646 AMYGDALACEAE 
eod white. Filaments markedly united. Carpels sometimes 2 or 3. Stone 
of the fruit terete, not pointed at the base.—Following are the only known 
wc ba one. -APPLES. GROUND-OAKS, 
Ovary pubescent: drupe 3-4 cm. long. 1. G. pallidus. 
Ovary glabrous: drupe 2-2.5 cm. long. 2. G. oblongifolius. 
G. pallidus Small. Similar to G. oblongifolius in habit: blades of the upper 
leaves elliptie, 4—10 em. long, aeute, pini white-tomentose beneath, the hairs 
e or ov x 
Florida—is not the only animal t 
cpu the fruits of these shrubs. 
nts g low ho 
gopher—one of the large land turtles of 
he hat ap- 
anima 
that it is often difficult to find one, even in 
a large colony of the plants. 
2. G. oblongifolius (Michx.) Small. Plant 
1-3 dm. tall: blades of the upper leaves ob- 
MD RA den a em. long, gla- 
brous, obtus and s 
dru id Ew ob [Chr — 
oblongifolius Miehx. T- Pineands, pcr "hills, and sand-dunes, Coastal Plain, 
. to Miss. and Ga. 
3. AMYGDALUS L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves very strongly impreg- 
nated with prussic acid. Flowers sessile or short-pedicelled. Corolla mostly 
in Drupe velvety-pubescent, the stone 
ae. and pitted.—About 5 species, na- 
tives of Asia.—PEACHES 
1. A. Persica L. Tree: leaf-blades nar- 
rowly apie lanceolate, or rarely ellip- 
tic-obov ing, sharply serrate: petals 
p pis rupe subglobose or 
ar ara 4—10 cm. long, grooved on one side 
velvety. — (COMMON AC — Roadsides, 
Hees and thickets, various provinces, Fla. 
to Tex., Calif., and N. Y.—Nat. of Old 
World. —Sg r.— Cult. in many varieties for 
its fruit.— Two distinct forms of the peach 
appear as eseapes from cultivation; the a 
has large, Poss dra dd light-pink flow | 
ud other has small, inconspicuous reddish. um flowers. These may represent 
two of d ancestral species which may be combined in the ordinary culti- 
voe pea 
4, PRUNUS L. Shrubs or trees, — thorny. Leaves oceasion- 
=l o with prussic-acid, deciduous: ae broad o row, mem- 
somewhat leathery, more or less toothed. Flowers perfect, in 
cR or corymb-like clusters from scaly e s, usually rather = il 
celled. Hypanthium turbinate, campanulate, or hemispheric, deciduous. Se 
