AMYGDALACEAE 649 
12-15 mm. long, dark-purple, beneath the bloom: P ities 8- mm. me 
much haie a ed at both ends, crested. [P. m a (Ch Fl.). ] 
— (Hoa LUM.) ndy e mainly in the granite districts, "Piedmont, "Ga. and 
Ala Fr. ripe sum 
6. P. hortulana Bailey. Tree becoming 9 m. tall, the young e dark 
reddish-brown: leaf-blades elliptic-obovate or A Ne 7.5-11 . long, 
decidedly inate, ewhat lustrous above, pubescent, often spari 80 
beneath, rather abruptly rounded at the base —5-flowered: sepals 
elliptic-ovate, mostly obtuse, glabrous or obscurely pubescent, gl on 
r ong, abruptly clawed: drupe globose or slightly ellip- 
soid, 1 diameter, red 1 po S in om: stone 
mostly oval d or P NL 11-17 mm. P. hortulana Mineri 
ong. [ 
(WILD-GOOSE PLUM. me bottom TB various pier Ga. to Tex., Mo. j 
and Ill.—Fr. ripe sum.—fall. 
7. P. Munsoniana Wight & Hedrick. Tree, becoming 6 m. tall or more, the 
young twigs usually eo ae n: leaf-blades lanceolate E p Mr 
late, usually 6-10 em. long, e or occasionally somewhat acuminate, shining 
above, sparingly pubescent pone near the veins beneath, or glabrous, 
rounded at the base: flowers 2-4 together: sepals elliptic-ovate to Eu 
obtuse, glabrous or sparingly pubescent n t, glandular on the margin 
petals 6-7 mm. long, entire or slightly erose: drupe glo lobose to al 25-30 
mm. in diameter, usually EA las with light bloom, sometimes ye ellow: stone 
elliptie to oval or ovoid, mm. long or longer. — Rich soil, du in river- 
valleys, various provinces, aa ae to N Tex. and Mo.—Fr. ripe 
8. P. angustifolia Marsh. Tree 8 m. tall or less or a shrub, bn young dro 
reddish-brown: leaf-blades lanceolate to oval-lanceolate, 2-5 em. lon 
acute, shining above, sparingly pubescent beneath or pe Ran cance a D 
‘rarely rounded at the base: flowers 2—4 together: sepals ovate, obtuse, glabrous 
without, eiliate, eglandular: petals about 4 mm. long, abruptly clawed: drupe 
subglobo ose, 13 3-23 mm . in diameter, P to yellow: stone oval, obovoid, rens 
or oval, -1.5 cm. long. E Chicasa Michx.]— HICKASAW-PLUM. 
PLUM.)—Sandy soil, edges of woods, thickets and fence-rows, Coastal Plain, 
Fla. to Miss. and N. J.—Fr. ripe spr 
9. ae ben iculata Harper. Shrub with diffusely branched stems, 1.5 m. tall, 
the numerous zigzag branches somewhat spinescent: leaf-blades aiptic to 
ovate ‘elliptic, 1-2.5 em. long, mucronate, finely erenate-serrate, rather short- 
j e wW e 
leaves: pedicels stout, 2-3 mm. long: corolla white, 1 cm. wide or less: drupe 
n or TA T vg ur E or n E -PLUM.)—Sverub and dry 
10. P. beers aire L.f. Tree 11 m. tall or less, the young twigs reddish 
em. 
and somewhat shining: leaf- blades lanceolate or elliptie-lanceolate, 6—15 
long, asd, gla dn or sometimes sparingly pubescent petu. n 
or rounded at t th e base: flowers 3-7 together in umbel-like or orymb-li 
clusters: asl tare elliptic. or ovate-elliptic, obtuse, glabrous, aadar: avers . 
about 5 mm. long: drupe globular, 5-7 mm. in diameter, red, the flesh thin: 
stone ovoid s broadly ellipsoid to subglobose o.— ( BIED-O CHERRY. PIN-CHERRY. 
PIGEON-CHERRY. ILD RED-CHERRY. .) — Roc ky woods and clearings, often in 
acid soil and burned-over land, inde provinces N of Coastal un Ga. to 
Colo., Ont., and Newf.—Fr. ripe 
11. P. cuneata Raf. Shrub 1.5 m. tall or rA the —— glabrous: leaf- blades 
oval, elliptic, elliptic-obovate, or obovate, 3.5-8 cm. long, obtuse or some- 
