. Foundations of Botany. Botany. DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 117 4. P. virginiana, L. Chokecherry. A shrub or small tree, 5-20 ft. high. Leaves thin, oval or obovate, pale, pointed, sharply serrate. Flowers small, white, in short racemes. Fruit bright red, turning at length to dark crimson, very puckery until fully ripe. River banks and thickets. 5. P. serotina, Ehrh. Wild Black Cherry. Often becoming a large tree; bark on old trees rough, nearly black. Leaves rather thick, oval to lanceolate-ovate, acute or taper-pointed at the apex, finely serrate with calloused teeth, smooth above, downy on the v
. Foundations of Botany. Botany. DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 117 4. P. virginiana, L. Chokecherry. A shrub or small tree, 5-20 ft. high. Leaves thin, oval or obovate, pale, pointed, sharply serrate. Flowers small, white, in short racemes. Fruit bright red, turning at length to dark crimson, very puckery until fully ripe. River banks and thickets. 5. P. serotina, Ehrh. Wild Black Cherry. Often becoming a large tree; bark on old trees rough, nearly black. Leaves rather thick, oval to lanceolate-ovate, acute or taper-pointed at the apex, finely serrate with calloused teeth, smooth above, downy on the veins beneath. Racemes terminal, long and spreading. Flowers white. Fruit globose, about £ in. in diameter, purplish-black. In rich woods. Wood much used in cabinet-making.* 6. P. Cerasus, L. Cherry. Often becoming a large tree. Leaves oval or ovate, acute or taper-pointed at the apex, rounded at the base, irregularly serrate-dentate, smooth on both sides, resinous when young. Flowers in lateral umbels, white; pedicels long and slender. Fruit globose, red or black. This is the European species from which most of our cultivated varieties have been developed.* 46. LEGUMINOS^. Pulse Family. Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves alternate, usually com- pound (either pinnately or palmately), with stipules, the leaf- lets mostly entire. Calyx of 5 sepals, which are more or less united, often somewhat irregular. Corolla, of 5 petals, often. Fig. 14. — I, Diagram of Flower of Sweet Pea, Lathyrus odoratus. II, Vertical Section of Flower (magnified). Ill, Calyx (magnified).. 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Boston, Ginn & company
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