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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



This section is so unlike the others in habit and general appearance, that 

 it would be much more convenient to have it as a distinct genus ; say, 

 Aronia, as it was before that genus was united with Pyrus, 



& 36. P. ^RBUTIFO'LIA L.fil. The Arbutus-leaved Aronia. 



Identification. Lin. fil. Suppl., 256.; Ph. Sept. 



1. p. 339. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 637. ; Don's Mill., 



3. p. 649. 

 Synonymes. Crate'gus pyrifblia Lam. Diet. 1. 



p. 83. ; ^rbnia pyrifblia I'ers. Syn. 2. p. 39. ; 



?Cratae*gus serrata Potr. Suppl. 1. p. 292. ; A/es- 



pilus arbutifdlia Schmidt Arb. t, 86., Mill. Diet. 



t. 109. 

 Engravings. Schmidt Arb., t. 86. ; and our 



fig. 796. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves obovate, lan- 

 ceolate, acute, crenate, tomentose 

 beneath, especially when young, the 

 midrib in each glandulous above. 

 Calyx tornentose. Pome dark red 

 or purple. (Dec. Prod.) A decidu- 

 ous shrub. North America, from 

 Canada to Carolina, in low copses 

 and swamps, common. Height 4 ft. 

 to 6 ft. Introduced in 1700. Flow- 

 ers white; May. Fruit dark red 

 or black ; ripe in September. De- 

 caying leaves intensely dark red, or purplish black. 



Varieties. 



* P. a. 2 intermedia Lindl. (Hort. 



Trans., vii. p. 229. ; Don's Mill., ii. 



p. 649. and our fig. 798.) has the 



fruit globose and brown, 

 a P. a. 3 serotina Lindl. (Hort. Trans., 



1. c. ; Don's Mill., 1. c.) has the 



leaves shining above, and velvety 



beneath; and the fruit late, and 



party-coloured. 



j 



797. P. arbutifblia piimila. 



* P. a. 4 punrila, Afespilus purnila 

 Lodd.Cat. (Krause, t. 86.; and our 

 figs. 797. and 799.), appears to be 

 different from the two preceding 

 varieties. It is a low plant, seldom exceeding 1 ft. or 18 in. in height, 



iterm fedia. 



