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Var. melanocarpa. Stem low (-2°- 4°) ; linuiclilcts, cynics, and leaves 

 smootli or nearly so ; loaves small; petals wiiito ; berries Mack. (Aronia me- 

 lanocarpa, Ell.) — Swamps, Floritla to Mississippi, and northward. JIarch and 

 April. 



* * * Leaves unrfjuallij pinnate : n/mcx compound : fruit harrir/y. 



4. P. Americana, l^C. Leaflets 1.3-1.5, lanceolate, acuminate, .'scrrato 

 above the middle, soon smooth ; cymes large, dense ; berry small, jjlobosc or 

 pear-shaped, scarlet. (Sorhus microcarpa, Pursh.) — IIi;::]icst niointains of 

 North Carolina. Mar and June. — A shrub or small tree. Truit aci.l. 



17. AMELANCHIER, Medic. 



Calyx .'j-cleft. Petals .'), oblong. Stamens numerous, short. Styles .'5, raoro 

 or less united. Fruit baccate, containing 3-5 cartilaginous 2-secdcd carpels; 

 seeds separated by a false partition. — Shrubs or small trees, with simple 

 leaves, and white flowers in terminal racemes. 



1. A. Canadensis, L, var. Botryapium, Torr. & Gray. Branches, 

 leaves, and racemes tomentose when young, soon smooth ; leaves ellii)tical, ab- 

 ruptly acute, finely and sliarply serrate, often slightly cordate ; racemes slender, 

 appearing before the leaves ; petals four times as long as the calyx ; fruit glo- 

 bose, purplish. (Aroni.i Botryapium, A7/. ) — Woods, Florida to Mississippi, and 

 northward. Febniary and March. — A small tree, with smooth wliitisli bark. 



Var. rotundifolia, Torr. & Gray. Shrubby ; leaves roundish-oval, some- 

 what acuminate, sharply serrate; racemes 6- 10-flowered ; petals small, nar- 

 rowly oblong. (Aroiiia ovalis. Ell.) — Low grounds, chiefly in tlic upper dis- 

 tricts, Georgia and northward. March. — Shrub 2° - 3° high. 



The cultivated representatives of this order arc the Pi.cm (Pnuxtrs domes- 

 Ticus, L ), ArnicOT (P. Aumexiaca, L.), Cherries (P. Avic.ii and P. Ce- 

 RASUS, //.), Peach (Persica vulgaris. Mill.), Apple (Pvri:s jialls, L.), 

 Pear (P. commlxis. L), Quince (Cydonia vulgaris, Pers.), and the 

 Almond (Amygdalus). 



Order 49. CALYCANTHACE^. (Carolina-Allspice 



Family.) 



Shrubs, with opposite and entire leaves, -without stipules or pellucid 

 dots. — Sepals and petals numerous and alike, united below into an ob- 

 conical fleshy cup, imbricated in the bud. Stamens numerous, short, 

 inserted within the petals, the inner ones oflen sterile. Anthers adnata, 

 extrorse. Ovaries several, enclosed in the oalvx-tube, and inserted on 

 its inner face, becoming 1 -seeded achenia in fruit. Seeds aiiatropous, 

 without albumen. Cotyledons convolute. 



