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Cratjsgus. 

 Crataegus coccinea. (C. Crus-galli. Bw. C. glandulosa. Willd.) 

 Crimson fruited Thorn, White Thorn. Thickets, banks of streams. F. 

 white. April, May. Fruit eatable. 



Crataegus Punctata. Jacq. (C. latifolia. D. C. Mespilus. Spach.) 

 Thorn. Woods. F. white. May, June. Fruit red, eatable. 



Pyrus, 



Pyrus coronaria. (Malus. Mill.) Crab apple. Sweet-scented 

 Crab tree. Woods. Fl. May. White. Fruit esteemed for pres- 

 erves. 



Pyrus arbutifolia. Lin . f . (Mespilus. Lin.) Aronia. Pers. 

 Choke Berry. F. white. May, June. Fruit astringent. 



Amelanchier. 



Amelanckier Canadensis. Torr. and Gray. (Mespilus. Lin. Mes- 

 pilus arborea. Michx.) Shad Berry. June Berry. Wild Service 

 Berry. Woods. F. white. April, May. Fruit pleasant to the 

 taste. 



Rubus. 



Rubus villosus. Ait. High Blackberry . Off. Fl. white May 

 Root and fruit astringent and tonic. 



Rubus hispidus. (R. sempervirens. Bw.) Bristly Blackberry. 

 Damp woods Fl. w. Maj Prop, similar to last. 



Rubus Canadensis. (R. trivialis. Ph.) Low Blackberry. Dew- 

 berry. Off. Fields. Fl. May. White. Astringent and tonic. 



Rubus odor atus. Rose-flowering Raspberry. Mulberry. Woods 

 F. purple. June Fruit bright red, and sweet when ripe. 



Rubus strigosus. Michx. (R. Idaeus. Nutt.) Wild Red Rasp- 

 berry. Fields. Flowers white. May. Fruit delicious. Leaves 

 slightly astringent. 



Rubus occidentalis. Black Raspberry. Thimble -berry. Fields. 

 Fl. white. May. Fruit of a lively agreeable taste. 



POTENTILLA. 



Potentilla Canadensis. (P. sarmentosa. Willd.) Common Cin- 

 quefoil. Fields. May. F. Y. Prop. Astringent. Thompsonians 

 employ it. 



Comarum. 



Comarum palustre. Marsh Cinquefoil. In spagnous swamps, 

 N. part of State. F. June. Prop. Astringent. 



Fragaria 



Fragaria Virglniana. Ehrh. (F. Canadensis. Michx.) Scarlet 

 or Wild Strawberry. Fields, woods. Fl. white. April and May 

 Fruit highly fravranr and delicious wh^n ripf-nM in ?h^ Sun As 

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