148 POPULAR FLORA. 



4. Wild Black Chekrt. Shrub or large tree, with reddish-brown bark on the branches, oblong or 

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



P. serotma. 

 Plum. Pruniis. 



All are cultivated, except the Beach Plum ; but No. 2 is also wild ; so is No. 3 in the Southwest. 



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



insilitia), and that perhaps from the thorny Slue (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. CniCKAbAW 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. Sph-aa. 



Calyx o-cleft. Petals 5, broad or roundish. Pistils commonly 6, 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. CoJiMON JIeadow-Sweet. Smooth, 2° or 3° high ; leaves oblorg or lance-oblong and wedge- 



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



2. Downy M., or Haiiditack. Leaves coated with wool beneath; flowers rose-color. S. iomeniosa. 



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



entire; flowers small, in umbels on short leafy shoots. Cult.; fl. in spring. S. ht/pericifoUa. 



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



in umbels, in spring; pods 3 to 5, bladdery, turning purplish. Old bark of stems peeling off in 

 thin layers. Rocky banks, N. & \\'., and cultivated. S. opuUfblia. 



5. Sorb-leaved M. Smooth, 8° to 6° high; leaves pinnate; leaflets oblong-lance-shaped, pointed, cut- 



toothed ; flowei-s 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 Xo. 6 are foreign species. 



6. Quee.n-of-the-Praihie M. Smooth; leaflets 3 to 7 and some little ones; end-leaflet very large, 



parted and cleft; flowers peach-blossom-color, in summer. W. and cult. S. lobata. 



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



8. DiiOPWORT 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. JiUpendula. 



Indian-Physic. Gillknia. 

 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-Physio (or Bowman's Root). Leaflets oblong; stipules small and entire. W. 



and cultivated in gardens. G. trifoliaia, 



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



large stipules. W. G. siipviacea. 



