IJOSK FAMILY ) 



14. R. Virginia na Mill, su-m* oit<'U tall an<i _ </// "' 



nnlly '//</// o\ usually i 



. rather thick, xmooth and 



were corymbose or solitary ; outer sepals frequently with 

 bet. /.' .!>"" Margins of swamps and rocky shores, 



Nfd. :-. . V. and *-. Pa. 



!'. R. humilis Marsh. Stems usually low (3-9 dm. high), slender, with 



<-kles (spreading or sometimes reflexed) ; stipules nar, 



rar.-Jy sou ic what dilated ; leaflets as in the last, but usually thinner arid duller; 



xter sepals always more or lets lobed. Mostly in 

 dry soil or on rocky slopes, N. S. to Fla., w. to Minn., Mo., Okla., and La. 





24. PR17NUS [Tourn.] L. PLIM, CHERRY, ETC. 



Calyx '>-' .be bell-shaped, urn-shaped, or tubular-obconical, decidu- 

 ous after fl'.wering. Petals 5, spreading. Stamens 15-20. Pistil solitary, with 

 2 pendulous ovules. Drupe fleshy, with a bony stone. Small trees or shrubs, 

 with mostly edible fruit. (The ancient Latin name.) CKBASCS B. Jus*. 



L. 



i oUwur, tbk'kifeb, ere Ti*te-*Tult*', tb^ toetL incurred . 1 . 

 Leaves mosdr oborate, tUn, ilnrpHr emte ; teeth fomewbat 



2. P.riryiHtoM. 



tOtfamt ;.an vfOe iteeUc 



Jowf-ri. -ifj^J: j-.-V;,- MOCdj 4 ". irj-'i 



Leave* broad or, if narrow. 



PeHefea IS-J8 



L---a-.<-- Miate- or 

 MI nboi ri 



Tetib oflecves flw, obttue; the do 



T*Ui of feave* 



14. 



15. P.lwrtMla**. 



. Per*u*t. 



[L.] Reichenb. Z>rw/> *nw/7, globose, witiwut Moom; the stone 

 rers in racemes termtua' 'wncbei, 



"<HW, tetc fn spring, PA DCS Moench. 



P. ser6tina ?:hrh. BLACK or ROM C.) A large tree, with reddish- 



bran ><fitfc; leaves oblong or / -Wong, 



CRAY'S MAVCAL- 



