This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...growth (a) Small tree or large shrub; leaves broadly ovate P.virginidna (b) Large tree; leaves narrowly ovate or lanceolate P.serdtina (2) Flowers in scaly umbels or corymbs, expanding with or before the leaves (a) Branches usually thorny or armed; fruit sub-globose, borne singly Plums x. Teeth of leaves obtuse, gland ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...growth (a) Small tree or large shrub; leaves broadly ovate P.virginidna (b) Large tree; leaves narrowly ovate or lanceolate P.serdtina (2) Flowers in scaly umbels or corymbs, expanding with or before the leaves (a) Branches usually thorny or armed; fruit sub-globose, borne singly Plums x. Teeth of leaves obtuse, gland-tipped; stone flat P. nigra y. Teeth of leaves acute, bristle-tipped; stone round P. americana (b) Branches not thorny or armed; fruit globose or sub-globose Cherries x. Flowers in corymbs, small, petals 4-6 mm. long; fruit 3-6 mm. P. pennsylvdnica y. Flowers in umbels, large, petals 8-12 mm. long; fruit 8-15 mm. P. ccrasus b. Dwarf shrubs (1-4 ft.), with narrow leaves CI) Shrub with wand-like branches; leaves thin P. pumila (2) Bushy shrub; leaves thick P. Besseyi 2. Flowers double or filled Flowering Almonds and Plums a. Leaves lanceolate; flowers 2-3 cm. broad P. japonica b. Leaves ovate, mostly 3-lobed; flowers 3-5 cm. broad P. triloba Geum--Avens (L. g.enm, avens) PI. 10, fig. D: 1, 2 1. Leaflets 1-9; style jointed G.rivale 2. Leaflets many; style not jointed G.cilidtum Potentilla--Cinqfoil (L. potena, powerful) PI. 10, fig. A 1. Leaf pinnate, smooth above, quite hairy below P. anserina 2. Leaves palmately 5-foliate P. canadensis Fragaria--Strawberry (L. fragnm, strawberry plant) 1. Leaves thick, dark green; berry round; nutlets sunken in pits F.virginidna 2. Leaves thin, light green; berry long; nutlets projecting F. americana Fabaceae--Pea Family Herbs, shrubs, vines or trees with alternate mostly compound leaves; sepals 4-5, petals 5, rarely fewer, stamens 10. usually in two groups, pistil 1, simple, 1-many-seeded; flower apopetalous, hypogynous or perigynous, irregular. The typical flower of this family, e. g., the pea, has the sepals...
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