ROSE FAMILY. 551 
Ell. Sk. 1:547. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 166. Chap. FI. 128. Sargent, Sily. N. A. 
4:117, t. 192, - 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey to Florida, west to Louisiana and 
southern Arkansas, 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Dry open copses. Cullman and Mobile counties. 
Flowers March (20, Mobile); fruit ripe October, November, greenish yellow, size of 
ahazel nut. Frequent. A straggling shrub 2 or 3 feet high, 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
PRUNUS L. Sp. Pl.1: 473. 1753. 
About 80 species, temperate region, North Hemisphere. North America 20 species. 
Prunus americana Marsh. Arb. Am. 111. 1785. WILb Rep or YELLOW PiLuM. 
Prunus hiemalis Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 1: 284, 1803. 
Ell. Sk.1:542, Gray, Man.ed. 6,151. Chap. Fl. 119. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:102. Sargent, Silv. N. A.4:19, t. 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. FI. 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 Tlinois, 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 aslight bloom, about the size of the Chickasaw plum, ripe in Septem- 
ber and October. 
Prunus angustifolia Marsh. Arb. Am. 111. 1785. CHIcKAsS\w 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, 
t. 152. 
Most probably introduced by the aborigines from the southwestern sections of the 
Mississippi Valley into the region east ot 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; fruitripe June, yellow aud reddish. Largely culti- 
vated in many varieties and crosses with Prunus americana. 
Type locality: Native of the Southern States. Apparentiy described from the 
cultivated tree. . 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Prunus umbellata El. Sk.1:541. 1821. PRAIRIE PLuM. SOUTHERN SLOE. 
Chap. F1.119. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4:33, #102. 
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; fruitripe 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. 
