POM ACEiE— APPLE FAMILY 



RED CHOKE-BERRY 



Arbnia arbutifblia. 



Aronia, modified from Aria, the Beam-tree of Europe. 



An erect shrub, two to eight feet high, with slender branching 

 stems and grayish brown bark ; grows in swamps and wet woods, 

 also in dry soil. Ranges from Nova Scotia to Minnesota, south 

 to Florida and Louisiana. 



Leaves.— Alternate, simple, one to three inches long, oval, ob- 

 long or obovate, rounded or wedge-shaped at base, serrulate- 

 crenulate, obtuse or abruptly pointed at apex ; when full grown 

 are bright shining green above, pale, sometimes pubescent, often 

 densely tomentose beneath. The midvein is glandular along the 

 upper side. In autumn they turn a dark scarlet and orange or 

 fall with little change of color. Petioles short ; stipules decid- 

 uous. 



Flowers.— May, June. Perfect, rose-shaped, white, or purple- 

 tinged, one-half to five-eighths of an inch across ; borne in ter- 

 minal, compound, downy corymbs which are finally over-topped 

 by the young shoots. 



Calyx.— Urn-shaped, five-lobed, tomentose, adnate to the 

 ovary. 



Corolla. —Petals five, white, concave, spreading, imbricate in 

 bud. 



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

 white, anthers pinkish purple. 



/%#/.— Inferior, tomentose, five-celled ; styles three to five, 

 united at the base. 



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