Prunus ROSACEAE— LEGUMINOSAE Gleditsia 



P. Mahaleb L. Mahaleb Cherry. 



Escaping from cultivation; collected at several localities about 

 Wilmington, chiefly on the banks of the Brandy wine Creek, by 

 Canhy and by E. Tatnall, between 1896 and 1900 (D). Introd. 

 from Europe. 



P. Avium L. Sweet Cherry. 



Cultivated, and frequently escaping to hedgerows and margins 

 of woods. Introd. from Eurasia. 



P. Cerasus L. Sour Cherry. 



Hedgerows and woods, escaping from cultivation in northern 

 New Castle County. Introd. from Europe. 



P. americana Marsh. Wild Plum. 



Frequent in thickets, meadows and pine woods. Piedmont and 

 Coastal Plain, at least as far south as Sussex County. Fl. Mid- 

 April, early May. 



P. Padus L. European Bird Cherry. 



Rare, in cultivation or escaped: Mount Cuba (NC), A. McElwee, 

 6 May 1893 (A); Hillcrest (suburb of Wilmington), in a lawn on 

 Marsh Road, ca. 100 yards e. of Philadelphia Pike, (D. Y. Liver- 

 sidge), R. R. Tatnall, 5085, 5 May 1944 (T, A). 



Amygdalus L. 

 A. Persica L. {Prunus Persica (L.) Stokes.) Peach. 



Frequently escaping from cultivation to roadsides and waste 

 places. Fl. April. Introd. from Asia. 



LEGUMINOSAE (Pulse Family) 



Gymnocladus Lam. 



G. dioica (L.) Koch. Kentucky Coffee Tree. 



Planted, and occasionally spontaneous: roadside, Marshallton 

 (NC), "self-grown seedling," Otis, in 1916 (A). 



Gleditsia L. 



G. triacanthos L. Honey Locust. 



Widely planted, and sometimes escaping. 



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