REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1902 109 



Pyrus communis L. 

 CJioke pear 

 Near dwellings and occasionally in fields. Fruit very astrin- 

 gent. May. 



Mains coronaria (L.) Mill. 



Pyrus coronaria L. 

 American oral) apple 

 Scattered throughout our territory. Flowers rose-colored, frag- 

 rant ; fruit greenish yellow, fragrant and very acid. May. 



Mains mains (L.) Britton 

 Pyrus malus L. 

 Apple 

 Woods, thickets and fence rows. Fruit sweet or sour. Fre- 

 quent. May. 



Aronia arbntifolia (L.) Ell. 



Pyrus arbutifolia L.f . 



Red chokeherry 



Marshland swamp. This is the only station observed. May. 



Aronia nigra (Wild.) Britton 

 Pyrus arbutifolia var. melanocarpa Hook. 

 Black chokehemj 

 Swamps and bogs. Common. May-June. 



Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medic 

 Juneljerry 

 Woods, thickets and fence rows. Common. May. 



Amelanchier botryapinm (L.) DC. 

 A. canadensis var. o b 1 o n g i f o 1 i a T. «& G. 

 i^^liad hush 

 Woods and thickets. Common. May. 



Amelanchier spicata (Lam.) DC, 

 LotD June'berri/ 

 Rocky banks. Infrequent. Barton and Apalachin. A shrub 

 2 to 3 feet high, which fruits very abundantly. 



