66 FAM. 90. 



b. Leaves spatulate or cuneiform, on the shoots ovate or obovate 

 with cuneate or narrowed bases; anthers purple; mature fruit 

 orange-red, 8-10 mm. Swampy woods. - C. luculenta 



b. Leaves spatulate or cuneate; anthers yellow; mature fruit orange 



or red, 6-8 mm. Banks of St. John's. C. anisophylla 



A genus of ornamental shrubs is Photinia with flowers in corymbs or panicles, — 

 petals 5, orbicular; stamens 10-20; styles 2, rarely 3-4; fruit a small 1-2 seeded pome, 

 red or scarlet. 



P. serrulata. Evergreen; flowers white in panicles; stamens 20; fruit red. Spring. 

 Allied with this genus is the Eriobotrya (Photinia) Japonica, Loquat or Japan 

 Plum, a small tree with large white fragrant flowers in a terminal woolly cluster; 

 calyx 5-toothed, thick; petals 3, crenulate; ovary 3-5 celled, each cell 1-ovuled; fruit 

 a yellow pome with large seeds. Late Summer and Fall. Cultivated for ornament 

 as well as for fruit. 



90. Amygdalaceae, Plum Family. 



Shrubs or trees with alternate simple leaves and de- 

 ciduous stipules; flowers in clusters, corymbs or racemes; 

 calyx 5-parted, free from the ovary; corolla of 5 distinct 

 petals together with numerous stamens inserted on the 

 calyx-tube; carpels 1, rarely 2-3; ovary 1-celled, 2-ovuled; 

 style 1; fruit a drupe, seed solitary. 



1. Style arising from the base of the ovary; — leaves leathery, glossy; 



flowers small, white or greenish in terminal cymes, drupe pulpy. 



Late Spring. - Geobalanus, Gopher apple, Ground oak 



G. oblongifolius, A low shrub in wide patches; leaves glabrous; drupe ovoid to 



obovoid. Dry sandy pine-land, and dunes. 

 G. pallidus. A low shrub in wide patches; upper leaves white-tomentose beneath; 



drupe subglobose. Pine-land. 



1. Style terminal, __________ -2 



2. Leaves deciduous; flowers in clusters or terminal racemes; drupe 



mostly pulpy, __________ 3 



2. Evergreens; flowers in axillary racemes shorter than the leaves; drupe 



dry; — leaves leathery, glossy; flowers small, white, - Laurocerasus 



L. Caroliniana, Cherry-laurel. A tree or shrub; drupes black, lustrous. River- 

 banks or planted as trees or in hedges. Early Spring. 



3. Flowers sessile or nearly so; endocarp (stone) wrinkled and pitted; — 



shrubs or trees with the flowers appearing before the leaves; 



corolla pink or white, _______ Amygdalus 



A. Persica, Peach. Foliage and flowers fragrant, petals and usually the fila- 

 ments pink; drupe soft- velvety, stone bony. Waste places, and planted 

 in soma varieties as Angel, Hall, Jewell, etc. 



3. Flowers peduncled; stone smooth, ___--__4 



4. Flowers in lateral corymbs or clusters, appearing before the leaves; — 



shrubs or trees, sometimes thorny; flowers white or pink; drupe 



pulpy; stone bony. Spring. _______ Prunus 



P. Americana, Wild Plum. Small tree with thick, sharply serrate leaves; flow- 

 ers in lateral umbel-like clusters; sepals entire; drupe subglobose, reddish, 

 sometimes with a slight bloom. In woods. 



