An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 PEACH FAMILY. 6. Prunus maritima \\ang. Beach or Sand Plum. Fig. 2414. Prunus maritima Wang. Am. :o3. 1781. Prunus ceTasifera Ehrh. Beitr. 4: 17. 1789. Prunus sphaerocarpa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: .!84. 1803. A low much-branched shrub, i'-/' high, not thorny. Leaves oval, ovate or obovate, finely and sharply serrate,
An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 PEACH FAMILY. 6. Prunus maritima \\ang. Beach or Sand Plum. Fig. 2414. Prunus maritima Wang. Am. :o3. 1781. Prunus ceTasifera Ehrh. Beitr. 4: 17. 1789. Prunus sphaerocarpa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: .!84. 1803. A low much-branched shrub, i'-/' high, not thorny. Leaves oval, ovate or obovate, finely and sharply serrate, acutish or acute at the apex, rounded at the base, pubescent beneath even when old; flow- ers white, numerous, showy, in sessile lateral umbels, expanding before the leaves, 5'-8' broad; petals obovate; drupe globose, purple, J'-i' in diameter, sweet when ripe, covered with a bloom; stone little flattened, acute on one margin, slightly grooved on the other, usually pointed at both ends. On seabeaches and in sandy soil near the coast. Vir- ginia to Xew Brunswick. April-May. Fruit ripe in Sept. or Oct.
Size: 1226px × 1632px
Photo credit: © Bookworm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: archive, book, drawing, historical, history, illustration, image, page, picture, print, reference, vintage
