Variety.
¥ C. S . 2 retù.m Ser. — Leaves obovate, round, very obtuse, almostretuse,
slightly villose beneath ; midrib hairy above and below. A native
o f South America.
477. Cérasus (v.) s e ró tin a .
C. (y. ) serótina so closely resembles C. virginiàna, th a t we have no doubt
whatever o f the ir being one and the same species.
Ï 25. C . m o ' l l i s . Doug. The soft Bird-Cherry Tree.
U e n tifica h o n . D o u g l. M S S. : Hook. F l, Bor. Amer., 1 . IGO. i D o u ’s Mill.,
E m r a u in g . O u r /¡g. 478., from a specimen in th e B ritish Museum.
Spec. Char., 4c. Kaeemes short, pubescently tomentose,
as tvel'l as the calyxes ; calycine segments reflexed ; leaves
obovate oblong, crenated, pubescent beneath ; fruit ovate.
(Don’s M ill.) A
tree. Amei-ica,
near th e mouth
o f th e Columbia,
and on subalpine trs. c. minis,
hills, near th e source o f th e river.
Height 12 ft. to 24 ft. In tro d . 1838.
Flowers white. Naked young wood
dark brown and downy, and the
general habit said to be th a t o f C.
pubescens.
Young plants have been raised in
th e H o rt. Soc. Garden, from seeds
sent home by Douglas.
Î Î 26. C. Ca po' l l i n Dec. The
Capollin Bird-C herry Tree.
M -m tÿ k a lw n . Dec. F ro d ., 2, p . 539. ; Do n 's
iVlill., 2. p. 515,
‘ S ''™ “ Uy^iniàna Flor. M e s k . Ic.
.me canadensis Moc. et Sesse PI.
479- Cérasus Capóllut. Mex. Ic . ined.. He rn. Mex. 9 5 .
En-varings. Fl. Mex. Icon. ined. ; PI. Mex. Icon. ined. ; He rn . Mex. Icon., 95. ; an d o m Jig. 479.
Smc Char 4c. Leaves lanceolate, serrated, and glabrous, resembling in form,
and nearly in size, th o se o f Sàlix i'rágilis. Racemes lateral and terminal.
Fruit olobose, resembling, in form and colour, th a t o f C. sylvestis. (Dec.
Prod f A handsome sub-evergreen low tre e or shrub. Mexico, in tem|ierate
and ¿old places. Height 6 ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in 182Ü. Flowers white;
May. Drupe red ; ripe in August.
The plant bearing this name in th e I lo r t. Soc. Garden has leaves broader
tlian those o f Sàlix fragilis ; and, taken altogether, it is o f more luxuriant
prowth than C. virginiàna. It is, however, less hardy as a plant m the open
¿arden and was killed to th e ground in the winter o f 1837-8. In favourable
situations however, it is a very desirable species, being a remarkably free
flowerer, and ripening abundance o f fruit, which have stones as large as those
of the wild cherry.
s 27. C. n e p a l e ' n s i s Ser. The Nepal Bird-
Cherry Tree.
Identification. Seringe in Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. 540. ; D o n ’s Mill.,
Synonyme. P rù n u s glauc ifòlius Wall. MSS.
Engraving. Oar Jig. 480., from a specimen in Dr. Lindley s h e r.
barium.
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves resembling in form those
of Sàlix fragilis ; long, lanceolate, acuminate,
serrate, with blunt teeth, glabrous, whitish beneath
; the veins much re ticu la ted ; and the
axils o f the larger o f them hairy. Peduncle
short, and, as well as th e rachis, slightly villose.
Calyx glabrous. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous
shrub or low tree. Nepal. Height 6 ft. to
12 ft. Introd. 1820. Flowers w h ite ; May.
Drupe ?.
B. Species qf Bird-Cherry Trees which have not y e t been introduced, or of which
we have not seen Plants.
Ï C. a c u m i n à t a (P I. B ar. Asiat., ii.
p. 78. t. 181.; and om Jig. 481.) is a Nepal
tree, growing to th e height o f 20 or 30 feet, ,
with the flowers in axillary racemes, and
nodding, a little shorter than th e leaves.
C. emarginàta Dougl. (Hook. Ft. Bar.
Amer., p. 169.) is a shrub, growing to the
height of 6 or 8 feet, with its flowers in corymbose
racemes ; having oval, serrulated,
glabrous leaves ; and globose fruit, a stringent
lo the taste. The leaves are 2 in. long ; the
flowers are white ; and th e wood red, with
white spots. It is found wiid about the
upper part of th e Columbia River, especially
about the Ke ttle Falls.
Î C. capricida G .Don. The Goat-killing Bird Cherry. P rù n u s c ap n c id a ll o«-;
P. undulàta Hamilt. in D . Doris Prod. Nepal, p. 239. ; C. u ndulà ta Dec.
Prod.n. p. 540. — Leaves elliptic, acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous, quite
entire, with undulately curled margins. Petioles glandulous. Racemes either
solitary or a'lgregate by threes, many-flowered, glabrous, shorter than the
leaves. (Doris Mill., ii. p. 515.) A ha'ndsome showy tree, probably evergreen,
a native of Nepal, a t Narainhetty ; where the leaves are found to contain so
large a quantity of prussic acid as to kill th e goats which browse upon them.
Rovle seems to consider C. undulàta and C. capricida as distinct species ; and
u 3
4 8 0 . Cerasus nep alén sis.
4 81. Cérasus a cum in à ta .
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