. 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 . 7. Prunus Gravesii Small. Graves' Beach Plum. Fig. 2415. 1807. 11, Bull. Terr. Club 24: 45- A low shrub, reaching a maximum height of about 4°, not thorny, the twigs of the season mostly puberulent. Leaves orbicular, oval- orbicular, or slightly obovate, 9"-i8" long, rounded, retuse or apiculate at the apex, obtuse or truncate at the base, pubescent, at least on th
. 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 . 7. Prunus Gravesii Small. Graves' Beach Plum. Fig. 2415. 1807. 11, Bull. Terr. Club 24: 45- A low shrub, reaching a maximum height of about 4°, not thorny, the twigs of the season mostly puberulent. Leaves orbicular, oval- orbicular, or slightly obovate, 9"-i8" long, rounded, retuse or apiculate at the apex, obtuse or truncate at the base, pubescent, at least on the nerves beneath; flowers white, about 6" broad, solitary or 2-3 together in lateral umbels, expanding with the leaves; petals suborbicular; drupe globose, 5"-8" in diameter, nearly black, with a light blue bloom; stone nearly as thick as wide, pointed only at the base. 8. Prunus gracilis Engelm. & Gray. Plum. Fig. 2416. Prunus gracilis Engelm. & Gray. Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 5:243. 1847. A branching shrub, i°-4° high, the foliage and young twigs densely soft-pubescent. Leaves short- petioled, ovate-lanceolate or oval, acute or acutish at both ends, sharply serrate, glabrate on the upper surface at maturity; flowers white. 3"-4" broad, in sessile, lateral umbels, appearing before the leaves; pedicels slender, pubescent; drupe oval- globose, 4"-5" in diameter; stone little flattened, nearly orbicular.
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