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Hab. In swamps and low thickets ; sometimes on hills. May — 

 June. Choke-berry. 



^. melanocarpa^ : leaves beneath and the calyx smooth ; 

 fruit black. A.'arbulifolia P e r s. Si/n. II. p. 39. A, me- 

 lanocarpa Elliott Sk. I. p. 557. JV w H. Gen. I. p. 30G. 

 PyRus mdanocarpa Wi 1 1 d, Enum, 525. P tcr s h Fl. I. 

 p. 339. 



A shrub about as large as the precedinj;. Leaves narrower, and 

 rather smaller, distinctly acuminate, smooth on both sides, crc- 

 nate-serrulate ; midrib glandular above. Flowers in terminal 

 corymbs. Cahjx smooth, with acute entire segments. Petals 

 white, often with a tinge of red. Fruit black, a little astrin- 

 gent, but eatable ; cells 2-seeded. 



IIab. On mountains ; rarely in bogs. May. 



2. A. Botryapmm Pers.: unarmed; leaves cordate, 

 oval, conspicuously acuminate, glabrous when mature ; 

 flowers in racemes ; petals linear-lanceolate. Pers. Sy?i. 

 II. p. 39. Elliott Sk. I. p. 557. JV utt. Gen. I. p. 307. 

 PvRus Botryapium L. Wi lid. Spec. H. p. 1013. P ur s h 

 Fl. I, p. 339. Big. Bost. p. 120. Mespilus canadensis 

 Sp. pi. 685. M. canadensis /?. cordata M i c h. Fl. I. p. 291. 

 M, arborea Mich. f. Arb. HI. p. 68, t. 11. Chat^egus 

 racemosa Lam. Enc. I. p. 84. Frutex noveboracensis. 

 Cold. Noveb. 114. 



A small tree. Leaves when young densely covered with a silky 

 pubescence, but in the adult state almost entirely smooth, 

 acutely serrate; petioles nearly an inch long. Stipules lon^, 

 linear, hairy, deciduous. Flowers large, in loose downy ra- 

 cemes, which appear before the leaves are expanded. Caly.v 

 pubescent, with lanceolate acute segments. Petals white, 

 three-fourths of an inch long, obtuse, entire. Styles 5, Fruit 

 purplish, pruinose, very agreeably tasted. 



Hab. In low woods. May. 



June-berries. — Shcd-Jloiver. — JSIay-bu&h. 



3. A. ovalis Pers.: unarmed; leaves roundish-ellipti- 

 cal, acute, smooth; flowers in racemes ; petals obovate ; gcr- 

 mens and segments of the calyx pubescent. Pers. Syn. 11. 

 p. 40. Elliott Sk. I. p. 558. Pyrus o-valis IVilld. 

 Spec. II. p. 1014. Pursh Fl. I. p. 34C. Mespilus cana- 

 densis a. obovalis Mich. Fl.. I. p. 291 ? CRATd;GUs spicala 

 Lam. Enc. I. p. 84. 



A small shrub. Berries black and eatable. Ph. 



Hab. In swamps. New-Jersey to Carolina. Pursh. In 



Pennsylvania and New-York. Muhlenberg. 



I suspect this species to be no more than a variety of A. 



Botrya/iiUTii. 



