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AMELANCHIER* sanguinea. 
Red-wooded. Amelanchier. 
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ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Rosacem. § Pomacee. 
AMELANCHIER Med. Lindl. — Calyx 5-dentatus. Petala lanceo- 
lata. Ovarium decem-loculare. Ovula solitaria. Pomum 3-5-loculare, 
endocarpio_cartilagineo. Arbusculsee (Europe: et Americe septentri- 
onalis). Folia simplicia, serrata, decidua. Flores racemosi, compacti, 
terminales, v. laterales. Bractew lineari-lanceolate, decidue. Stamina 
calyce sepe breviora. Styli glabri. Loculi angulo interiore (facie) pilosz. 
Lindl. in Linn, Trans. 13.100. = 
3 > . 
A. sanguinea; foliis oblongis utrinque rotundatis arguté serratis semper 
nudis, bracteis stipulisqué plumosis, racemis capitatis, calycibus extis 
labris. 
Mera canadensis @. rotundifolia, Mich. fl. bor. Am. 1. 291. 
Pyrus sanguinea. Ph. fl. Am. sept. 1. 340. Spreng, syst. 2. 509. 
Aronia sanguinea. Nuté. gen. 1. 306. 
Amelanchier? sanguinea. Decand. prodr. 2. 633. 
Frutex deciduus, 3-4-pedalis in horto, ramis rubris, Folia oblonga, 
utrinque obtusa, semper glabra, arguté serrulata, demim subcoriacea (more 
Amelanchierum), Stipule plumose, decidue, Racemi terminales, coarc- 
tatt v. capitati, glabri, bracteis deciduis, plumosis. Calyces extis glabrz, 
intis lanati. Petala lineari-oblonga, subcuneata. Fructus pisiformes, 
ovat, atropurpuret. 
A handsome Hardy shrub, resembling the Snowy 
Mespilus in general appearance, but distinguished from 
that, and all other species of the genus, by its young 
leaves being perfectly destitute of pubescence. 
A native of Hudson’s Bay, whence living plants were 
“ Amelanchier is, according to Clusius, a Piedmontese word ; it has long 
been enlisted into the service of Botany as a specific name, and more 
recently has been used as the generic appellation of the group of which the 
original Amelanchier is the type. 
