the Rocky Mouftains. Heiglit 10 ft. to SO ft. Introduced in 1800. Flowers
^ white ; April. Fruit purple ; ripe in July. Decaying leaves rich yellow.
Vaiieties.
^ 1 subcordàta Raf. ; M l u s microof
moiintams near New York. (Dec. Prod )
tt i A. (v .) O. 3 semi-mtegrìfolia Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. p. 201.—Leaves for
toe most part separfted at the apex. A native about the Grand
Rapids, and at F o rt Vancouver, on the Columbia.
Sir Will. J. Hooker is disposed to agree with Dr. Torrey, who suspects this
to be only a variety of Botryàpium ; and he adds that Miehaii" "seems to
of J ' f ' ‘■'ft fr- '-ulgàris under his A. canadensis. The
wood of A. ovahs, according to Dr. Richardson, is prized by the Cree Indian?
foi making arrows and pipe stems; and it is thence termed by the Canadi-ui
voyagers Bois de fleche. Its berries, which are about the size of a pea are the
on r - I • ‘ l’y fo® Cree Indians both to ? frk h
p iu t v t e ” "I::?:";? -
^ Ï 5, (v.) f l o 'r i d a Lmdl. The flowery Anielanchier.
.Wen/?)îc<iflo». Lindi. Bot. Reg., t. 1589.: Gavd. Mae vol ix n dsa
*■ 0 - A^i.758.*&’a°'s'c‘a t a V ? ¿ . to 1 ft., aofi j7,. 757, of tfie
Spec. Char., f r Leaves oblong, obtuse at both ends, coarsely
rerrate ra the terminal portion, glabrous in every state.
Bracteas and stipules feathery at the tip, soon falling off.
Flowers in upright racemes, many in a raceme. Calyx glabrous
externally ; its segments longer
than, or at least as long as, the
stamens. (Lindl.) A handsome
hardy deciduous shrub or low tree,
in habit and general appearance like
A. (v.) Botryàpium, but at once
recognised as distinct by its fastigiate
habit o f growth, and by the short-
757. A . (V.) fldrid.1. ness of its stamens. North America
on the north-west coast. Height
10 ft. to 20ft. Introduced in 1826. Flowers white; May.
npe in August. Decaying leaves rich yellow.
Variety.
A. A .( v .) f 2 parmfilia, the A. parvifòlia of the Horticultural Society’s
Garden IS of a dwarf habit, n o t growing above 3 or 4 feet high, aíid
has smaller leaves. ®
The leaves somewhat resemble those of the hornbeam ; the petals vary in
length, some having measured more than | of an inch. In general habit it is
tomewhat more faftgiate than the other sorts, unless we except A. sangtonea
desT bn^w° ta n b t ft!' ^P®‘
G e n u s XIX,
758. a4. (v.) flòrida.
Fruit purple;
AfE SPILUS Lmdl. T h e M e d l a r . Lin. Syst. Icosândria Di-Pentagynia
bullet ; fruit resembling half a bullet.
Ger. ; Nespolo, Ital.
Derivation. From mesos, a half, and pilos,
Petals nearly orbicular.
Pome turbinate, open ;
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments foliaceous.
Disk large, full of honey. Styles 2—5, glabrous.
5-celled. Endocarp bony. {Don's Mill.)
Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; lanceolate, serrulated.
Floiuers large, nearly sessile, usually solitary, white. Bracteas permanent.—
Trees j in a wild state furnished with spines. Natives of Europe.
The first species is cultivated for its fruit, which is eatable, and the seeds of
which are accounted anti-lithic. The second species is an ornamental shrub
or low tree, of the general character of a Cratæ'gus. Both are propagated by
grafting on the quince, the wild pear, or the common hawthorn ; and both
grow freely in any common soil, rather moist than dry.
If 1. M . g e r m a 'n i c a L . The German, or common. Medlar.
Identijlcation. Lin. Sp., 684. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 13. f. 1. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 633. ; Don’s Mill., 2.
Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 1 .13. f. I. ; th e plate of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ;
and ourfig. 759.
769. ilíéspil-JS germánica-
Spec. Char., S¡c. Leaves lanceolate, tomentose beneath, undivided. Flowers
solitary. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous tree of the second rank. Europe
and the West of Asia, in bushy places and woods; and said to be found,
also, in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and about Chester, in England; apparently
in a truly wild state in Sussex. Cultivated in 1596. Flowers white ;
May and June. Fruit brown ; ripe in October and November. Decaying
leaves dark brown, or yellow.
DeCandolle gives the following forms of this species, which may
be considered as natural varieties ; —
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