APPLE FAMILY 



leaves are obovate or oval, short-petioled, serrulate- 

 crenulate, obtuse or abruptly pointed, shining green 

 above, glabrous and yellow green beneath. They vary 

 from two to two and one-half inches long, and the mid- 

 rib is glandular along its upper surface. The flowers 

 are white, about live-eighths of an inch across, bearing 

 many stamens with pinkish purple anthers. The fruit 

 is one-half to five-eighths of an inch in diameter, borne 

 in clusters, of a shining black, and falls very soon after 

 maturity. Ranges from Nova Scotia to Florida, and 

 west to Ontario and Michigan. 



SHADBUSH. JUNE-BERRY 



A meld lie h ier botrydpiitm . 



Amclanchicr, the Savoy name of a different tree. 



A shrub or small tree, the foliage and inflorescence densely 

 white, woolly when young ; found in swamps and on river banks. 

 Ranges from New Brunswick to Florida and westward through 

 the Mississii)pi valley. 



Leaves. — Simj^le, alternate, pinnately veined, oblong, oval, 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, rounded at base, acute at apex, finely 

 and sharply serrate. They come out of the bud conduplicate, 

 are densely white pubescent when yourg, nearly or quite gla- 

 brous when old. Autumnal tint yello>v. 



Flowers. — April, May. Perfect, white, borne in short rather 

 dense racemes ; pedicels and calyx covered with silky white 

 hairs. 



Calyx. — Calyx-tube campanulate, white, woolly, adnate to 

 the ovary, five-lobed ; lobes narrow, reflected, persistent. 



Corolla. — Petals white, five, inserted on the calyx-tube, spatu- 

 late or linear, about half an inch long. 



Stamens. — Many, inserted on the calyx-tube; filaments awl- 

 like. 



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