340 -1COSANDRIA DI-PENTAGYNIA.  Pyrus. 
In woods and hedges; frequent: Canada to Carólina. - 
| e. April, May. v.v. A small tree ; leaves covered 
with a white tomentum, when young ; berries black, 
d very agreeably tasting. © ` 
ovalis. 4. P. inermis; foliis subrotundo-ellipticis acutis glabris, flo- 
ribus racemosis, petalis obovatis, germinibus calyci- 
nisque ségmentis pubescentibus. Willd. sp. p.27. 
f. 1014. | ane, 
Crataegus spicata. Lam. encycl. 1. p. 84. 
Mespilus Amelanchier. Walt. fl. car. 184. 
Mespilus canadensis a. obovalis. Mich. fl. amer... 
, f. 291. | 
In swamps: New Jersey to Carolina. h. April, May. 
v.v. A small shrub; berries black and eatable. 
sanguinea. 5. P. inermis; foliis ovalibus utrinque obtusis mucronatis 
tenuissime serratis basi subcordatis, racemis pauciflo- 
ris, calycibus glabris, petalis linearibus obtusis. 
Mespilus canadensis 7. rotundifolia. Mich. fl. amer. 1. 
p.291. 
In Canada, and on the banks of the Columbia. 5. April, . 
-. May. v.v. A small tree with blood-red. branches ; 
berries red, eatable. uii 
Malus, 6. P. umbellis sessilibus, foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis 
| -serratis glabriusculis, unguibus calyce brevioribus, 
stylis glabris. |. V illd. sp. pl. 2. p. 1017. 
The Common Apple-tree frequently occurs in woods ap- 
parently wild, but has been seminated by birds. - 
coronaria. 7. P. foliis lato-ovalibus basi rotundatis m serra- 
i — pedunculis corymbosis.— Willd. sp. pl. 2- 
In woods and near plantations : Pensylvania to Carolina. 
h. May. v.v. The Sweet-scented Crab-tree, the 
— fruit of which is well known as a most excellent pre- 
erai a table, is a very fine ornamental tree, not 
: y beauty but particularly for the fine violet- 
angustifolia. a 8. P. foliis lance 0 Lone 
pl. 2. p. 1020. MN Res 
P. coronaria. Wangh, amer. t. 21. f. 47. 
In low woods.of Carolina, h: May. v.v. Resem- 
bles the foregoing species; the fruit very small, . 
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