POMACEyE— APPLE FAMILY 



RED CHOKE-BERRY 



Arbnia arbntifblla. 



Aroma, 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. 



Pistil. — Inferior, tomentose, five-celled ; styles three to five, 

 united at the base. 



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