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 2. Padus melanocarpa (A. Nelson) Shafer. Rock}' Mountain Wild Cherrj'. Fig. 2426. Cerasus demissa melanocarf>a A. Nelson, Bot. Gaz. 34: 25. 1902. P. melanocarpa Shafer ; Britton &; Shafer, N. A. Trees 504. 1908. . shrub or small tree, with greatest height of about 30° and trunk diameter of ii°, but usu- ally m
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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 2. Padus melanocarpa (A. Nelson) Shafer. Rock}' Mountain Wild Cherrj'. Fig. 2426. Cerasus demissa melanocarf>a A. Nelson, Bot. Gaz. 34: 25. 1902. P. melanocarpa Shafer ; Britton &; Shafer, N. A. Trees 504. 1908. . shrub or small tree, with greatest height of about 30° and trunk diameter of ii°, but usu- ally much smaller. Leaves glabrous, similar to those of the preceding species, but thicker, acute or often obtusish at the ape.x, and with shorter teeth; flowers white. 4'-5' broad; racemes generally dense, short or elongated, densely- flowered, terminating leafy branches; drupe dark purple or black (rarely yellow), sweet or but slightly astringent, globose, 3'-4' in diameter. Prairies and dry soil, North Dakota to Nebraska and New Mexico, west to British Columbia and Cali- fornia. Wood hard, not strong, light brown : weight per cubic foot 43 lbs. Western choke-cherry. May- July. Fruit ripe in August. Padus demissa (Nutt.) Roemer, of northwestern America, with leaves pubes- cent beneath, and red or purplish fruit, may not be distinct from P. nana. 3. Padus virginiana (L.) Mill. Wild Black Cherry. Cabinet or Rum Cherry. Fig. 2427. Prunus â virginiana L. Sp. PI. 473- 1753- Padus virginiana Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8. no. 3. 1768. Prunus serolina Ehrh. Beitr. 3: 20. 1788. Prunus serolina Smallii Britton, in Britt. &; Brown, 111. Fl. 2: 253. 1897. A large tree, with maximum height of about go' and trunk diameter of 4°, the bark rough and black. Leaves thick, oval, oval-lanceolate or ovate, acuminate or acute at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, glabrous, or pubescent along the veins beneath, serrate with appressed callous teeth; flowers siriiilar to those of the two precedi