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bark have an agreeable aromatic odor; the leaves are oval- or 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, and serrate, the tceih being 



Fig. 315. Fruiting branch of \\ild black cherry {Prunus 5<-n'/iMa). 



glandular; the flowers are white and in racemes; tlie fruit is a 

 dark purple or blackish, globular drupe (Fig. .^5). Tlie nearly 

 related species wild cherry or choke cherry ( Pruuns virijimana) 

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