MOUNTAIN ASH. 
§ III. Leaves pinnate or pinnatifid; styles 2 to 5, distinct; 
pome globose or turbinate; pulpy. Sorbus. Linn. 
AMERICAN MOUNTAIN ASH. 
PYRUS Americana, foliis pinnatis glabris, foliolis oblongo- 
lanceolatis acuminatis inciso-serratis, serraturis setaceo- 
mucronatis, cymis compositis multifloris, fructibus globo- 
sis . — Decand. Prod., vol. 2. p. 637. Torrey and Gray. 
Flor. N. Amer., vol. 1. p. 472. 
Sorbus Americana. TVilld. Knum., vol. 1 . p. 520. Pursh. Flor. 
vol. 1. p. 341. 
Sorbus aucuparia, 0. Mich. Flor. Bor. Am., vol. 1. p. 290. 
The Mountain Ash, or Roan Tree of North America, 
is met with sparingly in shady moist woods in moun- 
tainous situations, from Labrador and even Greenland, 
throughout the New England States, New York, Penn- 
sylvania, and the variety microcarpa , with smaller berries, 
extends to the high mountains of Virginia and North 
Carolina. 
It forms a small tree of great beauty, remarkable for 
its elegant feathered foliage, in May and June clad with 
its white and fragrant blossoms, and to the close of the 
year, even into winter, decorated with its large clusters 
of bright berries, which afford a favourite repast for 
thrushes and other frugivorous birds, on their annual 
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