876 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
that truth and facts ought to be pursued for their own sake; secondly, that 
if what are now considered species can be proved to be varieties, it will 
save botanists and gardeners much trouble in seeking for permanent or 
specific distinctions where none really exist; thirdly, it will greatly assist 
the memory, by grouping related kinds together ; and it will be a guide to 
collectors in their choice of sorts. See what we have advanced on this 
subject in p. 216. 
% 4. A.(v.) ova‘Lis Dec. The oval-leaved Amelanchier. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 632. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p.604. sv 
Synonymes. Cratx*gus spicata Lam. Dict., 1. p. 84.?; Méspilus Ameldnchier Walt. Car., p. 184. ; 
A. parvifldra Doug. MS.; M. canadénsis var. « ovalis Miche. Am., 1. p. 291.; Pyrus ovalis 
Willd. Sp., 2. p 1OLL ; Aronia ovalis Pers. Syn., 2. p.240.; Amelanchier du Canada, Alisier a 
E/pi, Fr.; rundblattrige Birne, Ger. 
Engraving. Fig. 632. 
Spec. Char., §c. eaves roundish-elliptical, acute ; 
when young, rather velvety beneath; when adult, 
glabrous. Raceme coarctate. Petals obovate. 
Calyx pubescent. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 632.) A na- 
tive of North America, throughout Canada, from 
Lake Huron to the Rocky Mountains. It was in- 
troduced in 1800, grows to the height of a low 
tree, and produces its flowers and fruits at the 
same time as A. Botryapium. Of this species Sir 
Wm. Jackson Hooker observes, “ I am sometimes 
disposed to agree with Dr. Torrey, who suspects 
this to be only a variety of 4. Botryapium;” and 
he adds that Michaux seems to have included A. + 
Botryapium and A, vulgaris under his A. canadénsis. 
A, ovalis, according to Dr. Richardson, abounds in the sandy plains of the 
Saskatchawan, where its wood is prized by the Cree Indians for making 
arrows and pipe stems ; and it is thence termed by the Canadian voyagers 
bois de fléche. Its berries, which are about the size of a pea, are the finest 
fruit in the country; and are used by the Cree Indians both in a fresh and 
in a dried state. They “ make excellent puddings, very little inferior to 
plum-pudding.” (Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer.,i. p. 203.) As far as we are able to 
judge, this, and the two preceding forms, belong to one species. There 
are trees of both species in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, within a very 
few yards of each other; and it is from examining these at different seasons 
that we have arrived at the above conclusion. 
Variety. 
¥ A. (v.) 0, 2 subcordata Dec. Aronia subcordata Raf. ; Malus microcarpa 
Raf.—A native of mountains near New York. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 632.) 
¥ A. (v.) 0. 3 semi-integrifolia Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., p. 201.—Leaves for 
the most part separated at the apex. A native about the Grand 
Rapids, and at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia. 
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+ 5. A. (v.) FLo’RIDA Lindl. The flowery Amelanchier. 
Identification. Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1589.; Gard. Mag., vol. ix. p. 484 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t.1589.; and our fig. 634. to a scale of 2in. tolft., and 
Jig. 633. of the natural size. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong, obtuse at both ends, coarsely 
serrate in the terminal portion, gla- 
brous in every state. Bracteas and 
stipules feathery at the tip, soon falling 
off. Flowers in upright racemes, many 
in a raceme. Calyx glabrous exter- Ya} 
nally; its segments longer than, or Ayiach 
at least as long as, the stamens. ({\)A)yN 
(Lindley in Bot. Reg., t. 1589.) A * 
handsome hardy shrub, or low tree, 

