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PYRUS L. Sp. P1.1:479. 1753. 
Forty species, temperate regions Northern Hemisphere. North America, 7. Trees 
and shrubs. 
Pyrus angustifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. 2: 176. 1789. SOUTHERN CRABAPPLE, 
Malus angustifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 1: 292. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 1: 559, Gray, Man. ed. 6, 164. Chap. Fl. 128. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4:75, 
t, 170, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Pennsylvania, south to western Vir- 
ginia and Florida, and throughout the Gulf States to Louisiana, west to southern 
Illinois, southern Missouri, and Arkansas, 
ALABAMA: Throughout the State. Open woods, copses. Clay County. Madison 
County, 1,800 feet. Cullman, Tuscaloosa, Dallas, anil Mobile counties. Flowers pale 
rose color, fragrant, April; fruit ripe September, yellow to orange. Most abundant 
in the wet cold soil of the flat woods (Coosa Valley). 
Economic uses: The fruit is used for conserves. 
Type locality: “ Native of North America.” 
Herb. Geol Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ARONIA Pers, Syn. 2:39. 1807, CHOKEBERRY. 
Five species, north temperate regions, Northern Hemisphere. Atlantic North 
America, 
Aronia arbutifolia (1..) Hll. Sk. 1:556, 1817-21. RED CHOKEBERRY. 
Mespilus arbutifolia L, Sp. P11: 478. 17538. 
M. arbutifolia var. erythrocarpa Michx. Fl. Bor, Am, 1:292. 1803. 
EU. Sk.1:556.) Gray, Man. ed. 6, 164. Chap. FI, 128. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area, Newfoundland, Quebec, Ontario; New England 
west to Minnesota and Dakota, south te Florida, west to Louisiana and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Banks of streams and wet borders of swamps. Most 
abundant in the pine-barren swamps of the Lower Pine belt and Coast plain. Flow- 
ers early in March, on the coast, to April. Fruit ripe August to October, scarlet, 
remaining over the winter. 
In the mountains an arborescent form occurs, 12 to 18 feet in height, the stem fully 
14 inches in diameter and clear of branches for nearly half its height. Che-aw-ha 
Mountain. Cullman County. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
AMELANCHIBR Medic. Phil. Bot. 1: 155. 1789, 
About 12 species, temperate regions Northern Hfemisphere. North America, {? 
Small-sized trees and shrubs. 
Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medic. Geschich, 79. 1793. 
JUNEBERRY. SERVICEBERRY, 
Mespilus canadensis 11. Sp. Pl. 1:478. 1753. 
M. canadensis var. cordata Michx. Fl. Bor, Am. 1: 291. 1803. 
Amelanchier canadensis var. botryapium Torr. & Gray, F1.N. A. 1:4738. 1840, 
Canadian zone to Louisianinn area. Newfoundland, Quebec, Ontario; New Eng- 
land west to Minnesota, Missouri, and Dakota, south to Florida, Louisiana, and 
Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Cullman, Blount, Tuscaloosa, and Mobile counties. 
Flowers white, March, April. Fruit purplish black. June. Small tree, 20 to 30 
feet hich. 
Economic uses: The fruit is edible. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Amelanchier botryapium (L. f.) DC. Prodr. 2:632, 1825, JUNEBERRY. SHADBUSH., 
Pyrus botryapium L. f. Suppl. 255. 1781. 
Mespilus canadensis var, obovalis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:291. 1803. 
Pyrus sanguinea Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1:340, 1814, 
P. ovalis Bigel. Fl. Bost. ed. 2,195, 1824. 
Amelanchier canadensis var. oblongifolia Torr. & Gray, F1.N. A. 1:473, 1840, 
EN. Sk.1:558. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 167, Chap, Fl. 129? 
Range same as of the last. 
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