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in June or July, oval and red; stone double convex, about 1.5 em. 
(4 inch) long, half as thick, oval in outline, one side having a groove 
on each face near the edge. 
Distribution. Newfoundland throughout the valley of the St. 
Lawrence, west to Manitoba, south to Massachusetts, Indiana and 
Minnesota. In Indiana it has been noted only in Wells County 
where it was found in two stations about 6 miles apart in wet woods. 
In one location it was a shrub and in the other it was a small tree 
about 1 dm. (4 inches) in diameter. The distribution of the spe- 
cies is to the north and its appearance in this State is exceptional. 
The published records of the distribution are: Wells (Deam). 
Economic uses. ‘Too rare to be of any importance. 
2. PADUS. Tue WILD CHERRIES. 
Padus serotina (Ehrhart) Agardh. Witp Currry. Wi_p Biack 
CHERRY. CHERRY. (Prunus serotina Ehrhart). Plate 101. Bark 
on young trees smooth, becoming on old trees irregularly fissured 
and separating in small scaly plates, dark reddish-brown; branch- 
lets slender, pale green at first, becoming a gray or reddish-brown; 
winter buds conic, acute, smooth, scales about the color of the 
branches or redder; leaves oval to lanceolate-oblong, 6-12 em. (21%- 
5 inches) long, generally drawn to a long point at the apex, wedge- 
shaped or rarely rounded at the base, finely serrated with incurved 
glandular teeth, hairy below when they unfold, becoming at ma- 
turity firm, smooth and dark green above, somewhat paler and 
smooth beneath, becoming a yellow-green before falling; petioles 
1-2 em. (34-34 inch) long, usually bearing from 1-5 glands; flowers 
in racemes about 1 dm. (4 inches) long, appearing in May 
when the leaves are half grown; fruit ripens in July and August, 
globose, about 8 mm. (4 inch) in diameter, dark purple or black. 
Distribution. Nova Scotia and South Dakota south to Florida 
and west to Texas. It is well distributed throughout Indiana. In 
the original forest it was rather infrequent, but has become fre- 
quent along fences, outnumbered only by the black walnut. In 
the original forest it grew to be a very tall and generally quite a 
large tree but frequently with a somewhat crooked trunk. It 
prefers a rather moist, rich and porous soil, although it adapts 
itself well to all kinds of soil and conditions which may be seen 
from its distribution along fences. It is most commonly associ- 
ated with beech, sugar maple, white ash and linn. 
The published records of the distribution are: Cass (Benedict 
and Elrod); Clark (Baird and Taylor) and (Smith); Daviess (Clem- 
