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ROSACEA. 

 PRUNUS L., Sp. PI. 473- ^753- 

 P. Caroliniana (Mill.) Ait., Hort. Kew. 2 :54c 1789. 



emanuel: Hammock of Little Ohoopee River, April 5, 1904. 

 Known at a few other points in South Georgia, but so rare 

 that its indigeneity might be questioned. It is commonly 

 cultivated in some of the older cities of the state and readily 

 escapes. 

 Supposed to be native somewhere in the coastal plain between 

 North Carolina and Texas. 



•P. serotina Ehrh., Beitr. 3 :2c 1788. Wild Cherry. 



With the preceding, also near the Ocmulgee River in the 



northeastern corner of coffee County. Very rare in our 



territory, but increases in abundance toward the mountains. 



Fl. March-April. 

 Ranges nearly throughout the Eastern United States, and said 



to occur also in Mexico and Northwestern South America. 

 P. angustifolia Marsh., Arb. Am. 111. 1785. Wild Plum. 

 P. Chicasa Mx., Fl. 1 1284. 1803. 

 Roadsides, old fields, etc. screven, bulloch, dodge, coffee. 



Rare in our territory, but common in the older parts of the 



state. 

 Scarcely native in Georgia; believed to have been introduced 



by the aborigines from somewhere westward. 



P. umbellata Ell., Sk. 1 :S4i. 1821. Hog Plum. 



coffee : Woods near the Ocmulgee River opposite Lumber City, 

 Sept. 11, 1903. More common in Middle and Southwest 

 Georgia, both along rivers and as a weed like the preceding. 

 Fl. March-April. 



South Carolina to Florida, Missouri, and Louisiana. 



CHRYSOBALANUS L. 

 C. oblongifolius Mx.,Fl. 1 1283. 1803. Ground Oak. 



(Figured without name in Abbot's Georgia Insects, pi. 68. 



1797.) 

 Sand-hills and very dry pine-barrens ; rather common. Noted 



