148 * roruLAR flora. 



4. "Wn.D Rlactc Chkhry. Shrub or Inrge tree, with rccklish-brown bark on the branches, oblonjr or 



lance-oblong leaves with .short and blunt teelh, untl purplish-black vinous fruit, ripe in autumn. 



P. stroliiicu 

 Pium. Prmuts. 



All arc cultivated, except the Beach Plum ; but No. 2 is also wild; so is No. 3 in the Southwest. 



1. Ct)M.MON Plum {P. dumcstica), with all its varieties, probably came from the Bullack Pluji (P. 



insililia), and that perhaps from tiie thorny Sloe (/'. .ynnds:i). 



2. Wild (Rkd and Yellow) Plum : well known for its very juicy pulp in a (red or partly yellow) 



toui^li skin; leaves coarsely serrate. /'. Americana. 



8. CiiiCiCASAW Plu.ai : with lance-shaped finely serrate leaves, and small red, f.iin-skinned, cherry- 

 like fruit. S. P. Cliicasn. 



4. Beach Plum. A low busk on the sea-coast, with the leaves downy beneath, and a small purple 



or crimson fruit. P. viariliiiia. 



Mead o\v -Sweet. Spircea. 



Calyx o-cleft. Petals f), broad or roundish.. Pistils commonly 5, making little pods (follicles) with 



2 or few seeds in each. Nos. 1, 2, 4, and G are wild species, but also cult, in gardens and grounds. 



* Shrubs, with white flowers, except No. 2. 



1. Common Mf.adow-Saveet. Smooth, 2° or 3" high ; leaves oblo: g or lancc-ohlong and wedge- 



slinpeJ; llowcrs in a crowded panicle, sometimes j)alc flesh-color. Wet grounds. <S snUciJolla. 



2. Dov\->;y M.. or IIaediiack. Leaves coated with wool beneath: flowers rose-color. S. tomentbsa. 

 8. Itallvn M., or ?\lAV\vr.EATii. Smooth ; stems 3° or 4° long, rcci;rvod; leaves .'■mall, spatulate, 



entire; flowers small, in umbels on short leafy shoots. Cult.; fl. in spring. S. hupeiiiifuUtu 



4. NiNEiiAUK M. Smoothish, 4° to 10° high; branches recurving; leaves rounded, 3-!obed ; flowers 



in umbels, in spring; pods 3 to 5, bladdery, turning purplish. Old bark of stems peeling ofl[' in 



tiiin layers. Pocky banks, N. & W., and cultivated. S. opidifulia. 



6. SoT;r.-LEAVED ^I. Smooth, 3° to C° high ; leaves pinnate; leaflets oblong-lance-shaped, pointed, cut- 



tootlied; flov.-ers in a large panicle, in spring. Cultivated. <S. surbij'olia. 



^ * Herbs, with perennial roots, and interruptedly pinnate leaves, and flowers in a crowded compound 

 cyme, on a long naked stalk. All but No. C are foreign species. 



6. QuEEX-OF-Ti:E-Pr.Aii;iE M. Smooth; leaflets 3 to 7 and some little ones; cnd-leafict very large, 



parted ar.d cleft; flov.'crs peach-blossom-color, in summer. W. and cult. S. lubiila. 



7. 1:x<;li-ii M. Leaves smaller than in the last, white-downy beneath; flowers white. S. Ulmaria. 



8. Di:orv.-or.T }J. Smooth; leaflets 9 to 21, besides the minute ones, linear-oblong, mucli cut; cymes 



of a few slender branches; flowers white, single or double. S./lU/jcucIuU. 



Indiaii-Phj-sic. GlUhnia. '^ (tJu^^juIXaX <il' |^^ ^'^ 

 Ctilyx narrow or club-shaped, 5-tooth.od, Petals 5, lance-shaped, rather unequal, white or pale rose. 

 Stamens 10 to 20, short. Pistils and little pods 5. — Herbs, with perennial roots, and leaver of three 

 cut-toothed thin leaflets. Piowers in a loose corymb or panicle, in summer. 



1- CoMJioN IxDiAX-PiiYSic (cr BowMAx's P(X)t). Leaflets oblong; stipules small and entire. W. 



and cultivated in gardens. (^- trij'oludn. 



2. Wksteux L (or Ameiucan Ipecac). Leaflets lancc-shapcd, more cut than iu the last, as are tho 



large stipules. W. ^'- srqmlacea. 



