The Trees of Texas 113 
pointed at the apex, serrate with slender teeth, smooth on both 
sides. Flowers in loose racemes. Fruit globose, ¥4’-%4’ in 
diameter, red, black, or yellow with thin, juicy, astringent 
flesh. 
Newfoundland to Manitoba and British Columbia, south to 
Georgia, west te Texas and Colorado. 
2. Padus eximia Small. Texas Cherry. A rather large 
round topped tree 60°-80° high with spreading branches and 
smooth, red-brown twigs. Leaves ovate, some of them varyng 
to oblong, oblong-lanceolate or oval, 114’-3’ long, blunt at 
the apex or taper pointed, serrate, smooth on both sides, dark 
green above, paler beneath. Flowers in drooping racemes. 
Fruit globose, purple, with sweet flesh. 
Found only in rich valleys of southern Texas. 
3. Padus serotina (Ehrh.)Agardh. Wild Cherry. Black 
Cherry. A large narrow topped tree 80°-100° high and 
4°-5° in diameter, with horizontal branches, and reddish 
brown, rough, aromatic, bitter bark and twigs. Leaves oblong, 
or elliptic to obovate lanceolate, 2’-5’ long, 114’-2’ wide, taper 
pointed, finely serrate with incurved teeth, firm, glossy, smooth 
on both sides. Flowers white in long racemes. Fruit globose, 
almost black with sweet, astringent flesh. 
Ontario to North Dakota, Florida and Texas. In Texas it 
is found in the eastern portion and in the mountains of the 
west. 
The wood is strong, hard, close grained, yellowish red, and 
is used in making furniture, panels and for finishing. 
LAUROCERASUS (Tournefort) Reichenbach. Wild Orange. 
Wild Peach. 
Laurocerasus caroliniana (Miller) Roemer. <A _ beautiful, 
medium sized tree 30°-40° high with smooth, gray bark, green 
twigs and reddish brown branches. Leaves leathery, persist- 
ent, elliptic, oblong-lanceolate, entire or few teeth, 2’-4’ long, 
pointed at the apex, glossy green above, dull below. Flowers 
in short racemes. Fruit oblong or oval, black with thick, lus- 
trous skin and thin flesh. 
$—Trees. 
