. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 290 MALACEAE. Vol. 4. Malus Malus (L.) Britton. Apple. Scarb- or Wilding-tree. Fig. 2325. Pyrus Malus L. Sp. PI. 479. 1753. Malus sylvestris Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, no. i. 1768. A large tree with spreading branches, the trunk sometimes reaching a diameter of 3° in cultiva- tion. Leaves petioled, broadly ovate or oval, obtuse or abruptly pointed at the ape
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 290 MALACEAE. Vol. 4. Malus Malus (L.) Britton. Apple. Scarb- or Wilding-tree. Fig. 2325. Pyrus Malus L. Sp. PI. 479. 1753. Malus sylvestris Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, no. i. 1768. A large tree with spreading branches, the trunk sometimes reaching a diameter of 3° in cultiva- tion. Leaves petioled, broadly ovate or oval, obtuse or abruptly pointed at the apex, rounded or slightly cordate at the base l'-3' long, dentate or nearly entire, glabrous or nearly so above, pubescent and often woolly beneath, especially when young; pedicels generally tomentose, i'-2' long; flowers pink, or white, iJ'-3' broad; calyx tomentose; fruit depressed-globose or elongated, hollowed at the base, 13-3' in diameter. In woods and thickets, frequent in southern New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Our common apple, introduced from Europe and escaped from cultivation. Native also of western Asia. Wood hard, reddish brown ; weight per cubic foot 50 lbs. Crab-tree or -stock. Nurse-garden. April- May. The cultivated crab apples are mainly hybrids of this with M. baccata and are occasionally spon- taneous. 1. A, arbutifolia. ith very few glands. 2. A. atropurpurea, 3. A. melanocarpa. 4. ARONIA Medic. Phil. Bot. 140. 1789. Low shrubs, with alternate simple petioled finely serrate leaves, the upper side of the midrib glandular, the narrow stipules early deciduous. Flowers small, white or pink, in terminal compound cymes. Calyx urn-shaped, S-lobed. Petals S. concave, spreading. Stamens numerous. Styles 3-5, united at the base. Ovary woolly. Pome small, globose or somewhat top-shaped, not hollowed at the base, its carpels rather leathery. [Name modified from Aria, the beam-tree of Europe.] The genus consists of the following species, the first ty
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