254 PENNYP ACKER— ON THE BEACH PLUM 



pubescent on the outer; petals white turning pinkish on 

 fading, ovate, rounded at the apex, contracted at the base 

 into short claws; stamens 35, from 8 to 10 mm. long, 

 glabrous, turning pink on fading, inserted on the calyx 

 tube; style 12 mm. long, glabrous with truncate stigma; 

 carpels simple, ellipsoid; glabrous. 

 Fruit Ripening August 10-30, of a deep blue color, sub-globose 



to slightly oval, 15 x 14 mm. covered with a light waxen 

 bloom, flecked with numerous light colored spots; weight 



1.4 to 1.85 grams; flesh of a watery green color, pulp free 

 from the stone, sweet and pleasant, abundance, of tannin 

 deposited in a layer beneath the skin; stone oval to elongate 

 slightly compressed reddish in color, 11 mm. long and 



7.5 x 5.8 mm. thick, weight .22 grams, acutely ridged on 

 the ventral, slightly grooved on the dorsal suture. 



3. Prunus maritima Var. praecox 

 (Small Inland Blue Black) 

 Form A low spreading bush 3 to 5 feet high forming dense thicket- 



like patches, branching irregular with slender short bran- 

 ches, erect or prostrate often drooping forming a broad 

 crown. 

 Bark Old stem rather slender, rough, cracked into thin dark 



gray plates which tend to persist, mostly lichen covered. 

 Young branches smooth, dark purpHsh brown, numerous 

 light colored lenticels and numerous spinescent branches. 

 Youngest twigs smooth, numerous, short and stout, puberu- 

 lous, epidermis silvery gray and when shed uncovers a 

 light reddish brown bark. 

 Lenticels Numerous, sm.all, conspicuous, irregularly distributed 

 over the branches, rounded and elevated on the youngest 

 twigs, while darker and flattened on the young branches. 

 Buds Alternate, conical, sharp pointed, brown or gray, covered 



with numerous triangular scales, puberulous along the 

 margins, covered with a silvery gray waxy coating which 

 is shed in early spring. 



Flower buds more precocious in early spring, chestnut 

 brown, very abundantly scattered along the branches, 

 frequently compounded with a single leaf bud near the 

 end of the twigs. 



