LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PROVUCING PLANTS. 285 
North America: Ontario to Lake Huron; N. Y. and 
Penn. to N. Car. and C. Alab.; W. to Minn., Neb., Kan., Ark., 
Ind. Terr., La. and W. Tex. 
Minn. valley: S. central district and perhaps through- 
out the forest region; Leaf hills? woods and streams. 
HERB.: Sheldon 322, Smith’s Mills, Blue Earth Co.; 
Ballard 345, Helena, Scott Co.; Sheldon 659, Waseca; Sandberg 
188, Red Wing; Herb. Wickersheim 48, Mankato. 
AMELANCHIER Mepic. Phil. Bot. I, 135, 155 (1789). 
Aronia Pers. Syn. II, 39 (1807) in part. 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. I, 477; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 628; Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 115; Schenck, Palaeophyt. 671; Engler and Prantl, Nat. 
Pflanz. 3, ITI, 26 (Focke); Sargent, V. Am. Silva IV, 125. 
Living species: 6, closely related; N. temperate 
regions. Russia, 1; Europe, 1; North America, 3; E. Sts., 2; 
Canada, 3; S. Sts., 1-2; Rocky mts., 1; Calif., 8; Pl. King., 1; 
Pl. Wheel., 1; also, Mexico 1 other? Japan, 1; Orient, 1. 
Fossil species: Tertiary, Florissant, Colo. (Lesquer- 
eaux, Newberry); Kurope, (Hittinghausen), 4-5. 
Amelanchier alnifolia Nutr. Journ. Acad. Phil. VII, 22 
(1835). 
Pirus sanguinea PursH, FI. Am. 340 (1814), 
Aronia alnifolia Nurr. Gen. I, 306 (1818). 
Pirus alnifolia SPRENG. Syst. II, 509 (1825), 
Amelanchier ovalis var. semtintegrifolia Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. I, 
202 (1833). 
. florida LINDL. Bot. Reg. 1589 (1835). 
. canadensis var. alnifolia T. and G. FI. I, 473 (1838). 
. canadensis var. pumila T. and G. Fl. I, 474 (1838). 
. pumila Roem. Syn. Monog. IIT, 145 (1847). 
. canadensis var. oblongifolia BENTH. Pl. Hartw. 309 (1846). 
. diversifolia var. alnifolia Torr. Frém. Rep. 89 (1858). 
. canadensis ANDERSON, Cat. Pl. Nev. 120 (——). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 167; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 148, 522; 
Webb., Fl. Neb. 127; Upham, FI. Minn. 53; Coult., Fl. Colo. 89; Brew. 
and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 190; Greene, F]. Fran. 52: Roth., Wheel, Exp. 116; 
Wats., King Exp. 92; Sarg., N. Am. Silva IV, 131. 
North America: N. Mich., Minn., Neb. to Brit. Col., 
Vancouver, Charlotte Isls. and Peace river reg.; S. to Calif.; 
S. in mts. to Colo. and Arizona; N. to Alaska and N. lat. 62° 
45". 
bp bp fm 
Minn. valley: N. E. district; thickets and banks of 
streams. 
Amelanchier canadensis (Linn.) MEDIC. Gesch. Bot. 79 
(1783). 
Mespilus canadensis LINN. Spec. 478 (1753). 
