148 POPULAR FLORA. 



i. Wild Black Cheery. Shrub or large tree, with reddish-brown bark on the branches, oblong of 

 lance-oblong leaves with short and blunt teeth, and purplish-black vinous fruit, ripe in autumn. 



P. serotina. 

 Plum. Prunus. 



All are cultivated, except the Beach Plum ; but No. 3 is also wild; so is No. 3 in the Southwest. 



1. Common Plum (P. domestica), with all its varieties, probably came from the Bullace Plum (P. 



indtitia), and that perhaps from the thorny Sloe (P. spinbsa). 



2. Wild (Red and Yellow) Plum : well known for its very juicy pulp in a (red or partly yellow) 



tough skin ; leaves coarsely serrate. P. Americana. 



■ 3. Chickasaw Plum : with lance-shaped finely serrate leaves, and small red, thin-skinned, cherry- 

 like fruit. S. P. Chicasa. 

 4. Beach Plum. A low bush on the sea-coast, with the leaves downy beneath, and a small purple 

 or crimson fruit. P. maritima. 

 Meadow-Sweet. Spirma. 



Calyx o-oleft. Petals 5, broad or roundisb. Pistils commonly 5, making little pods (follicles) with 

 2 or few seeds In each. Nos. 1, 2, 4, and 6 are wild species, but also cult, in gardens and grounds. 

 * Shrubs, with white flowers, except No. 2. 



1. Common Meadow-Sweet. Smooth, 2° or 3° high ; leaves oblong or lance-oblong and wedge- 



shaped; flowers in a crowded panicle, sometimes pale flesh-color. Wet grounds. S. salicifoUa, 



2. Downy M., or Haedhack. Leaves coatecf with wool beneath ; flowers rose-color. S. iomentosa. 



3. Italian M., or Mayweeath. Smooth ; stems 3° or 4° long, recurved; leaves small, spatulate, 



enth-e; flowers small, in umbels on short jeafy shoots. Cult.; fl. in spring. S. hypericifdUa.f 



4. Ninebark M. Smoothish, 4° to 10°high; branches recurving; leaves rounded, 3-lobed ; flowers 



in umbels, in spring; pods 3 to 6, bladdery, turning purplish. Old bark of stems peeling off in 

 thin layers. Eocky banks, N. &A\'., and cultivated. S. oimlifblia. 



5. SoRB-LEAVED M. Smooth, 3° to 6° high ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets oblong-lance-shaped, pointed, cut- 



toothed ; flowers in a large panicle, in spring. Cultivated. S. sorbifblia. 



* * Herbs, 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. Queek-of-the-Peaieie M. Smooth; leaflets 3 to ? and some little ones; end-leaflet very large, 



parted and cleft ; flowers peaoh-blossom-color, in summer. W. and cult. S. bbctta. 



1. English M. Leaves smaller than in the last, white-downy beneath ; flowers white. S. Ulmana. 

 8. Deopwoet M. Smooth; leaflets 9 to 21, besides the minute ones, linear-oblong, much cut,- cymes 



of a few slender branches; flowers white, single or double. S. filipendtda, 



Indian-Physic. Gillenia. 

 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. — Herbs, with perennial roots, and leaves of three 

 cut-toothed thin leaflets. Flowers in a loose corymb or panicle, in summer. 



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



and cultivated in gardens. G. trifoliala. 



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



large stipiies. W. G. etipulacea. 



