128 |J AOSACEX. (ROSE FAMILY.) 
smooth, 3— 5-flowered ; styles 4-5; fruit large, globose, red. — Varies (C. lu- 
cida, Ell.) with smaller (1), thinner, and smooth leaves, which are glossy above. 
— Margins of pine-barren ponds, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. 
March and April. — A small tree. Leaves 2'-3'long. Fruit juicy, edible. 
9. C. flava, Ait. Glandular; leaves cuneate-obovate, serrate and slightly 
oD near the apex, smooth, tapering into a short petiole ; corymbs smooth, 
-4-flowered ; styles 4-5 ; flowers and pear-shaped fruit large. — Shady sandy 
> UR Florida to North Carolina, and westward. May. — Tree 15° - 20° high. 
Leaves 2'-3'long. Fruit greenish-yellow. 
10. C. glandulosa, Michx. Branchlets, leaves, and corymbs whitened 
with soft hairs; leaves opaque, cuneate, entire or glandular-serrate, tapering into 
a slender petiole, becoming smoothish ; those on the young branches often spar- 
ingly lobed ; corymbs 3 — 6-flowered, unilateral; styles 5 ; fruit small, globose, 
red. (C. elliptica, Ait.) — Dry pine barrens, Florida E South Carolina, and 
westward. April. — A small tree, with coarse bark, and long recurved branches. 
Leaves 1' long. Fruit 3!! — 4" long. 
11. C. parvifolia, Ait. Leaves oboo; scarcely Brad serrate, the 
lower surface, like the branchlets and calyx, pubescent; spines numerous, long 
and slender; flowers mostly solitary ; calyx-lobes large, serrate ; styles 5; fruit — 
large, globose or pear-shaped, somewhat hairy. — Sandy soil, Florida to Missis- 
sippi, and northward. April and May. — A much branched shrub, 39 — 59 high. 
Leaves 1' long. 
16. PYRUS, L. Pear. APPLE. 
"Calyx urn-shaped, 5-cleft. Petals5. Stamens numerous. Styles 2-5. Fruit | 
fleshy or baccate, containing 2-5 cartilaginous, 2-seeded carpels. — Trees or 
shrubs. Flowers cymose or corymbose. 
* Leaves simple, glandular : fruit depressed at the base. 
1. P. coronaria, L. Leaves on long and slender petioles, ovate, round- 
ed, or slightly cordate at the base, angled or lobed, serrate, smooth ; corymbs — | 
simple, few-flowered ; flowers rose-color, very fragrant ; styles woolly and united 
at the base. — Rich soil in the upper districts, Mississippi to North Carolina, and 
northward. April.—A small tree. Leaves 2'-—3' long. 
2. P. angustifolia, Ait. Leaves lanceolate or oblong, acute at the base, 
serrate, short-petioled ; corymbs simple, few-flowered ; flowers ooo color Te 
fragrant ; styles smooth, distinct. — Open woods, Florida to Minen 
northward. April.— A small tree. Fruit very sour. 
* * Leaves simple, the midrib glandular above : fruit baccate, ines 
3. P. arbutifolia, L. Leaves oval-oblong or somewhat obovate, abruptly 
acute or mucronate, smooth above, except the midrib, finely serrate ; i ee 
lous at the base. 
Var. erythrocarpa. Stem tall (59 - 109); "branchlets, cymes, and lower 
: sine of I et!) paves Soak EY vedrai Mite 
dish; berries red. (Aronia í Ely T 
