128 ROSACEiE. (rose FAMILY.) 



amootli, 3-5-flo\vcrcd ; styles 4-.'); fruit large, globose, red. — Varies (C. lu- 

 cida, Ell.) with smaller {!'), thinner, and smooth leaves, wh'uh arc t;los.';y above. 

 — Mai-gins of piuc-barreii ponds, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. 

 Mareh and April. — A small tree. Leaves 2' - 3' long. Fruit juicy, edible. 



9. C. flava, Ait. Glandular; leaves euneate-obovate, serrate and slightly 

 lobed near tlie apex, smooth, tapering into a short petiole ; torymhs smooth, 

 1 -4-flowea'd ; styles 4- 5 ; flowers and pear-shaped fruit large. — 8haily sandy 

 places. Florida to North Carolina, and westward. JIay. — Tree 1 j°- -0° high. 

 Leaves 2' -3' long. Fruit greenish-yellow. 



10. C. glandulosa, Michx. Branchlcts, leaves, and corymbs whitened 

 with soft hairs ; leaves opacjuc, cnneate, entire or glandular-serrate, tapering into 

 a slender petiole, becoming smoothish ; those on the young branches ofien spar- 

 ingly lobcd ; corymbs 3-G-flowered, unilateral ; styles 5 ; fruit small, globose, 

 red. (C. elliptica, .i^<^) — Dry i)ine barrens, Florida to Soutli Carolina, and 

 westward. Ajjril. — A small tree, with coarse bark, and long recurved branches. 

 Leaves 1' long. Fruit 3" -4" long. 



11. C. parvifolia, Ait. Leaves obovatc, scarcely pctioled, serrate, the 

 lower surface, like- t'.ie branchlets and calyx, pubescent ; spines numerous, long 

 and slender ; lowers mostly solitary ; calyx-lobes large, serrate ; styles .■> ; fruit 

 large, globose or ))ear-sha])cd, somewhat hairy. — Sandy .soil, Florida to Missis- 

 sippi, and northward. April and May. — A much branched slirub, C° - 5° high. 

 Leaves 1' long. 



16. PYRUS, L. Pear. Apple. 



Calyx urn-shaped, .5-cleft. Petals 5. St.amens numerous. Styles 2-5. Fruit 

 fleshy or baccate, containing 2-5 cartilaginous, 2 seeded carpels. — Trees or 

 shrubs. Flowers cymose or coiymbo.se. 



* Lravcs simple, f/luiidular : fruit dcprf.txrd at the hase. 



1. P. COronaria, L. Leaves on long and slender petioles, ovate, round- 

 ed, or slightly cordate at the bitsc, angled or lobed, sen-ate, smooth ; corymbs 

 simple, few-flowered; flowers ro.se-color, veiy fragrant ; styles woolly and united 

 at the base. — Kich soil in the upper districts, Mississippi to North Carolina, and 

 northward. April — A small tree. Ijcaves 2' - 3' long. 



2. P. angustifolia, Ait. I>eaves lanceolate or oblong, acute nt the base, 

 serrate, sbort-petioK d ; corymbs simple, few-flowered; flowci-s rose-color, very 

 fragrant ; styles smooth, distinct. — Open woods, Florida to Mi.s.sissippi, and 

 northward. April. — A small tree. Fruit very sour. 



* * r.nn-rit ahiijile, the midrilt </l(indid(ir alioi'fi : fruit Ixirratr, qldme.. 



3. P. arbutifolia, L. Leaves oval-oblong or somewhat ol ovate, abniptly 

 acute or mucroiiate, smooth above, except the midrib, flnely serrate ; styles vil- 

 lous at the t);ise. 



Var. erythrocarpa. Stem tall (.')°-10O); bnmclilels, cvnies, nnd lower 

 surface of the lai-gc (2' -4') leaves tomcntosc and hoary ; petals and ;inthers red- 

 dish ; berries red. (Aronia arbutifolia, Ell.) 



