ROSE FAMILY. 545 



PYRUS L. Sp. PL 1 : 479. 1753. 



Forty species, temperate regions Northern Hemisphere. North America, 7. Trees 

 and shrubs. 

 Pyrus angustifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 : 176. 1789. SOUTHERN CRABAPPLE. 



Mains angustifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 292. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 559. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 164. Chap. FL 128. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 4 : 75, 

 t. 170. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Pennsylvania, south to western Vir- 

 ginia and Florida, and throughout the Gulf States to Louisiana, west to southern 

 Illinois, southern Missouri, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Throughout the State. Open woods, copses. Clay County. Madison 

 County, 1,800 feet. Cullman, Tuscaloosa, Dallas, and Mobile counties. Flowers pale 

 rose color, fragrant, April ; fruit ripe September, yellow to orange. Most abundant 

 in the wet cold soil of the flat woods (Coosa Valley). 



Economic uses : The fruit is used for conserves. 



Type locality: " Native of North America." 



Herb. Geol Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ARONIA Pers. Syn. 2 : 39. 1807. CHOKEBERRY. 



Five species, north temperate regions, Northern Hemisphere. Atlantic North 

 America. 



Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Ell. Sk. 1:556. 1817-21. RED CHOKEBERRY. 



Mespilus arbutifolia L. Sp. PL 1 : 478. 1753. 



M. arbutifolia var. erythrocarpa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 292. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 556. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 164. Chap. Fl. 128. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Newfoundland, Quebec, Ontario ; New England 

 Avest to Minnesota and Dakota, south to Florida, west to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Banks of streams and wet borders of swamps. Most 

 abundant in the pine-barren swamps of the Lower Pine belt and Coast plain. Flow- 

 ers early in March, on the coast, to April. Fruit ripe August to October, scarlet, 

 remaining over the winter. 



In the mountains an arborescent form occurs, 12 to 18 feet in height, the stem fully 

 1| inches in diameter and clear of branches for nearly half its height. Che-aw-ha 

 Mountain. Cullman County. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia/ 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



AMELANCHIER Medic. Phil. Bot. 1 : 155. 1789. 



About 12 species, temperate regions Northern Hemisphere. North America, 9? 

 Small-sized trees and shrubs. 



Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medic. Geschich. 79. 1793. 



JUNEBERRY. SERVICEBERRY. 



Mespilus canadensis L. Sp. PI. 1:478. 1753. 



M. canadensis var. cordata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:291. 1803. 



Amelanchier canadensis var. botryapium Torr. &, Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 473. 1840. 



Canadian zone to Louisiauian area. Newfoundland, Quebec, Ontario; New Eng- 

 land west to Minnesota, Missouri, and Dakota, south to Florida, Louisiana, and 

 Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Gullman, Blount, Tuscaloosa, and Mobile counties. 

 Flowers white, March, April. Fruit purplish black. June. Small tree, 20 to 30 

 feet high. 



Economic uses : The fruit is edible. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Amelanchier botryapium (L. f.) DC. Prodr. 2 : 632. 1825. JUNEBERRY. SHADBUSH. 

 Pyrns botryapium L. f. Suppl. 255. 1781. 



Mespilus canadensis var. obovalis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 291. 1803. 

 Pyrus sanguinea Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 340. 1814. 

 P. oi-ai/s Bigel. Fl. Bost.ed.2, 195. 1824. 



Amelanchier canadensis var. oblongifolia Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 473. 1840. 

 Ell. Sk. 1 : 558. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 167. Chap. Fl. 129? 

 Range same as of the last. 



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