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DICOTYLEDONOUS. 



pie corymbs, on small lateral branches. Styles 5. Fruit large, globose, redi 

 5-seeclecl. 



White, h- April. Southeastern Ga. 10-12 ft. 



13. C. Eliptica. a spiny shrub, with course rough bark. Leaves obo* 

 vate or nearly round, cuneate at the base, corioceous, margined, with gland- 

 ular dots, pubescent in the axils of the veins, and on the petioles, slightly lo- 

 bed towards the apex. Flowers soUtary, or in small corymbs. Calyx pu- 

 bescent; segments incised or serrate. Fruit oval, large, red, 5 seeded. 



Sumnitr Haw. 

 White. T^. April. In Sandy soils. 8-12 ft. 



14. C. Parvifolia. a spiny shrub, much branched ; branches geniculate, 

 and devaricate; young branches tomentose; spines numerous, long and slen- 

 der. Leaves obovate, deeply serrate, entire at the base, tomentose. Flowers 

 generally solitary, terminal. Calyx tomentose; segments lanceolate, incised, 

 ibhaceous, with 2 or three bracts at the base. Styles 5. Fruit large, green- 

 ish yellow, eaiable. Winter Haw. 



White, h- April — May. Dry soils common. 3-6 ft. 



Genus XIV. PTRUS. 



Calyv 5-cleft, tube urceolate. Petals 5, nearly round. — 

 Styles usually 5. Fruit a fleshy pome, indehiscent. Carpels 

 2-5. Seeds 2 in each carpel. Trees or shrubs. Leaves 

 simple. 



1. P. CoKONARiA. A small tree, with spreading branches, heaves large 

 broad oval or ovate, sometimes sub-cordate irregularly serrate, smooth. 

 Flowers in large terminal corymbs, fragrant. Petals somewhat unguiculate. 

 Fruit globose depressed ; disagreeable to the taste. Crab Apple. 



Rose colored, h- April. Common. 10-20 feet. 



2. P. Angustifolia. A small tree, resembling the preceding. Leaves 

 oblong lanceolate, acute at the base, dentate or nearly entire, glabrous, shin- 

 ing above. Flowers in corymbs. Fruit small. 



IVhite. h- March— April. In rich soils. 10—20 feet. 



3. P. Erythrocakpa. {The Aronia Arhutifolia of Elliott.) A shrub spar- 

 ingly branched, unarmed, heaves obovate acuminate, sometimes lanceo- 

 lat'e, crenate, dentate, tomentose underneath. Flowers in terminal corymbs. 

 Ca/yi? campanulate, with erect, acute, glandular segments. Petals nearly 

 round. Stamens numerous. Fruit small, red. 



VVhite or rose color, h- March. April. Common in damp soils. 3-8 ft. 



Genus XV. AMELANCHIER. . 



Calyx S-cleft. Petals 5, obovate, oblong. Stamens nu- 

 merous, short. Styles 5, more or less united. Some 5-10- 

 celled ; cells l"2-seeded ; endocarp cartilaginous. Small 

 trees or shrubs, with simple leaves. 



1. A. BoTRYAPiUM. A small tree, heaves cordate or ovate, oblong, ser- 

 rate, tomentose when young, glabrous fv'hen mature. Flowers in racemes. 

 Petals oblong or linear-lanceolate ; segments of the calyx glabrous short. 

 Qtyles pubescent at the base. Fruit red, eatable. 



White, h- Feb.— March. Common. 10-12 feet. 



2. A. RoTUNDiFOLiA. A Small shrub. Leaves nearly round, acute, gla- 

 brous, sharply serrate. Flovoers 6-10, in a raceme. Petals obovate small, 

 segments of the calyx pubescent. Fruit black, eatable. 



White. >2- March— April. Middle Car. & Geo. 2-3 feet. 



