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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Spec. Char., Src. Branches cinereous, 

 reclinate. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, on long petioles, tomentose 

 beneath, as well as f.he calyxes. 

 Fruit spherical. Corymbs many- 

 flowered, and longer than the leaves. 

 (Don's Mill.) A shrub resembling 

 the preceding species, but with more 

 pendulous branches. Originated in 

 'gardens. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Cul- 

 tivated in 1815. Flowers white; 

 May. Fruit black ; ripe in Septem- 

 ber. 



The leaves die off of a purplish red ; 801 . P . (fl ., florlWnda . 



and the whole plant, from the time of 



its leafing till it becomes naked, is highly interesting and ornamental, more 

 especially when grafted standard high. 



j* 39. P. (A.) DEPRE'SSA Lindl. The depressed Aronia. 



Identification. Lindl. Hort. Trans., 7. p. 230. ; Don's Mill., 



2. p. 649. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 802. from a specimen In Dr. Lindley's 



herbarium. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stems humble, reclinate. 

 Leaves oblong, obtuse, tomentose beneath, 

 as well as the calyxes. Fruit pear-shaped. 

 Corymbs length of the leaves. (Don's Mill.) 

 A low shrub, with pendulous depressed 

 branches. Of garden origin. Height J ft. to 

 2ft. Cultivated in 1815. Flowers white; 

 May. Fruit dark purple ; ripe in September. 

 It is evidently a variety or modification of 

 the preceding sort ; and, from its profusion of 

 flowers and fruit, and the purple hue of its 

 foliage, it is highly ornamental. 



& 40. P. (A.) PU'BENS Lindl. The downy-branched Aronia. 



Identification. Lindl. Hort. Trans., 7. p. 232.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 649. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 803. from a living specimen in the Horticul- 

 tural Society's Garden. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem erect. Branches pubescent. 



Leaves oblong or obovate, abruptly acuminated, 



smooth. Fruit spherical, and, as well as the ca- 



lyxes, quite glabrous. Corymbs loose, and many- 



flowered. (Don's Mill.} A bushy shrub, with ro- 



bust foliage, and shoots. Of garden origin. Height 



4ft. to 5ft. Cultivated in 1810. Flowers 



white ; May. Fruit round, large, dark purple ; 



ripe in September. 



This and the following kind have much of the 

 robust foliage and habit of P. Chamaemespilus, and 

 well deserve a place in collections. 



P02. P. (a.) deprgssa. 



41. P. (A.) GRANDIFO'LIA Lindl. The large- 

 leaved Aronia. 



sos. p. <.) pttn. 



Identification. Lindl. Hort. Trans., 7. p. 232. ; Lindl. Bot. Reg., 1154. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 649. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1 154. ; and our.figs. 804. and 815. 



Spec. Char., ftc. Stem erect, and, as well as the branches, smoothish. Leaves 



