Cheery
fl. white, axillary, solitary. May. fr. red, small, round, watery, of but little value. l. ovate, serrated Branches drooping. h. 10ft. to 20ft. 1822. (W. D. B. 131.) The variety aurea variegata (golden-variegated) is very handsome.
C. serotina (late). fl. white, in racemes terminating leafy branches. fr. purplish-black. l. lanceolate-oblong, acuminate serrated, with incurved, short, or callous teeth. Eastern United States. A large deciduous tree, furnishing valuable timber. (W. D. B. 48.) C. serrulata (saw-leaved).* Double Chinese Cherry. fl. pale white or rose-tinted, double, disposed in fascicles. April. l. obovate, acuminated, setaceously serrulated, quite glabrous; petioles glandular. h. 15ft. China, 1822. SYN. C. Sieboldii. Deciduous. (R. H. 1866, 371.) C. Sieboldii (Siebold's). Synonymous with C. serrulata. C. sphaerocarpa (round-fruited). fl. white; racemes axillary, erect, small, shorter than the leaves. June and July. fr. nearly globose, purple when ripe. l. glandless, shining, about 2in. long and 1 1/2in. broad. h. 10ft. to 12ft. Jamica, 1820. Stove evergreen.
C. virginiana (Virginian). Choke-Cherry. fl. white; racemes erect, elongated. May and June. fr. globose, red. l. oblong, acuminated, doubly-toothed, smooth; petioles usually bearing about four glands. Wood beautifully veined with black and white. h. 20ft. to 80ft. Eastern United States, 1724. Deciduous.