Genus 5. 



APPLE FAMILY, 



4. Amelanchier sanguinea (Pursh) DC, 

 Round-leaved June-berry. Fig. 2332. 



Mespilus canadensis var. rotundifolia Michx, 



Fl. Bor. Am. i : 291. 1803. 

 Pyrus sangtiinea Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept. 340. 1814. 

 A. sanguinea DC. Prodr. 2 : 633. 1825. 

 A, rotundifolia Roem. Syn. Mon. 3 : 146. 1847. 



A tall shrub or small tree, sometimes 25° 

 high. Leaves broadly oval, ovate or nearly 

 orbicular, i'-3' long, obtuse or rounded at 

 both ends, or rarely subacute, often cordate 

 at the base, serrate nearly all around with 

 large teeth, or entire near the base, glabrous 

 from the time of unfolding or more or less 

 woolly when very young ; racemes several- 

 flowered ; pedicels slender, I'-iY long in 

 fruit ; calyx-lobes lanceolate ; petals spatu- 

 late or oblanceolate, 5"-8" long ; pome glo- 

 bose, 3"-4" in diameter. 



In woods and thickets. New Brunswick to 

 Minnesota, North Carolina and Michigan. May. 



6. Amelanchier Bartramiana 



Fig. 2334. 



Mespilus canadensis var. oligocarpa 



Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 291. 1803. 

 Pyrus Bartramiana Tausch, Flora 



21-: 715. 1838. 

 Amelanchier oligocarpa Roem. Syn. 



Mon. 3: 145. 1847. 

 A. Bartramiana Roem. loc. cit. 1847. 



A shrub, 2°-9° high, glabrous, 

 or very nearly so throughout, ex- 

 cept the early deciduous bracts, 

 which are sometimes loosely to- 

 mentose. Leaves thin, narrowly 

 oval or oblong, generally about 

 3 times as long as broad, nar- 

 rowed and acute or acutish at 

 each end, finely and sharply ser- 

 rate, i'-3' long; racemes i-4-flow- 

 ered ; pedicels slender ; petals 

 obovate or oblanceolate, 3"-4" 

 long, about twice as long as the 

 calyx; pome oval to pear-shaped, 

 purple, with a bloom, 3"-4" long. 



Swamps, Labrador to Ontario, 

 Pennsylvania and Michigan. May. 



5. Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt. North- 

 western June or Service-berry. 

 Fig. 2333. 



Aronia alnifolia Nutt. Gen. i : 306. 1818. 



A. alnifolia Nutt.; Roemer, Syn. Man. 3: 147. 



1847. 



A shrub, 6°-8° high, more or less to- 

 mentose-pubescent when young, at length 

 glabrate throughout and somewhate glau- 

 cous. Leaves thick, broadly elliptic or 

 almost orbicular, very obtuse and often 

 truncate (rarely acutish) at the apex, 

 rounded or subcordate at the base, coarsely 

 dentate above the middle, ¥-2' long; ra- 

 cemes short, rather dense; pedicels short; 

 petals oblanceolate, cuneate, 3"-9" long, 

 2-4 times the length of the calyx ; pome 

 purple with a bloom, 3"-4" high, sweet. 



Dry soil, western Ontario to British Colum- 

 bia, South Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico and 

 ■California. Pigeon-berry. April-May. 



(Tausch) Roem. Oblong-fruited June-berry. 



