. 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. Botany. 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 leas
. 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. Botany. 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 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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