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MANUAL OF POISONOUS PLANTS 



Distribution. From New England to Ontario, to Florida and Texas, 

 Kansas, Dakota and Minnesota. 



Prunus pennsylvanica L. Wild Red Cherry 



A small tree 20-30 feet high, light brown bark; leaves oval or lanceo- 

 late, acute or acuminate, finely and sharply serrate, glabrous, with slender 

 petiole; flowers white in corymbose clusters; fruit small, globose, light red 

 hue and sour. 



Distribution. In rocky woods. New Foundland to the Rocky Mountains 

 to Georgia. 



Poisonous properties. Many cases of poisoning have been recorded from 

 eating the seeds of peach and bitter almonds. They contain a highly poisonous 



Fig. 277. Wild Red Cherry (Prunus pennsylvanica). 1. Flower- 

 ing branch. 2. Longitudinal section of flower. 3. Fruiting branch. 

 4. Longitudinal section of fruit, slightly enlarged. 5. Cross section 

 of fruit. 6. Embryo enlarged. 7. Axil of leaf, showing stipules. 

 8. Winter branchlet. 1, 3, 7, 8, one-half natural size. (M. M. 

 Cheney.) 



