[COSANDRIA, IfONOGl M \ 



mid Cherry. 



Thii speciei resembles the preceding i Lngly, and by 



Michaux t. is considered the same, for Ik- has only figured the 

 Prunui (Census) Virginians. The bearded pubescence nesr 

 the middle rib of the lest esundernesth, ba good discriminating 



mark, witli \o. l, in moist places, and near waters, common. 

 Flowers white, berries red. .lime. 



3. 1'. leaves oval-oblong, acuminate, membrana- uortaiu. 



ceous, glabrous; flowers Bubcorvmbosej fruit 



red. — Mich, f. 

 Cerasus borealis, Mich. f. Arb. forest. 

 Prunus Pennsylvanica, Mubl. ? 



Icon. Mich. f. Arb. forest, vol. 5. p. 159. t. 8. 



Small Cherry. lied ('lurry. Choke Cherry. 



A small ami very handsome tree when in flower. Flowers 

 white, berries red* somewhat sstringent Branches beset with 



rough thorns On the borders of Cooper's Creek, Jersey, 



abundant. On the bank walk from the Navy yard to Glouces- 

 ter point. May 



.; LYTHRUM. Gen. pi. 825. (Salicari*,) 



Calxx to 1 ^-toothed, tabular. Petals 6, 

 equal, inserted upon the calix. Capsule 



superior. 2 to l-( died, many-seeded. (Sta- 

 mina 2. (), 8, 10, and in some species 12.) 

 — JWlfc 



1. L. pubescent; leaves opposite, lanceolate, pe- ratioUsiam 

 tiolate : flowers axillary, corymbose, subverticil- 

 late, crowded) decandrous ; fruit globose. — 

 Ji did. and Purth. 



Decodon aquaticum, Gmeh Syst. 6rr. 

 Anonymos aquatica, \\ alt. 



J f 'hurled Loosestrife. Grass-Polley. 



A very fine plant, from two to four feet high. Flowers pur- 

 ple. In aboggj piece of ground close to the deep ■wamp in 

 the \irinit\ of Kaighn's point, Jersey, abundant. On the \\ ib- 

 sahickon; scarce. Perennial July, August. 



