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PYRUS L. Sp. PL 1 : 179. 1753. 



Forty species, temperate, legions Northern Hemisphere. North America, 7. Trees 

 and slirubs. 



Pyrus angustifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 : 17(3. 1789. Southern Crahapple. 



Mains angustifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 292. 1803. 



Ell, 8k. 1 : 5o9. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 164. Chap. Fl. 128. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4 : 75, 

 t. 110. 



Carolinian and Lonisiauian areas. Southern Pennsylvania, south to western Vir- 

 ginia and Florida, and tlironghont the Gulf States to Louisiana, west to southern 

 Illinois, southern Missouri, and Arkansas. 



Alahama: Throughout the State. Open woods, copses. Clay County. Madison 

 County, 1,800 feet. Cullman, Tuscaloosa, Dallas, and Mobile counties. Flowers pale 

 rose color, fragrant, April; fruit ripe September, yellow to orange. Most abundant 

 in the wet cold soil of the flat woods (Coosa Valley). 



Economic uses: The fruit is used for conserves. 



Type locality: "Native of North America." 



Herb. Geol Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ARONIA l\rs. Syn. 2 : 39. 1807. Chokebekky. 



Five species, north temperate regions, Northern Hemisphere. Atlantic North 

 America. 



Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Ell. Sk. 1:556. 1817-21. Eei> Chokebekky. 



Mesjnlus arhuiifolia L. Sp. PL 1 : 478. 1753. 



M. arbutifolia var. erythrocarpa Michx. FL Bor. Am. 1 : 292. 1803. 



Ell. 8k. 1 : 5.56. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 164. Chap. Fl. 128. 



Canadianzone to Louisianian area. Newfoundland, Qucsbec, Ontario; New England 

 west to Mimiesota and Dakota, south to Florida, west to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Over the State. Banks of streams and wit borders of swamps. Most 

 abundant in the pine-barren swamps of the Lower Pine belt and Coast plain. Flow- 

 ers early in March, on the coast, to April. Fruit ripe August to October, scarlet, 

 remaining over the winter. 



In the mountains an arborescent form occurs, 12 to 18 feet in height, the stem fully 

 Vr inches in diameter and clear of branches for nearly half its height. Che-aw-ha 

 Mountain. Cullman County. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia. '' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



AMELANCHIER Medic. Phil. Bot. 1:1.55. 1789. 



About 12 species, temperate regions Northern Hemisphere. North America, 9f 

 Small-sized trees and shrubs. 



Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medic. Geschich. 79. 1793. 



■Iunebekky. Sekvickbekry. 



Mespilus canadensis L. Sp. PL 1:478. 1753. 



M. canadensis var. cordata Michx. FL Bor. Am. 1:291. 1803. 



Amelanchier canadensis var. hotnjapium Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 :473. 1840. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Newfoundland, Quebec, Ontario; N(mv Eng- 

 land west to ]SIinnesota, Missouri, and Dakota, south to Florida, Louisiana, and 

 Arkansas. 



Alabama: Over the State. Cullman, Blount, Tuscaloosa, and ^lobile counties. 

 Flowers white, March, April. Fruit purplish black. .June. Small tree, 20 to 30 

 feet high. 



PiConomic uses: The fruit is edible. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Amelanchier botryapium (L. f.) DC. Prodr. 2 : 632. 1825. .Iuxeberrv. Siiaobush. 

 I'l/rns hotri/apiinn L. f. Sujipl. 255. 1781. 



Mespihis canadensis var. oboralis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 291. 1803. 

 Pyrus saufjuinea Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 :340. 1814. 

 P. oralis Bigel. Fl. Bost. ed. 2, 195. 1824. 



Jnielanchier canadensis var. oblom/ifoUa Torr. & (Jrav, Fl. N. A. 1 : 473. 1840. 

 Ell. Sk. 1 : 558. (iray, Man. ed. 6,' 167. Chap. Fl. 129 ? 

 Range same as of the last. 



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