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POMACEiE. VI. CoTONEASTER. VIL Amelanchier. VIII. Mespilds. 



flowered, and are, as well as the branches, glabrous. Tj . H. 2 A. Botrya^pium (D. C. prod. 2. p. 632.) leaves oblong- el- 



Native of the mountains of Nipaul and Kamaon. 

 Obtuse-lesived Cotoneaster. Shrub. 



liptic, cuspidate, when young rather villous, but at length gla- 

 brous. Tj • H. Native throughout Canada, Newfoundland, 



9 C. LAXiFLORA (Jacq. ex Lindl. bot. reg. 1305.) leaves ob- and Virginia; plentiful in the higher parts of the Columbia. 



long, obtuse at both ends, woolly beneath ; cymes panicled, 



pilose; calyxes quite smooth. T2 . H. Native country unknown. 



Flowers pink, 



Zoo^e-^owerec? Cotoneaster. Fl. April. Clt. 1826. Shrub 



8 to 5 feet. 



10 C. rai'aiDA (Wall, ex Lindl. bot. reg. 1229.) leaves oval- 

 lanceolate, tomentose beneath ; cymes w^oolly, many-flowered. 

 T2 . H. Native of Gosaingstlian. Flowers white. Fruit sphe- 

 rical, red. 



A. grandiflora, Dougl. mss. Mespilus Canadensis, Lin. spec, 

 185. Cratae'gus racemosa, Lam. diet. 1. p. 84. Pyrus botry- 

 apium, Lin. fil. suppl. 255. Aronia botry^pium, Pers. ench. 

 2. p. 39. Mespilus arborea, Michx. arb. fr. ed. gall. vol. 2. 



p. 70. t. 66. Pome purple. 



Grape-pear or Canadian Medlar. 

 1746. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



Fl. April, May. Ch. 



3 A. ovA^Lis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 632.) leaves roundish-elliptic, 

 acute, when young rather velvety beneath, but when in an adult 



Fr/g-zf/ Cotoneaster. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1824. Shrub 10 ft. state glabrous; racemes coarctate ; petals obovate ; calyx pii- 



* * Leaves evergreen. 



bescent. T2 . H. Native of North America, throughout Canada, 

 from Lake Huron to the Saskatchawan and Mackenzie rivers, 



11 C. ROTUNDiFOLiA (Wall. Cat. Lindl. bot. reff. no. 1229.) . n *i t> i tit \ • r'^of^^^,,c or^'r^^fo T am 



T I ., > , 1^1-1/1 and as far as the Kocky Mountams. Crataegus spicata, Lmn, 



leaves roundish, pilose beneath, evergreen; peduncles 1 -flow- 

 ered. T2 • H. Native of Gosaingsthan. Cot. microphylla /3, 

 UVa-ursi, Lindl. bot. reg. 1187. C. UVa-ursi, Hort. ex Loud. 

 hort, brit. p. 480. Flowers white. 



Round-leaved Cotonenster. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1825. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



diet. 1. p. 84. Pyrus ovMis, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1014. Aronia 

 ov^lis, Pers. ench. 2. p. 40. Mespilus Amelanchier, Walt. car. 

 p. 184.? 



' Far. /3, semi-inlegrifdUa (Hook, fl. bor. amer. p. 201.) leaves 



Native about 



for the most part serrated at the apex. 



h.u. 



?o n ' /w u T • n 1 . 1 n ^ \ 1 the Grand Rapids and at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia, and 

 12 C. MicROPHY LLA (Wall, cx LmdL bot. reg. 1114.) leaves _ ^. ... J.,.,.,i. ^r *t.. ivt.^u .h vl^.r 



oblong-cuneated, pubescent beneath, evergreen ; peduncles 

 usually 1-flowered. Tj . H. Native of Gosaingsthan. Flowers 

 white. 



Small-leaved Coioneeisier, Fl. April, May. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



13 C. BUXiFOLiA (Wall. cat. ex Lindl. bot. reg. 1229.) 

 leaves ovate, woolly beneath, evergreen ; peduncles 3-flowered, 

 woolly. Tj . H. Native of Neelgherry. Flowers white. 



Box-leaved Cotoneaster . Fl. Ap. May. Clt. 1824. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



Cult. All the species of Cotoneaster are well fitted for shrub- 

 beries ; they are easily increased by laying down the branches or 



on the high grounds of the Multnomak river. 



Far. y, subcordata (D.C. prod. 2. p. 632.) leaves rather cor- 

 date at the base. ^ . H. Native on the mountains of New 

 York. Aronia subcordata, Rafin. in litt. Malus microcarpa, 

 Rafin. dec. 



Dr. Richardson observes that the J. ovaVis " abounds on the 

 sandy plains of the Saskatchawan. Its wood, named by the 

 Crees Meesassquat-ahticky is prized for making arrows and pij^- 

 stems, and is thence termed by the Canadian voyagers Bois de 

 Jleche. Its berries, about the size of a pea, are the finest fruit 

 in the country, and are used by the Crees under the name of 

 Meesasscootoom-meenay both in a fresh and dried state. Iney 



by cuttings, which should be planted in a sheltered situation, -'-^;^->"«^^^«j'^^^^'«-'«tc;/a, uuui iu a lic... aw« Vr^v^pllpnt nud- 



Jfh n W1..1.CC ^U.nA .vJtL.m. fh.^.r..Ur n...J make a plcasaut additiou to pcmmicau, aucj makc exccllcnt pud 



dings, very little inferior to plum-puddmg. 



Oi;a/-leaved Amelanchier. Fl. Ap. May. Clt. 1 800. Sh. 6 to 8 tl. 

 4 A. sangui'nea (D. C. prod. 2. p. 633.) leaves oblong, 

 rounded at both ends, sharply serrated, always naked ; bracteas 

 and stipulas feathery ; racemes capitate ; calyx glabrous on the 

 outside. Pj . H. Native of North America, in Canada, Hud- 

 son's Bay, Columbia, Lake Huron, Newfoundland, plains or 

 the Saskatcliawan. Lindl. bot. reg. 1171. Pyrus sanguinea, 

 Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 240. Aronia sanguinea, Nutt. Mes- 

 pilus Canadensis y, rotundifolia, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 3JI. 

 Fruit blackish purple, eatable. The leaves are hairy when 

 young. It differs principally from ^. 6o/rya/>«/fn m ^lie^^''^ 

 flowers, much shorter raceme, and shorter, broader, and mo 

 ovate petals. 



^/oorfy -fruited Amelanchier. 

 Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 



with a hand-glass placed over them ; they are also propagated 

 by separating the suckers from the roots or by seeds. 



VIL AMELA'NCHIER (the Savoy name of the medlar). 

 Medik. gesch. 1792. Lindl. in Lin. trans. 13. p. 100. D.C, 

 prod. 2. p. 632. 



LiN. SYST. Icosandriay Penlagynia. Calyx 5-cleft (f. 82. c). 

 Petals lanceolate (f. 82. a.). Stamens rather shorter than the 

 calyx. Ovarium of 10 cells, or of 5 bipartite ones (f. 82. e.). 

 OvulalO, solitary in the partitions of the cells. Styles 5 (f, 82, 

 rf.), joined together a little at the base. Pome (f. 82. c?.), when 

 mature 3-5-celled. Seeds S-5 ; endocarp cartilaginous. — Small 

 trees, with simple, serrated, deciduous leaves, and racemes of 

 white flowers. Bracteas linear- 



lanceolate, deciduous. 



1 A. vuLGA'Ris(Moench. meth. 

 682.) leaves roundish-oval, blunt- 

 ish, pubescent beneath, at length 

 glabrous. I7 . H. Native of Eu- 

 rope, in rugged places. Mespilus 

 Amelanchier, Lin. spec. 685. Jacq. 

 fl. aust. t 300. Sims, bot. mag. 

 t. £430. MilL fig. 178. f. 1. 

 Pyrus Amelanchier, Willd. spec. 

 2. p. 1015. Aronia rotundifolia, 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 39. Cratae'gus 

 rotundifolia, Lam. Sorbus Ame- 

 lanchier, Crantz. Pome dark pur- 

 ple. 



Common Amelanchier. Fl. Apr. 

 May. Clt. 1596. Sh. 3 to t ft. 



FIG. 82. 



Fl. April, May. Clt. ISOO 



Cult. See Cotoneaster for culture and propagation. 



VIII. ME'SPILUS (from ixeooq, mesas 



the half, and »tXoc, 



pllos, a bullet ; fruit resembling half a bullet). Lindl. in Lin. 



- ~ - ^ - - Mespilus species ol 



r 



5.cleft (f- 



trans. 13. p. 99. 

 Lin. and others. 



633. 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 



Mespilophora species of Neck. 

 ^ ' Calyx 



Petals nearly orbi 



Lin. syst. Icosdndriaf Di-Pentagynia 



83. a.), the segments foliaceous (f. 83. a.). *^v« — - * ^ /r 

 cular (f. 83. ft. g,). Disk large, full of honey. Styles 2-0 ^»' 

 83. /.), glabrous. Pome turbinate, open, 5-celled. ^'"^^^Jj' 

 bony. In a wild state the trees are furnished with spmes, 



Leaves lanceolate. 



in the cultivated state they are unarmed. M • so' 



serrulated, deciduous. Flowers large, nearly sessile, usuauj 

 litary, white. Bracteas permanent. 



