XXVI. ROSA^CEMl AMELA 1 NCHIER. 413 



resembling the preceding species ; and by some bo- 

 tanists considered as only a variety of it. America. 

 Height in America SO ft. to 40 ft., with a trunk 

 10 in. to 12 in. in diameter; in England 20ft. 

 to 30ft. Introduced in 1746. Flowers white; 

 April. Fruit purple, agreeable to eat ; ripe in the 

 beginning of June. Decaying leaves rich yellow. 



A very ornamental tree, from its profusion of 

 blossoms early in April, and from its rich autumnal 

 foliage; and even the fruit is not altogether to be 

 despised, either eaten by itself, or in tarts, pies, and 

 puddings. The wood is white, and it exhibits no dif- 

 ference between the heart and the sap : it is longitu-l 

 dinally traversed by small bright red vessels, which 

 intersect each other, and run together : a physiolo- 

 gical peculiarity which, Michaux observes, occurs also 

 in the red birch. 



& 3. A. (v.) SANGUI'NEA Dec. The blood-coloured Amelanchier. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 633. ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1171. ; Hook. Fl. Bor Amer, 1. 



p. 203. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 604. 

 Synont/mes. Pyrus sanguinea Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 340. ; ^rbnia sangufnea Nutt. Afesnilus 



canadensis -y rotundif blia Michaux Fl. Bor. Amer.l. p. 391. ^ 



Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1171. ; and our figs. 754. and 7- r :5. 



753. A. (v.) Botryapiu 



754. A. (v.) sanguinea. 



755. A. (y.) sangufnea, 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves oval, obtuse at both ends, mucronate, finely serrated, 

 somewhat heart-shaped at the base. Flowers few in a raceme. Calyx gla- 

 brous. Petals linear, obtuse. Fruit eatable. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous 

 tree or large shrub. Hudson's Bay. Height 10 ft. to 20ft. Introduced 

 in 1824. Flowers white; April. Fruit dark purple, full of blood-coloured 

 juice j ripe in July. Decaying leaves rich yellow. 



This plant differs from A. (v.) Botryapium in the fewer flowers, much shorter 

 raceme, and shorter, broader, and more ovate petals ; 

 in the young leaves being perfectly destitute of pubes- 

 cence, and the head somewhat fastigiate. 



* ? 4. A (v.) OVA'LIS Dec. The oval-/t>d Amelanchier. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 632. ; Don's MiJL, 2. p. 604. 

 Synomjmes. Cratas'gus spicata Lam. Diet. 1. p. 84. ? ; Jfespilus 



Ameldncfiier Walt. Car. p. 184. ; A. parvifl6ra Dove. MS. M. 



canadensis var. a. ovalis Michx. Am. 1. p. 291 Ptrus ov^lis 



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Sp. 2. p. 1014 ;. ^rdnia ovalis Pers. Syn. 2. p. 240. ; Amelan- 

 chier du Canada, Alisier 3 E'pi, Fr. ; rundblattrige Birne, Ger. 

 Engraving. Fig. 756. from a living specimen. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves roundish-elliptical, acute ; 

 when young, rather velvety beneath ; when adult, 

 glabrous. Raceme coarctate. Petals obovate. Calyx 

 pubescent. (Dec. Prod.) A large deciduous shrub 

 or low tree. North America, from Lake Huron to 



