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serottna. 



canadensis. 



earoliniana. 



semperfiorens. 



torealis. 



rCOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA, PmnUS. 



dentatis utrinque glabris, petiolis subquadriglandulosis. 

 — Willd. sp. pi. 2. p. 985. 



P. rubra, yjit. kew 2. p. l62. 



Icon. IVi/ld. arb. t.5 f I. Mich. arl. t 



In woods, frequent : Canada to Florida, fj . April, May. 

 V V. A handsome tree : flowers while, as all the fol- 

 lowing are ; berries red. The wood is very useful 

 and handsome, and is manufactured into elegant fur- 

 niture. 



3. P. floiibus raceraosis, racemis laxis, foliis deciduis sim- 

 pliciter serratis, serraturis infimis subglandu osis, costa 

 media basin versus barbata.— IViUd.sp. pi. 2. p. l80. 



P, virginiana. Mill. diet. n. 3. Bu R i harbk. 2.p" \g\. 



Icon. IVilld. arb. t. 5. f. 2. Wangh. umer t. 14./ 33. 



In mountain woods : Pensylvania to Carolina. \i . May, 

 June. V. V. Resembles the first species very much. 



3. P. floribus racemosis, foliis deciduis eglandulosis lato- 



lanceolatis rugosis argute serratis utrinque subpubescen- 

 tibus, in petiolum attenuatis. — IVilld. sp. pi. 2. p. Q86. 



Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 158./. 4. 



In North America. Sp.pl. T2. 4-. I strongly sus- 

 pect this to be nothing more than P. hiemalis. No. 9. 



4. P, floribus racemosis, foliis sempervirentibus oblongo- 



lanceolatis mucronatis .serratis eglandu:osis laevigalis. — 



Willd. sp pi. 2 p.gsy. 



In South Carolina and Georgia, Tj . May. v. v. A 

 handsome evergreen shrub, resembling P. lusitanica. 



5. P. floribus racemosis, racemis foliosispendulis, caljcibus 



serratis, foliis ovatis serratis glabris basi glandulosis. — 



Willd. sp pi. 2. p.gg2. 

 P. serolina. Roth catalect. I. p. 58. 

 In the western parts of Virginia. T2 . May. v, v. A 



small shrub. 



6. P. floribus corymbosis, pedicellis elongatis, foliis ovali- 



oblongis acuminatis eroso-denticulatis membranaceis 

 glabris, fructu subovato. — Mich.Jl. amer. 1. p. 286. 



Icon Mich. arb. t 



In Canada and on the high mountains of New England 

 and Pensylvania, V^ . May, June, v, v. A very 

 h^indsome small tree ; the wood exquisitely hard and 

 fine grained ; the cherries hang in clusters, are small, 

 red, and agreeable to the taste, but o'casion an as- 

 tringency in the mouth, from which they are, called 

 Choke- chtrries. 



