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resembling the preceding species ; and by some bo- 
tanists considered as only a variety of it. America. 
Height in America 30ft. to 40 ft., with a trunk 
10 in. to 12 in. in diameter; in England 20 ft. 
to 30ft. Introduced in 1746. Flowers white; 
April. Fruit purple, agreeable to eat; ripe in the 
beginning of June. Decaying leaves rich yellow. 
A very ornamental tree, from its profusion of 
blossoms early in April, and from its rich autumnal 
foliage; and even the fruit is not altogether to be 
despised, either eaten by itself, or in tarts, pies, and 
puddings. The wood is white, and it exhibits no dif- 
ference between the heart and the sap: it is longitu- 
dinally traversed by small bright red vessels, which 
intersect each other, and run together ; a physiolo- 
gical peculiarity which, Michaux observes, occurs also 
in the red birch. 753. a. (v.) Botryapium. 
& ¥ 3.4. (v.) sancur’NeA Dec. The blood-coloured Amelanchier. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 633.; Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t.1171.; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. 
p. 203. ; ae Mill., 2. P. Sor. SEA . ' 
Synonymes. Tus sanguinea Pwr's. . Amer. Sept. 1. p. 340. ; Ardnia sanguinea Nutt. ; Méspil 
canadénsis y rotundifolia Michaux Fl. Bor. Amer.1. oP 391. gut Paes 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1171.; and our figs. 754. and 755. 
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754. A.(v.) sanguinea. ek 
755. A. (v.) sanguinea. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oval, obtuse at both ends, mucronate, finely serrated, 
somewhat heart-shaped at the base. Flowers few ina raceme. Calyx gla- 
brous. Petals linear, obtuse. Fruit eatable. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous 
tree or large shrub. Hudson’s Bay. Height 10 ft. to 20ft. Introduced 
in 1824, Flowers white; April. Fruit dark purple, full of blood-coloured 
juice; ripe in July. Decaying leaves rich yellow. 
This plant differs from A. (v.) Botryapium in the fewer flowers, much shorter 
raceme, and shorter, broader, and more ovate petals; 
in the young leaves being perfectly destitute of pubes- 
cence, and the head somewhat fastigiate. 
2 4, A. (v.) ova LIS Dec. The oval-lvud Amelanchier. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 632.; Don’s Mill, 2. p. 604. 
Synonymes. Crate‘gus spicata Lam. Dict. 1. p. 84.?; Méspilus 
Ameldnchier Walt. Car. p. 184.; A. parvifldra Doug. MS.; MW. 
canadénsis var. « ovalis Michr. Am. 1. p. 291. » Barus ovalis 
Willd. Sp. 2. p. 1014. ; Aronia ovalis Pers. Syn. 2. p. 240. ; Amelan- 
chier du Canada, Alisier 4 E’pi, Fr. ; rundblattrige Birne, Ger. 
Engraving. Fig. 756. from a living specimen. 
Spec. Char, Sc. Leaves roundish-elliptical, acute ; 
when young, rather velvety beneath ; when adult, 
glabrous. Raceme coarctate. Petals obovate. Calyx \j 
pubescent. (Dec. Prod.) A large deciduous shrub * J 
or low tree. North America, from Lake Huron to 
756. A. (v.) ovate 
