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

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



.' FIG. 315. Fruiting branch of wild black cherry (Prunus serotina). 



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

 dark purple or blackish, globular drupe (Fig. 315). The nearly 

 related species wild cherry or choke cherry (Prunus virginiana) 

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