120 ICO.-Ai I .1.. (lldM'. FAMILY.) 



\\'-2' long. Plum abont h' in diameter, thin-skinned and of an agreeable 

 flavor. 



| "J. Cbbabus. (Chebby.J — Drupe not glaucous : stone globular or slightly com- 

 pressed: leaves /bided in tin hud, deciduous, — Spineless shrubs or trees. 

 * Flowers clustered. 



4. P. Pennsylvanica, L Leaves thin, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, finely 



and sharply senate, green and smooth on both sides ; flowers several in a cluster, 

 on long peduncles ; drupe globose, light red. — Kocky woods, North Carolina, 

 and northward. May. — A small tree. Fruit small and sour. 



* * Flower* in racemes terminating Itafy brandies. 



5. P. serotina, Ehrhart. Leaves smooth, varying from oval to ovate- 

 lanceolate, mostly acute or acuminate, serrate, with the teeth callous and ap- 

 pressed; racemes long, spreading; drupe globose, purplish-black. — Woods, 

 Florida to Mississippi, and northward. April and May. — A tree 20° -00° high. 



fi. P. Virginiana, L. Smooth throughout, or the lower surface of the 

 leaves, branches, and racemes more or less pubescent ; leaves thin, oval, oblong 

 or obovate, finely and sharply serrate, abruptly acute or acuminate; racemes 

 rather short and erect ; drupe red. (P. hirsuta, Ell. ?) — Light Bandy soil, Geor- 

 gia and northward. April. — Shrub 3° -9° high. Leaves I'-S' long. Drupe 

 astringent 



§ 3. LAUBOCBBASCB. (ChEKBY-LaUBBL ) — Drupe not glaucous : stone globular : 

 flowers in racemes from the axils of evergreen Irons,. 

 7. P. Caroliniana, Ait. (Mock Orange.) Leaves coriaceous, smooth 



and glossy, ovate-lanceolate, acute, mostly entire; racemes shorter than the 

 leaves, white ; drupe ovoid, soon dry, black. — Banks of rivers, Florida to North 

 Carolina, and westward. February and March. — A small tree. 



3. SPIBJEA, L. Meadow-Sweet, 



Calyx .Vcleft, persistent. Petals . r >, roundish, imbricated in the bud. Stamens 

 10-50. Follicles 8-12, l-10-seeded. Styles terminal. — Shrubs or perennial 

 herbs, with simple or compound leaves. Flowers white or rose-color, sometimes 



dioecious. 



* Shrubs: flowers perfect. 



„_ Flowers coryn 



1. S. opillifolia, L. Leaves broadly ovate or cordate, 3-lohed, doubly 



crenate-eerrate, Bmooth; corymbs umbellate, terminating the short branches, 



mostly pubescent ; follicle smooth, inflated, 2-4-seeded. — Var. perbuoinba, 



Xntt. Leaves smaller (1' long), slightly lobed, covered, like the branches, 



corymbs, and follicles, with a dense brownish pubescence. — Banks of stream*, 



Florida and Alabama (the variety) to the mountains of Georgia, and northward, 



April and May. — Shrub 8°-5° high, the old bark .separating in mm layew. 



Flowers white. 



-t- h- Flowers panided 



'2. S. tomentosa, L. Leaves simple, ovate or oblong, serrate, the lower 



surface, like the branches and clotC panicle, covered with a dense, ru»t-eolored 



