. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 4Sn. COasUB nepal^mit. B. Species of Bird-Cherry Trees which have not yet been introduced, or of which we have not seen Plants. t C. acuminata Wall. (PI. Rar. Asiat., ii. p. 78. t. 181.; and omt fg. 481.) is a Nepal tree, growing to the height of 20 or 30 feet,, with the flowers in axill
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 4Sn. COasUB nepal^mit. B. Species of Bird-Cherry Trees which have not yet been introduced, or of which we have not seen Plants. t C. acuminata Wall. (PI. Rar. Asiat., ii. p. 78. t. 181.; and omt fg. 481.) is a Nepal tree, growing to the height of 20 or 30 feet,, with the flowers in axillary racemes, and nodding, a little shorter than the leaves. s C. emargindta Dougl. (Hook. Fl. JBor. Amer., p. 169.) is a shrub, growing to the heiijht of 6 or 8 feet, with its flowers in co- rymbose racemes ; having oval, serrulated, glabrous leaves; and globose fruit, astringent to the taste. The leaves are 2 in. long; the flowers are white ; and the wood red, with white spots. It is found wild about the upper part of the Columbia Kiver, especially about the Kettle Falls. S The Goat-killing Bird Cherry. PrijnuscapricidaWa//.; P. undulata Hamilt. in D. Don's Prod. Nepal, p. 239.; C. undulata Dec. Prod. ii. p. 340. — Leaves elliptic, acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous, quite entire, with undulately curled margins. Petioles glandulous. Racemes either solitary or aggregate by threes, many-flowered, glabrous, shorter than the leaves. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 315.) A handsome showy tree, probably evergreen, a native of Nepal, at Narainhetty ; where the leaves are found to contain so large a quantity of prussic acid as to kill the goats which browse upon them, ^ovle seems to consider C. undulata and C. capricida as distinct species ; and u 3. 481. C^raauG Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the o
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