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CLASS XL— ICOSANDRIA. 



ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 



223. PRUNUS. Gen. pi. 849. (Rosacea.) 



Calix inferior, 5-cleft, deciduous. Petals 5. 

 Style terminal. Drupe even, nut with a 

 somewhat prominent suture. — Nutt. 



vuginiana. £, P. flowers racemous; racemes erect, elongated, 

 leaves deciduous, oval-oblong, acuminate, un- 

 equally doubly-toothed, every where smooth, 

 petioles nearly four-glandulous. — Willd, and 

 Pursh. 



P. rubra, Ait. 



Cerasus Virginiana, Mich. f. Arb. forest. 



Icon. AVilld. arb. t. 5, f. 1. (Pursh.) Mich. Abres. 



forest, vol. 3. p. 151. t. 6. 



Wild Cherry-tree. Choke Cherry, 



This very elegant tree is much valued for its handsome 

 wood, which is useful for ornamental furniture ; and for its 

 medicinal properties, which are tonic. Flowers numerous, 

 white. Berries crow-black. In Jersey, and on the west side of 

 the Delaware; frequent. April, May. 



serotina. 



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P. flowers racemous ; racemes loose, leaves 

 deciduous, simply serrate, lower serratures sub- 

 glandulous, middle rib bearded towards the 

 base. — Willd, 



V. serotina, Willd. Sp. PI. 2. p. 986., not P. serotina, 

 of Roth, catalect. 1. p. 58. 



P. Virginiana, Mill. diet. 



Icon. Willd. arb. t. 5. f. 2. Wangh. amer. 1. 14. 



f. 



S3, 



