XXVI. bosa'ce^: amelj'nchier. 



resembling the preceding species ; and by some bo- 

 tanists considered as only a variety of it. America. 

 Height in America 30 ft. to 40 ft., with a trunk 

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

 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- 

 dinally traversed by small bright red vessels, which 

 intersect each other, and run together ; a physiolo- 

 ifical peculiarity which, Michaux observes, occurs also 



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in the red birch. 



Sk'i 3. A. (v.) sangui'nea Bee. 



753. 



A. (V.) Botryapium. 



The blood-coloured Amelanchier. 

 2. p. 633. ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1171. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., I. 



Identification. Dec. Prod. 



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

 Synonymes. Pyrus sangulnea Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 340. ; ^rbnia sangulnea Nutt. ; itfespilu* 



canadensis y rotundif 61ia Michaux Fl. Bor. Amer. I. p. 391 . ^ 



Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1171. ; and our ^gs. 754. and V-'iS. / (^ 



754. ^.(v.)sangufaea. 



755. A. (t.) sanpuinea. 



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 20 ft. Introduced 

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

 juice; ripe in July. Decaying leaves rich yellow. 



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

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

 in the young leaves being perfectly destitute of pubes- ..X i 



cence, and the head somewhat fastigiate. 



* "i". 4. A. (v.) ovaYis Dec. The ovaWwc? Amelanchier. 



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

 Synonymes. Crats'gus spic&ta Lam. Did. 1. p. 84. ? ; Mespilus 



Amelanchier Walt. Car. p. 1S4. ; A. parvifl6ra Doue. MS. ; M. 



canadensis var. ovalis Michr. Atn. I. p. 291. ; Pyrus ovalis 



n'illd. Sp. 2. p. 1014. ; y/ronia ovalis Peri. Syn. 2. p. 240. ; Amelan- 



chier du Csiiada, Alisier a E'pi, Fr. ; rundblattrige Birne, Ger. 

 Engraving. Fig. 756. from a living specimen. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves roundish-elliptical, acute ; 



when young, rather velvety beneath ; when adult, 



glabrous. Raceme coarctate. Petals obovate. Calyx 

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

 i or low tree. North America, from Lake Huron to 



