MO 
ovalis. 
sanguinea. 
Malus. 
coronaria . 
angustifiolia . 
ICOSANDRIA IH-PRNTAGYNIA. PyrUS, 
In woods and hedges ; frequent : Canada to Carolina, 
T? . April, May. v. v. A small tree ; leaves covered 
with a white tomentum, when young ; berries black, 
very agreeably tasting. 
4. P. inermis ; foliis subrotundo-ellipticis acutis glabris, flo- 
ribus racemosis, petalis obovatis, germinibus calyci- 
nisque segmentis pubescentibus. Willd. sp. pl. 2 . 
p. 1014. 
Crataegus spicata. Lam. encycl. 1 .p. 84. 
Mespilus Amelanchier. Wdlt.fi. car. 184. 
Mespilus canadensis a. obovalis. Midi. fi. amer. 1« 
p- m- 
In swamps : New Jersey to Carolina. Fj . April, May. 
v. v. A small shrub j berries black and eatable. 
5. P. inermis j foliis ovalibus utrinque obtusis mucronatis 
tenuissime serratis basi subcordatis, racemis pauciflo- 
ris, calycibus glabris, petalis linearibus obtusis. 
Mespilus canadensis y. rotundifolia. Mich.fi. amer. 1, 
. p.291. 
In Canada, and on the banks of the Columbia. T? . April, 
May. v. v. A small tree with blood-red branches 3 
berries red, eatable. 
6. P. umbellis sessilibus, foliis ovato- oblongis acuminatis 
serratis glabriusculis, unguibus calyce brevioribus, 
stylis glabris. Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. IO17. 
The Common Apple-tree frequently occurs in woods ap- 
parently wild, but has been seminated by birds. 
7- P. foliis lato-ovalibus basi rotundatis subangulatis serra, 
tis laevibus, pedunculis corymbosis. — IVilld. sp. pl. 2. 
p. 1018. 
In woods and near plantations : Pensyl vania to Carolina. 
T2 . May. v. v. The Sweet-scented Crab-tree , the 
fruit of which is well known as a most excellent pre- 
serve for the table, is a very fine ornamental tree, not 
only for the beauty but particularly for the fine violet- 
scent of its flowers. 
8. P. foliis lanceolato-oblongis basi acutis leviter crenato- 
dentatis nitidis, pedunculis corymbosis .—-Willd. sp. 
pl. 2. p. 1020. 
P. coronaria. Wangh. amer. t. 2l.fi. 47, 
In low woods of Carolina. T2 • May. v. v. Resem- 
bles the foregoing species ■, the fruit very small. 
