are referable to this 
variety. 
Increased by budding upon plums or other drupaceous 
plants. a 
* "Auvydaate, the Greek name of the tree: macrocarpa, from peaxeds, 
large, and xaezds, fruit. 
