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  2. 
  P. 
  angustifolia 
  Ait. 
  NARROW-LEAVED 
  CRAB 
  APPLE. 
  A 
  small 
  

   tree, 
  with 
  smooth, 
  light 
  gray 
  bark. 
  Leaves 
  lanceolate 
  or 
  oblong, 
  ser- 
  

   rate, 
  downy 
  when 
  young, 
  acute 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  short-petioled. 
  Corymbs 
  

   few-flowered. 
  Flowers 
  pink, 
  fragrant, 
  about 
  1 
  in. 
  broad. 
  Styles 
  

   smooth, 
  distinct. 
  Fruit 
  nearly 
  globose, 
  about 
  f 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter, 
  very 
  

   sour. 
  In 
  open 
  woods, 
  Pennsylvania, 
  West, 
  and 
  South.* 
  

  

  3. 
  P. 
  coronaria 
  L. 
  AMERICAN 
  CRAB 
  APPLE. 
  A 
  small 
  tree, 
  with 
  

   smooth 
  bark. 
  Leaves 
  triangular 
  or 
  oval-lanceolate, 
  acutish 
  or 
  rounded 
  

   or 
  a 
  little 
  heart-shaped 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  cut-serrate 
  and 
  often 
  somewhat 
  

   3-lobed, 
  slender-petioled, 
  soon 
  smooth. 
  Flowers 
  large, 
  few 
  in 
  a 
  clus- 
  

   ter, 
  pale 
  rose 
  color, 
  very 
  sweet-scented. 
  Fruit 
  bright 
  green, 
  turning 
  

   yellowish, 
  sometimes 
  H 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter, 
  flattened 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  the 
  

   pedicels, 
  very 
  fragrant. 
  Glades, 
  western 
  New 
  York, 
  West, 
  and 
  South. 
  

  

  4. 
  P. 
  ioensis 
  Bailey. 
  WESTERN 
  CRAB 
  APPLE. 
  A 
  small 
  tree, 
  much 
  

   like 
  P. 
  coronaria 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  leaves 
  white-downy 
  beneath, 
  ovate- 
  

   lanceolate 
  and 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Fruit 
  dull 
  green 
  with 
  light 
  

   dots, 
  about 
  1 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Thickets 
  W. 
  

  

  5. 
  P. 
  Malus 
  L. 
  APPLE. 
  A 
  tree 
  with 
  a 
  rounded 
  top 
  and 
  dark- 
  

   colored 
  bark. 
  Leaves 
  oval 
  or 
  ovate, 
  obtuse 
  or 
  pointed, 
  dentate 
  or 
  

   nearly 
  entire, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  smooth 
  above, 
  downy 
  beneath. 
  

   Cymes 
  few-many-flowered. 
  Flowers 
  large, 
  white 
  or 
  pink. 
  Calyx 
  

   downy. 
  Fruit 
  depressed-globose 
  to 
  ovoid, 
  hollowed 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  

   usually 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  Europe 
  and 
  often 
  running 
  

   wild 
  in 
  old 
  pastures, 
  etc., 
  E.* 
  

  

  6. 
  P. 
  arbutifolia 
  L. 
  f. 
  CHOKEBERRY, 
  CHOKE 
  PEAR, 
  DOGBERRY. 
  

   A 
  shrub, 
  5-8 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  oblong 
  or 
  oblanceolate, 
  finely 
  serrate, 
  

   downy 
  beneath, 
  short-petioled. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  a 
  downy 
  compound 
  cyme, 
  

   small, 
  white 
  or 
  reddish. 
  Fruit 
  pear-shaped 
  or 
  nearly 
  globular, 
  not 
  

   larger 
  than 
  a 
  currant, 
  very 
  dark 
  purple, 
  dry 
  and 
  puckery. 
  There 
  is 
  

   also 
  a 
  smooth-leaved 
  variety 
  with 
  black 
  fruit. 
  Swamps 
  and 
  damp 
  

   thickets, 
  especially 
  N.E. 
  

  

  7. 
  P. 
  americana 
  DC. 
  AMERICAN 
  MOUNTAIN 
  ASH. 
  A 
  tall 
  shrub 
  

   or 
  small 
  tree. 
  Leaves 
  odd-pinnate. 
  Leaflets 
  oblong-lanceolate, 
  taper- 
  

   pointed, 
  sharply 
  serrate, 
  smooth, 
  bright 
  green. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  white, 
  

   in 
  large 
  flat, 
  compound 
  cymes. 
  Fruit 
  bright 
  scarlet, 
  not 
  larger 
  than 
  

   currants. 
  Common 
  N. 
  and 
  often 
  cultivated. 
  

  

  8. 
  P. 
  Aucuparia 
  Ehrh. 
  EUROPEAN 
  MOUNTAIN 
  ASH 
  or 
  ROWAN 
  

   TREE. 
  Larger 
  than 
  No. 
  7. 
  Leaflets 
  paler, 
  downy 
  beneath. 
  Fruit 
  

   larger, 
  about 
  I 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  V. 
  AMELANCHIER 
  Medic. 
  

  

  Shrubs 
  or 
  small 
  trees, 
  with 
  smooth 
  gray 
  bark. 
  Leaves 
  sim- 
  

   ple, 
  sharply 
  serrate, 
  petioled. 
  Flowers 
  white, 
  in 
  racemes. 
  

  

  