now figured by its obovate, mostly obtuse and more or less 
pubescent leaves, as well as by its larger and darker red 
fruit, 
Description.— Tree, 30-40 ft. high, deciduous; stem 
13 ft. thick ; twigs glabrous, reddish; bark intensely bitter. 
Leaves petioled, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, sometimes 
obovate, acuminate, rounded or broadly cuneate at the base, 
finely but irregularly serrate, the teeth much incurved and 
gland-tipped, 3-4 in. long, 1-13 in. wide, bright green, 
glabrous except when just unfolding ; petiole slender, $—3 in. 
long, with one or more glands near its junction with the 
blade; stipules very small, subulate, with glandular edges. 
Flowers white, } in. across, opening during April or early 
May on the growths of the previous year, in fascicles or 
short-stemmed umbels bearing 4-6, sometimes more flowers ; 
pedicels slender, glabrous, 3-1 in. long. Calyx glabrous, 
5-lobed; tube funnel-shaped; lobes blunt, about as long as 
the tube. Petals 5, suborbicular, pubescent outside near 
the base. Fruit subglobose, } in. across, bright red when 
ripe; stone compressed, ovoid. : 
Fig. 1, portion of edge of a leaf; 2, stipules ; 3, flower-bud; 4, vertical section 
of a flower, the petals removed :—all enlarged. 
