414 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
the Rocky Mountains. Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1800. Flowers 
white; April. Fruit purple; ripe in July. Decaying leaves rich yellow. 
Varieties. 
& ¥ A. (v.) 0.2 subcorddata Dec. ; Arénia subcordata Raf. ; Malus micro- 
carpa Rafi—A native of mountains near New York. (Dee. Prod.) 
& ¥ A. (v.) 0. 3 semi-integrifolia Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. p. 201.— Leaves for 
the most part separated at the apex. A native about the Grand 
Rapids, and at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia. 
Sir Wm. J. Hooker is disposed to agree with Dr.-Torrey, who suspects this 
to be only a variety of A. Botryapiuin; and he adds that Michaux seems to 
have included 4, Botryapium and A. vulgaris under his A. canadénsis, The 
wood of A, ovalis, according to Dr. Richardson, is prized by the Cree Indians 
for making arrows and pipe stems; and it is thence termed by the Canadian 
voyagers Bois de fléche. Its berries, which are about the size of a pea, are the 
finest fruit in the country; and are used by the Cree Indians both in a fresh 
and in a dried state. They “ make excellent puddings, very little inferior to 
plum-pudding.” (Hook, Fl. Bor, Amer., i. p. 203.) 
& ¥ 5. A. (v.) FLO’RIDA Lindl, The flowery Amelanchier. 
Identification. Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1589.; Gard. Mag., vol. ix. p. 484. 
Engravings. Bot. Reg.,. t. 1589. ; and our jigs. 758. to a scale of 2in. to 1 ft., and jig. 757. of the 
natural size. 
Spec. Char., §c. WLeaves oblong, obtuse at both ends, coarsely 
serrate in the terminal portion, glabrous in every state. 
Bracteas and stipules feathery at the tip, soon faliing off. 
Flowers in upright racemes, many in a raceme. Calyx gla- 
brous externally ; its segments longer 
than, or at least as long as, the 
stamens. (Lindl.) A handsome 
hardy deciduous shrub or low tree, 
in habit and general appearance like 
A, (v.) Botryapium, but at once 
recognised as distinct by its fastigiate 
habit of growth, and by the short- 
ness of its stamens. North America, 
on the north-west coast. Height 
1G ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1826. Flowers white; May. Fruit purple; 
ripe in August. Decaying leaves rich yellow. 
757. A. (v.) florida. 758. A. (v.) florida. 
Variety. 
- A. (v.) f. 2 parvifolia, the A. parvifolia of the Horticultural Society’s 
Garden, is of a dwarf habit, not growing above 3 or 4 feet high, and 
has smaller leaves. 
The leaves somewhat resemble those of the hornbeam; the petals vary in 
length, some having measured more than 3 of an inch. In general habit, it is 
somewhat more fastigiate than the other sorts, unless we except A. sanguinea, 
to which, Dr. Lindley observes, it is very near akin. Possibly a distinct spe- 
cies, but we doubt it. 
Genus XIX, 
oa — 
walea 
ME/SPILUS Lindl. Tur Mepiar. Lin. Syst. Icosdndria Di-Pentagynia. 
Identification. Lindl. in Lin. Trans., 13. p. 99.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 633. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 604. 
Synonymes. Mespilus sp. of Lin. and others; Mespiléphora sp. of Neck.; Neflier, Fr.; Mispe! 
Ger. ; Nespolo, Ital. 
Derivation, From msos, a half, and pilos, a butiet ; fruit resembling half a bullet. 
