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2. P. emarginata (Dougl.) Walp. ———>»An intricately branched shrub 1=-4 
me tall, or rarely with us, a small slender tree 4-5 m, tall, the branches 
widely spreading; bark chestnut brown, resembling the bark of the bronze 
birches, separating readily into two layers, the lenticels transverse, 2<§ 
mnie long, branchlets usually reddish; leaf-blades 5-9 om. long, rarely 3 em. 
wide, narrowly elliptical or sanewhat oblanceolate, obtuse or rounded at the © % 
apex, rarely acute, the margins finely toothed, the teeth rounded, bearing Beak: 
a small prong which lies closely appressed and appears to arise between the 
teeth, both surfaces glabrous; petioles 5-10 mm. long; glands, if present, 
@n the margin of the leaf-blade, near but not on the petiole, appearing sane- 
times as the lowermost teeth; flowers borne im umbel-like axillary racemes, fs 
the rachis 1-2 cm. long, the bractlets mimte, toothed, soon falling; pedicels 
about 1 cme long; calyx-tube 3 mm. long, obovate, the lobes 1-2 mm. long, 
rounded; petals white, 3-4 mm. long oval to orbicular, narrowed at the base; © 
stamens and style 4-5 mm. long; fruit bright red, oval, rather acute, 8<9 mm » 
long, the pit flattened»elliptical, 7 mm. long, with 3 acute ridges along 
one margine 
Found chiefly either at low elevations, sometimes forming thickets,or at 
elevations of 5000-6000 feet on open mountain sides on old nearly reclaimed 
talus slopes.  [xwgemaaax rail - 
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vare mollis (Dougl.) Brewer. The branchlets and one or both surfaces of the 
leaves, the inflorescence and usually, but not always, the calyx and corolla 
softly hirsute, and more or less glandular; stipules oblong, 6-8 mn. long, 
tardily deciduous, glandular laciniate; the leaves seem broader in proportion 
and more oval than in the typical form. Intersocrsed ith the species or at 
somevhat lower clev-tionss 
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