52 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. ROSACER. 
on low ground near the borders of small streams and ponds. It is not rare in the West Indies, and is 
widely distributed through Brazil. 
The wood of Prunus spherocarpa is heavy, hard, and close-grained, with obscure medullary rays 
and numerous minute open ducts, and is light clear red, with thick pale sapwood. The specific gravity 
of the absolutely dry wood is 0.8998, a cubic foot weighing 56.08 pounds. The fruit is used in the 
West Indies in the preparation of a cordial.’ 
Prunus spherocarpa was first found in Florida in 1877 by Dr. A. P. Garber.” 
1 Bot. Mag. t. 3141. — Rosenthal, Syn. Pl. Diaphor. 979. 2 See i. 65. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Puate CLXI. Prunus sPH#ROCARPA. 
1. A flowering branch, natural size. 
2. Vertical section of a flower just expanded, enlarged. 
3. A fruiting branch, natural size. 
4. Vertical section of a fruit, enlarged. 
5. A seed, enlarged. 
6. Part of a young leafy shoot showing stipules, natural size. 
