Small, from which our plant appears to differ mainly in the 
shape of the leaves and in having a stone which is more or 
less pointed at both extremities. The plant from which our 
figure has been prepared has long existed in the Kew 
collection. It flowers in May, and not only produces its 
blossoms in great profusion, but keeps them in perfection 
longer than most Plums do. At Kew it forms a low 
spreading bush, 4-5 ft. high, and considerably more 
in width. Judging by the localities in which it grows wild, 
it ought to prove useful for planting in fairly exposed 
places near the sea. It appears to possess a very robust 
constitution, and is one of the most accommodating of 
American Plums in regard to soil. It is, however, rather 
subject to attack by the aphis which so frequently infects 
the young shoots of Plums and causes the leaves to curl up 
into shapeless masses. P. maritima produces its fruit in 
sufficient quantity to afford ample means of propagation ; 
it can also be budded on ordinary plum-stocks. 
Derscription.—Shrub, 4-5 ft. high in cultivated speci- 
mens, reaching 12 ft. in wild specimens; main branches 
decumbent, the secondary erect or nearly so; bark smooth, 
more or less ash-grey. Leaves elliptic or obovate, more or 
less cuneate or somewhat rounded at the base, acute or sub- 
acute at the tip, 1§-1% in. long, 8-11 in. broad, serrate, 
pubescent or glabrous, nerves 6-8 on each side, raised 
beneath; petiole 4 lin. long or less, finely pubescent; 
stipules oblong, ciliate, deciduous. Corymbs short, 10- or 
fewer-flowered ; pedicels about 5 lin. long, pubescent. 
receptacle almost campanulate, 14 lin. long, slightly pubes- 
cent outside, glabrous within. Calya-lobes ovate, rounded 
at the tip, under 1 lin. long, with inflexed edges, pubescent 
on both sides. Petals white, wide obovate or nearly orbi- 
cular, 3-34 lin. long, 24-3 lin. broad, crenate at the tip. 
Stamens 18-25, their filaments nearly equal. Carpel ellip- 
soid, glabrous; style stout, nearly 2 lin, long, glabrous, 
slightly 2-fid at the tip. Drupe oblong, ellipsoid, or nearly 
globose, about 10 lin, long, red-purple; stone more or less 
pointed at both ends. 
Fig. 1, base of leaf and stipules ; 2, section of a flower, the petals removed; — 
8, petal; 4 and 5, stamens; 6, stone of the fruit -—all except 6 enlarged, | 
