JUNE-BERRY 



JUNE-BERRY. SHAD BUSH. SERVICE-BERRY. 



Ameldnchier canade'nsis. 



Amelanchier is derived from Amelancier, the popular name of the 

 European species. 



A medium sized tree with a tall slender trunk and small spreading 

 branches which form a narrow, oblong head. It ranges throughout 

 eastern United States, southward to Florida and westward to Min- 

 nesota. Prefers rich soil in upland woods. On the mountains 

 of North Carolina and Tennessee it reaches its greatest size. Roots 

 fibrous. 



Bark. Pale red brown, divided into narrow ridges the surface of 

 which is scaly. Branchlets bright green, later become dark brown 

 or purplish brown, smooth. 



Wood. Dark brown, sometimes tinged with red ; heavy, hard, 

 close-grained and strong. Sp. gr., 0.7838 ; weight of cu. ft., 48.85 

 Ibs. 



Winter Buds. Chestnut brown, acute, one - fourth of an inch 

 long. Inner scales enlarge with the growing shoot and are some- 

 times an inch long before they fall. 



Leaves. Alternate, simple, ovate to ovate-oblong, three to four 

 inches long, one and a half to two inches broad, cordate or rounded 

 at base, serrate, acute or acuminate. Feather - veined, midrib 

 grooved above, prominent beneath. They come out of the bud 

 conduplicate, reddish brown and hairy, when full grown are smooth, 

 deep green above, paler beneath. In autumn they turn a bright 

 yellow. Petioles slender, grooved. Stipules lanceolate, downy, 

 early deciduous. 



Flowers. April, when leaves are about one-third grown. Per- 

 fect, white, borne in racemes from three to five inches long. Each 

 flower has a slender pedicel, furnished with two lanceolate, purplish 

 silky bractlets which fall as the flower opens. 



Calyx. Campanulate, five - lobed ; lobes lanceolate, acute, 

 downy, persistent, imbricate in bud. 



Corolla. Petals five, white, strap-shaped, one-half inch to an 

 inch in length, inserted on the calyx tube, imbricate in bud. 



Stamens. Twenty, inserted on the calyx tube ; filaments per- 

 sistent in fruit; anthers introrse, two-celled; cells opening longi- 

 tudinally. 



Pistil. Ovary two to five-celled, united to calyx tube. Styles 

 two to five, with broad stigmas ; ovules two in each cell. When 

 mature each cell has been divided by a cartilaginous partition, giv- 

 ing ten cells and one seed in each. 



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