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and small petals. They measure 3.5 to 3 centimetres 
in diametre and are of a light crimson. A _ single 
flower consists of about 300 petals of various sizes. 
Such a constellation of petals does justice to the name 
chrysanthemum cherry. The flowers are in their prime 
in the early part of May. 
(4) ‘Morioka Ishiwari-zakura”’ (Prunns aequinoc- 
tialis ) ; 
Growing through a narrow crevice in a huge 
round-shaped granite rock in the compound of the 
Morioka district court in the city of Morioka, Iwate 
Prefecture, this tree is popularly called Ishiwari-zakura 
or ‘stone-breaking cherry.”” While the crack in the 
rock is only about 12 centimetres wide the lower part 
of the trunk just above the crack measures about 9 feet 
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