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to-dentatis, subtus tomen- j dentate, tomentose ua- 

 tosis ; floribus corymbo- derneath ; flowers in co. 

 sis ; calycibus tomento- rymbs ,• calyx tomentose. 

 sis. Sp. pi. ^. p. 1012. I 



Pursli, I. p. 339. 



Menpilus arbutifolia, far. erjthrocarpa, Mich. 1. p. 291. Walt. 



. p. 148. 



A shrub 3—8 feet high, sparingly branched. Leaves alternate, 

 sometimes lanceolate, on peUoles scarcely Imlf an inch long. Flowers 

 m terminal corymbs. Calyx campanulate ; the segments erect, acute, 

 ierrafe with glands. Petals nearly round, with short claws at base, 

 Vhjte, tinged when young with red. Stamens 20—24, shortei than 

 tte corolla, Mthers rose coloured. Germ superior, very villous. 

 Styles shorter than the sramens. S/i^n a.-* gI«bose. Fruit small, red. 



Var. a. tomentosa ; with the stem 5—8 feet highj calyx and under 



surface of the leaves toraentose. 

 h. glabra i with the stem S~5 feet high; calyx glabrous; 

 leaves when expanding a little hairy, when mat«re gla- 

 brous on both surfaces. 



Grows in damp soils, along the margins of swamps, &c. 

 Flowers March— April. 



2. Melanocarpa. 



A. inermis ; foliis obo- [ Unarmed j leaves obo- 

 vato-oblongis, arumina- vate oblong, acuminate, 

 lis. serratis, subtus gla. serrate, glabrous under- 

 bris ; floribus corymbo- neath ; flowers in co- 

 sis; calycibus glabris.— | rymbs ; calyx glabrous. 

 Willd. enum. 525, 



Pursh, 1. p. 339. 



Mespilus arbutifolia, var. melanocarpa, Mich. 1. p. 292, 

 Berries large, black. 



I have never seen this mountain species or variety of Aronia, but it 

 appears to differ in nothing but its fruit from the glabrous varietv of 

 we A. arbutifolia. •' 



Grows on the high mountains of Virginia and Carolina, 

 ♦'^iowers May. 



3. BOTRYAPIUM. 



A. inermis ; foliis cor- L Unarmed ; leaves cor- 



dato-ovalibus, acumina- date oval, acuminate, 



^S adultis glabris ; flori- when mature glabrous ; 

 bu 



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s raceraosis ; petaiis | flowers in racemes ; pe- 



l^neari-lanceolatis 5 ger- | tab linear lanceolate : 



