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rOl'ULAK FLORA. 



4, WlM) T?I,ACK Chkhry. Mlinib or largo tree, witli rediliHli-brown hark on tlio branclicR, obloiij? or 

 l.iiice-oblong k'uvcs witli short and blunt teeth, and purpliMh-black vinous fruit, rijie in autumn. 



P, ser6iina. 



Plum. Prnnus. 



All are cultivated, except the Ueach Pluin ; but No. 2 is also wild ; so is No. 3 in tlio South-west. 



1. Common I'MM (P. (iiiDKatlcfi), witli all its varieties, jirobably canio from the 13l'LLACK VhVM 



(/'. intiifUiti), and that perliapM from the tliorny .Si.()K(/*. si>iii(^i«t). 



2. Wll,!) (HkI) and Ykm.ow) I'l.iM : well known for its very juicy jiulp in a (red or partly yellow) 



touj^h skin ; loaves coarstdy serrate. P. Americdmi. 



3. Chickasaw Pm;.M : witli lance-shaped finely serrate leaves, and small red, tliiri skinned, cherry- 



like fiuit. S. J'. ChU-am. 



4. IJkacii I'mm. a low bush on the sea-coast, with the leaves downy beneath, and a small i)urple 



or crimson fruit. P- muntima. 



Meadow-Sweet. Spivcva. 



Calyx 5-cl(^ft. Petals 5, broad orroun<lish. I'istilseommonly 5, making little pods (follieles) with 

 2 or few seeds in each. Nos. i, 2, 4, and 6 arc wild specie^^, but also cult, in gardens and gi'ounds. 



* Shrubs, with wldte flowers, ex ept No. 2. 

 I. Common' MeadOW-Swekt. Smooth, 2'' or 3^ hii,di ; leaves oblong or lance -oblong and wedge- 

 shaped ; flowers in a crowded panicle, sometimes pale flesh-colour. AVet grounds. .S'. sulici/dfia, 

 c. Dow.NY M.,or IIaudhac'K. Leaves coated with wool beneath ; flowers rose-c(dour. S. toincntma. 



3. Italian JNI., or Mavwukatii. Smooth; stems 3" or 4'' long, recurved; leaves small, spatulate, 



entire ; flowers small, in umbels on short leafy shoots. Cult. ; fl. in spring. S. InipcrU'ifoUn. 



4. NiNKHAUK M. Smoothish, 4° to 10" iiigh ; branches recurving; leaves rounded, 3lobed ; flowers 



in umbels, in spring ; pods 3 to 5, bhul'' ry, turning iiurplisii. Old bark of stems jieeling off in 

 thill layers. Kocky banks, N. and W. "ultivated. ,S'. (tpnliid/ia. 



5. SohhI-K.WKI) IVI. Smooth, 3° to 6° high ; li., pinnate; leaflets oblong-lance-shapcd, jKiinted, 



cut-toothed ; flowers in a large i)anicle, in spring. Cultivated. »Si. sorhifdlia. 



* * TIerbs, with perennial roots, and interruptedly pinnate leaves, and flowers in a crowded compound 

 cyme, on a long naked stalk. ' All but No. 6 are foreign species. 



6. QnEKN-OK-TiiK ritAilUK IM. Smooth ; leaflets 3 to 7 and some little ones ; end-leaflet very large, 



jiarted and cleft ; flowers peacli-blossom-colour, in summer. W. and cult. S. lobatn, 



7. Knumsh ]\r. Loaves smaller than in the last, white-downy beneath ; flowers white. S. Utmarin. 



8. DuorwouT M. Smooth ; leaflets 9 to 2r, besides the minute ones, linear-oblong, niueli cut, cymes 



of a few sleiidtr branches ; flowers white, single or double. .V. JilijicuiJuhi. 



Indian-Physic. Ot/l^nia. 



Calyx narrow or club-shaped. 5-toothed. Petals 5, lance-shaped, rather unequal, white or pale rose. 

 Stamens 10 to 20, short. Pistils and little pods 5. lieibs, with perennial roots, and leaves of three 

 cut-toothed thin leaflets. Flowers in a loose corymb oi- panicle, in suiunier. 



1. Common Indian-Physic (or IJowmans Root). Leaflets oblong ; stipules small and entire. W. 



and cultivated in gardens. O, trifoUata. 



2. "NVesteun I. (or Amkhican Ipecac). Leaflets lance-shaped, more cut than in the last, as are the 



large stipules. AV. , (;. stipuhtcea. 



