ROSE FAMILY. 551 



Ell. Sk. 1:547. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 166. Chap. Fl. 128. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 

 4 : 117, t. 191. 



Carolinian and Lnuisianiaii areas. New Jersey to Florida, west to Louisiana and 

 southern Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Dry open copses. Cullmaii and Mobile counties. 

 Flowers March (20, Mobile) ; fruit ripe October, November, greenish yellow, size of 

 a ha/el nut. Frequent. A straggling shrub 2 or 3 feet high. 



Type locality not ascertained. 

 Herb. Geol. Su 



Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PRUNUS L. Sp. PI. 1 : 473. 1753. 

 About 80 species, temperate region, North Hemisphere. North America 20 species. 



Primus americana Marsh. Arb. Am. 111. 1785. WILD RED OK YELLOW PLUM. 



Prunus Jiiemalis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 284. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:542. Gray, Man. ed. 6,151. Chap. Fl. 119. Coulter, Coiitr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 :102. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4 : 19, 1. 150. 



MEXICO. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Canada to Saskatchewan; New England west 

 to Minnesota, Dakota, and Colorado, south to western Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Tennessee Valley. Wooded hillsides and banks of 

 streams. Lauderdale County (Dr. Moody). Cullman County. Clay County, Delta 

 Divide, 1, 500 feet. Flowers white, March, April; fruit yellow to red, July. Nowhere 

 abundant in the State. Tree 20 to 25 feet high. 



Economic uses: The wood is useful and the fruit edible. Cultivated in various 

 races. 



Type locality not specifically given. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Prunus hortulana Bailey, Gard. & For. 5 : 90. 1892. GARDEN WILD PLUM. 



Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 131, as Prunus maritima. Sargent, Silva. N. A. 4 : 24. 



Louisianian and Carolinian areas. Illinois (Oquawka), Missouri (near St. Louis, 

 etc.), and probably in southern Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and 

 through Arkansas to eastern Texas. 



ALABAMA: Littoral region. Dry banks. Mobile County, not rare on the so-called 

 "shellbanks." Near Coden and Bayou La Battre. Flowers in March ; fruit green- 

 ish red, with a slight bloom, about the size of the Chickasaw plum, ripe in Septem- 

 ber and October. 



Primus angustifolia Marsh. Arb. Am. 111. 1785. CHICKASAW PLUM. 



Prunus chicasa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 284. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 542. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 152. Chap. Fl. 119. Sargent, Silv. N.A.4:25, 

 1. 152. 



Most probably introduced by the aborigines from the southwestern sections of the 

 Mississippi Valley into the region east of the Mississippi. Copiously disseminated 

 from Maryland to Florida and from Missouri to Texas. 



ALABAMA: All over the State. In light sandy soil, old fields, pastures. Flowers 

 middle of February to March; fruit ripe June, yellow and reddish. Largely culti- 

 vated in many varieties and crosses with Prunus americana. 



Type locality: Native of the Southern States. Apparently described from the 

 cultivated tree. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Prunus umbellata Ell. Sk. 1 : 541. 1821. PRAIRIE PLUM. SOUTHERN SLOE. 



Chap. Fl. 119. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4 : 33, 1. 153. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi, Louisiana, and 

 southern Missouri (Tracy!). 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Dry sandy copses, open woods, 

 borders of fields. Montgomery, Clark, Escambia, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. 

 Flowers February (Mobile) to middle of March ; fruit ripe July, plum-purple. Tree 

 15 to 25 feet high ; frequent. 



Economic uses: The fruit is made into preserves. 



Type locality: "Grows in very dry, sandy soils," South Carolina and Georgia. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



