488 REPO'RT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Swamps and damp thickets; frequent throughout the State. 

 While often quite equal to A. arbutifoHa in size, this species is 

 sometimes quite low, not larger than the Hog Huckleberry 

 bushes, with which it often mingles, its black fruit resembling 

 enormous huckleberries. Always distinguished from the two 

 preceding by the smooth, not wooly, undersurface of the leaves. 



Fl. — Late April to late May. Fr. — Early July to early August. 



Middle District.— Shzrk River, New Egypt, Fish House, Kaighns Pt., W. 

 Deptford, Springdale (S), Alloway. 



Pine Barrens. — Toms River (S), Whitings, Browns Mills, Pleasant Mills, 

 Egg Harbor City, Tuckahoe (S). 



Coast 5;n/).— Peahala (L), Holly Beach (UP). 



AMELANCHIER Medicus. 



Amelanchier canadensis (L.). Service-berry. 



Mespilus canadensis Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 478. 1753 [Virginia and Canada]. 

 Amelanchier canadensis Knieskern 14. — Britton 100. 



Frequent in dry open woods of the northern counties, but 

 rare within our limits, occurring in the upper part of the Middle 

 district along the Delaware. 



Fl.- — Early April to early May, appearing with the leaves. 

 Fr. — Mid- June to mid-July. 

 Middle District. — Bordentown. 



Amelanchier intermedia Spach. Sliad-bush. 



Amelanchier intermedia Spach, Hist. Nat. Veget. H. 83. 1834 [North 

 America] . * 



Amelanchier canadensis var. oblongifolia Willis 22. 

 Amelanchier canadensis var. ohovalis Britton 100. 

 Amelanchier boWyapium Keller and Brown 180. 



Frequent throughout the State in thickets and low damp 

 woods. The shad-bushes give the first touch of bloom to the 

 swamps of the coastal plain. Their spikes of white flowers and 

 whitish leaf buds stand out in strong contrast to the somber 

 brown tints that prevail until the general bursting of buds clothes 

 everything with the misty gray-green of early spring, and by 

 that time these pioneer flowers are ready to scatter their white 

 petals like a belated flurry of snow. The bushes then become 

 inconspicuous among the other green shrubbery. 



Fl. — Early April to early May, appearing with the leaves. 

 Fr. — Mid- June to mid- July. 



