. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 2. PEACH FAMILY. 329 I. Padus nana (Du Roi) Roemer. Choke Cherry. Fig. 2425. Primus nana Du Roi, Harbk. Baumz. i-; 194. /. 4. 1-72. Padus nana Roem. Arch, i"; 38. 1797. A shrub, 2°-io° high, rarely a small tree, with gray bark. Leaves thin, obovate to ovate or oval, abruptly acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, glabrous or some- what
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 2. PEACH FAMILY. 329 I. Padus nana (Du Roi) Roemer. Choke Cherry. Fig. 2425. Primus nana Du Roi, Harbk. Baumz. i-; 194. /. 4. 1-72. Padus nana Roem. Arch, i"; 38. 1797. A shrub, 2°-io° high, rarely a small tree, with gray bark. Leaves thin, obovate to ovate or oval, abruptly acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, glabrous or some- what pubescent on the lower surface, sharply or doubly serrulate with slender teeth ; petioles with several glands; flowers white, 4"-5" broad, in erect or spreading mainly loosely- flowered racemes; petals suborbicular; pedi- cels 2"-3" long, drupe red to nearly black, rarely yellow, globose, 4,"-$" in diameter, very astringent; stone globular. Along river-banks and in rocky situations, New- foundland to Manitoba, Georgia and Texas. April- May. Fruit ripe in July or Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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