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109. Prunus Capuli, Cav. 



Wild Cherry. 



Apache and Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, west through southern New 

 Mexico and Arizona to the southern slopes of the San Francisco Moun- 

 tains ; in northern New Mexico, and Peru. 



A small tree, in the United States rarely 12 metres in height, with a 

 trunk often 0.30 metre in diameter ; bottoms of canons and mountain 

 valleys, generally between 5,000 and 7,000 feet elevation. 



Wood heavy, moderately hard, close-grained, compact ; medullary rays 

 very numerous, thin ; color brown, or often bright clear red, the sap- 

 wood nearly white. 



110. Prunus demissa, Walp. 

 Wild Cherry. 



Vancouver's Island, east to the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains 

 of Montana, south through the Pacific region ; and in Sonora. 



A small tree, sometimes 7 to 10 metres in height, with a trunk 0.30 to 

 0.45 metre in diameter, or more often a low shrub ; reaching its greatest 

 development in the rich valleys of southern Oregon and northern Cali- 

 fornia, near the coast ; in southern California, and east of the Cascade and 

 Sierra Nevada Ranges, a low shrub confined to high mountain valleys. 



Wood heavy, hard, not strong, close-grained, compact ; medullary rays 

 numerous, conspicuous ; color light brown, the sap-wood lighter. 



111. Prunus Caroliniana, Ait. 



Wild Orange. Mock Orange. Wild Peach. 



North Carolina, south, near the coast, to Bay Biscayne, Florida, south- 

 ern Alabama, and west, along the Gulf coast, to the valley of the Guada- 

 lupe River, Texas. 



A small evergreen tree, 10 to 12 metres in height, with a trunk rarely 

 exceeding 0.30 metre in diameter ; common and reaching its greatest de- 

 velopment in the rich, light, deep soil of the bottom-lands of eastern 

 Texas. 



Wood heavy, hard, strong, close-grained, checking badly in drying, 

 susceptible of a good polish ; medullary rays numerous, thin ; color light 

 reddish-brown, or, more rarely, dark rich brown, the sap-wood lighter. 



112. Prunus sphserocarpa, Sw. 



Western shores of Bay Biscayne, Florida ; in the West Indies. 



A small tree, in Florida not exceeding fi metres in height, with a trunk 

 0.10 to 0.15 metre in diameter; high rocky woods, or more rarely along 

 the borders of streams and ponds ; rare and local in the United States. 



Wood heavy, hard, close-grained, checking badly in drying, containing 

 many very small open duets ; layers of annual growth and medullary rays 

 obscure; color light clear red, the sap-wood pale yellow. 



