ROSE FAMILY. 551 



Ell. Sk. 1:547. Gray, Man. ed. (J, IGfi. Chap. FI. 128. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 

 4:117, t. 191. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey to Florida, west to Louisiana and 

 southern Arkansas. 



Alabama : Over the State. Drj" open copses. Cullman and Mobile counties. 

 Flowers March (20, Mobile); fruit ripe October, November, greenish yellow, size of 

 a hazel ntit. Frf^juent. A straggling shrub 2 or 3 feet high. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PRUNUS L. Sp. PL 1 : 47.S. 17.-i3. 

 About SO species, temperate region, North Hemisphere. North America 20 sjieciea. 



Prunu.s americana Marsh. Arb. Am. 111. 1785. Wild Red or Yellow Plum. 



Friuius hiemalis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 28-t. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:542. Cray, Man. ed. 6, 151. Chap. Fl. 119. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb, 

 2 :102. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4 : 19, /. 150. 



Mexico. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Canada to Saskatchewan ; New England west 

 to Minnesota, Dakota, and Colorado, south to western Florida and Texas. 



Al.vbama : Mountain region. Tennessee Valley. V^ooded hillsides and banks of 

 streams. Lauderdale Conuty (Dr. Moody). Cullman (Jounty. Clay County, Delta 

 Divide, 1, 500 feet. Flowers white, March, April; frnit yellow to red, July. Nowhere 

 abundant in the State. Tree 20 to 25 feet high. 



Economic uses: The wood is useful and the fruit edible. Cultivated in various 

 races. 



Type locality not specifically given. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Pruuus hortulana Bailey, Gard. &. For. 5 : 90. 1892. Gardex Wild Plum. 



Chap. Fl. ed. 3. 131, as Prunus maritima. Sargent, Silva. N. A. 4 : 24. 



Louisianian and Carolinian areas. Illinois (O(iuawka), Missouri (near St. Louis, 

 etc.), and probably in southern Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and 

 through Arkansas to eastern Texas. 



Alabama : Littoral region. Dry banks. Mobile County, not rare on the so-called 

 "shellbanks." Near Coden and Bayou La Battre. Flowers in March; fruit green- 

 ish red, with a slight bloom, about the size of the Chickasaw i)]um, ripe in Septem- 

 ber and October. 



Prunus angustifolia Marsh. Arb. Anu 111. 1785. Ciiickas \\v Plum. 



PruuKS chlcasa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 284. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:542. Gray, Man. ed. 0. !.->_'. Chap. Fl. 119. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4:25, 

 1. 152. 



Most probably introduced by the aborigines i'rom the southwestern sections of the 

 Mississijipi Valley into the region east of the Mississippi. Copiously disseminated 

 from Maryland to Florida and from Missouri to Texas. 



Alabama : All over the State. In liglit sandy soil, old fields, pastures. Flowers 

 middle of February to March; fruit ripe June, yellow and reddish. Largely culti- 

 vated in many varieties and crosses with Prunus nmericuna. 



Type locality: Native of the Southern States. Apparently described from the 

 cultivated tree. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Prunus umbellata Ell. Sk. 1: 541. 1821. Prairie Plum. Soi'thern Sloe. 



Chap. Fl. 119. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4 : 33, i. 153. 



l^ouisianian area. Soutii Carolina to Florida, west to Mi8sissipj)i, Louisiana, and 

 southern Missouri {Tracy!). 



Alabama: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Dry sandy copses, open woods, 

 borders of fields. Montgomery, Clark, Escambia, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. 

 Flowers February (Mobile) to middle of March; fruit ripe July, plum-purple. Tree 

 15 to 25 feet high ; freipient. 



Economic uses: The fruit is made into preserves. 



Type locality: "Grows in very dry, sandy soils," South Carolina and Georgia. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



