3. Amelanchier spicata (am.) Dec. 
Low June-berry. (Fig. 1987.) 
Crataegus spicata Lam. Encycl. 1:84. 1783. 
Amelanchier spicata Dec. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 
10: 135. fl. 9. 1874. 
Stems 1°-3° high from a long root creeping 
among rocks. Leaves elliptic or oval, 9//-114’ 
long, rounded at both ends, or sometimes sub- 
acute at the apex, sometimes subcordate at the 
base, serrulate or dentate-serrate nearly all 
around or sometimes entire below the middle, 
dark green and quite glabrous when mature, 
woolly when young; racemes numerous, 4-I0- 
flowered; pedicels slender, %4/-1/ long in fruit; 
petals 2/’-4’ long; calyx-lobes nearly triangu- 
lar; top of the ovary woolly; pome globose, 
about 3’’ in diameter. 
In dry rocky places, New York, New Jersey and 
Pennsylvania. May. 
POMACEAE. [Vot. II. 
2. Amelanchier Botryapium (L. f.) 
DC. Shad-bush. Swamp Sugar- 
Pear. (Fig. 1986.) 
Pyrus Botryapium J. f. Suppl. 255. 1781. 
. Botryapium DC. Prodr, 2: 632. 1825. 
Amelanchier Canadensis var. oblongifolia T. & 
G. Fl. N. A. 1: 473. 1840. 
A shrub or small tree, sometimes 30° high, 
the foliage and inflorescence densely white- 
woolly when young, often nearly or quite gla- 
brous when old. Leaves oval, oblong, ellip- 
tic or obovate, acute at the apex, rounded, or 
sometimes narrowed or subcordate at the base, 
finely and sharply serrate nearly all around; 
racemes short, rather dense; pedicels short, 
seldom over 1’ long; petals spatulate or linear- 
spatulate, 3/’/-7’’ long, 2-3 times as long as the 
calyx-lobes; calyx usually densely white- 
woolly; pome globose, 3//—4’’ in diameter. 
In swamps and moist soil, New Brunswick to 
Manitoba, Florida and Louisiana. April-May. 
4. Amelanchier rotundifolia 
(Michx.) Roem. Round-leaved 
June-berry. (Fig. 1988.) 
Mespilus Canadensis var. rotundifolia 
Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 291. 1803. 
Amelanchier Canadensis var. rotundifolia 
T. & G. Fl. N. A. £: 473. In part, 18y4o. 
A. rotundifolia Roem. Syn. Mon. 3: 146. 1847. 
A tall shrub or small tree, sometimes 25° 
high. Leaves broadly oval, ovate or nearly 
orbicular, 1/-3’ long, obtuse or rounded at 
both ends, or rarely subacute, often cordate 
at the base, serrate nearly all around with 
large teeth, or entire near the base, glabrous 
from the time of unfolding or more or less 
woolly when very young; racemes several- 
flowered; pedicels slender, 1/-114’ long in 
fruit; calyx-lobes lanceolate; petals spatu- 
late or oblanceolate, 5’’-8’’ long; pome 
globose, 3/’-4’’ in diameter. 
In woods and thickets, New Brunswick to 
Minnesota, New York and Michigan. May. 
Fruit ripe in August, after that of A. Cana- 
densis has fallen. 
