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AMELANCHIER* fldrida 



Many-flowered Amelanchier 



ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Pomace* Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 83.) 



A MELA NCHIER.— Supra, vol. 1 4. fol. 1 1 7 1 . 



h.florida; foliis oblongis utrinque obtusis versus apicem grosse serratis 

 semper nudis, bracteis stipulisque apice plumosis deciduis, racemis 

 strictis multifloris, staminibus calyce extus glabro brevioribus. 

 Frutex erectus, glaber, ramis viridibus v. fusco-viridescentibus. Folia 

 oblonga, basi utrinque obtusa, nunquam pubescentia nisi aliqitando sub verna- 

 tione, versus apicem grosse serrata. Stipulse brunnea, marcidce, lineares, 

 intus ad apicem villis longis plumosce ; citissime deciduce. Racerai termi- 

 nates, cylindracei, multifiori, glaberrimi, stricti ; bracteis linearibus, acutis, 

 apice villosis, citissimt deciduis. Calyx extus glaber, intus pubescens ; dentibus 

 acuminatis, staminibus longioribus v. cequalibus. Petala linear i-spatulata. 

 Stamina erecta, brevissima. 



A native of North-west America, where it was found by 

 Mr. Douglas. It forms a handsome hardy shrub, in the 

 way of the Snowy Mespilus, flowering in May. Like that 

 species it is best propagated by layers. 



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It is at once recognised by the shortness of the stamei 

 otherwise it is very near A. sanguined, already figured 

 fol. 1171 of the present work. But that species has more- 

 over smaller and more capitate flowers, the teeth ot the 

 leaves are finer, the bracteae and stipulse much more 

 pubescent, and the calyx far more downy inside. 



The petals vary in length ; in one of our wild specimens 

 from Mr. Douglas they are more than fths of an inc 



J. L 





♦ See fol. 1171 



