198 ROSACEAE 



(IV) Ovary Inferior; fruit fleshy, with more than 



one seed 



(Apple and Pear Section) 



AMELANCHIER. Buds long and narrow. Ls. alternate, ov., toothed, rounded 

 or heart-shaped base. Fls. i, white, in terminal racemes. Fruit a 4-10-seeded 

 berry. 



A. canadensis. June Berry, Service Berry. 30. April. D, Branches slender, 

 lower ones drooping. Ls. 3, evenly and sharply toothed, firm, very 

 downy below when young, nearly hairless when older. Racemes many- 

 flowered, nodding. Berry j, purplish black when ripe. North America. 

 (Fig. 87 M.) 



Variety Botryapium. Fls. finer and larger. 



A. vulgaris (A. ovalis, A. rotundifolia). Snowy Mespilus. 20. May. D. 

 Ls. 2, rounder than above, unevenly toothed or entire. Fls. larger. 

 Europe. (Fig. 87 L.) 



ARONIA. Chokeberry. Ls. alternate, finely and evenly toothed, tapering base, 

 glands along midrib on upper side, rolled in bud. Fls. |, in small branched 

 clusters. 



A. (Pyrus) arbutifolia. 10. May. D. Ls. ov., 3 1, dark dull green above, grey- 

 felted below, short-stalked. Fls. white or pinkish. Fruit |, red. East 

 North America. (Fig. 93 f.) 

 A. (Pyrus) melanocarpa. Black Chokeberry. 5. May. D. Ls. obov., 3!^, 

 dark glossy green above, nearly hairless below. Fls. white. Fruit |, 

 round, glossy black. East North America. (Fig. 93 G.) 



COTONEASTER. Branchlets usually spreading and hairy. Ls. alternate or in 

 clusters, entire, stiff, usually with hairs, short-stalked. Fls. small, white or pinkish, 

 solitary or in branched clusters at end of short side-shoots. Fruit a red or black 

 berry. 



[a) Fls. with upright petals 



C. acuminata. 12. June. D. Ls. ov., 2|, dull green above, pale green and 



downy below. Fls. pinkish, in few-flowered branched clusters. Berry 



\, bright red. Himalaya. 

 C. adpressa. i. June. D. Ls. ov., |, dull green above, wavy margins. Berry 



red, 2-seeded. West China. (Fig. 118 a.) 

 C. bullata. 12. June. D. Branches few, long and arching. Ls. ov., 3, bright 



green above and swollen between veins, grey down on lower side. Fls. 



pinkish. Berry red, 4-5-seeded. West China, Tibet. (Fig. 118 M.) 

 C. Dielsiana. 6. June. D. Like C. Fra?ichetii (see below), but berries scarlet 



and branches more spreading and drooping. China. 

 C. divaricata. 6, June. D. Ls. ov., f, glossy dark green above, pale green 



below. Fls. pink. Berry egg-shaped, red, 2-seeded. China. 

 C. Franchetii. 10. June. E. Ls. ov., i, veins in deep grooves, white-felted 



below. Fls. pinkish, with hairy sepals. Berry orange-red, 3 -seeded. 



China. (Fig. 118 B.) 

 C. horizontalis. 3. June. D. Branches low, spreading, horizontal, covered 



with thick brown wool; branchlets in two opposite rows. Ls. roundish 



