. 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 102nd meridian . June-berry. Service-berry. Fig. 2329. Mesfiliis canadensis L. Sp. PI. 478. 1753. May- or tcndincr north to Newfoundland, with 2. Amelanchier intermedia Spach. Shad-bush. Swamp Sugar- Pear. Fig. 2330. J. intermedia Spach, Hist. Veg. 2 : 85. 1834. Amelanchier canadensis var. oblongifolia T. & G. Fl. N. A. I : 473- 1840. A shrub or small tree, sometimes 30° high, the folia
. 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 102nd meridian . June-berry. Service-berry. Fig. 2329. Mesfiliis canadensis L. Sp. PI. 478. 1753. May- or tcndincr north to Newfoundland, with 2. Amelanchier intermedia Spach. Shad-bush. Swamp Sugar- Pear. Fig. 2330. J. intermedia Spach, Hist. Veg. 2 : 85. 1834. Amelanchier canadensis var. oblongifolia T. & G. Fl. N. A. I : 473- 1840. A shrub or small tree, sometimes 30° high, the foliage and inflorescence densely white- woolly when young, often nearly or quite gla- brous when old. Leaves oval, oblong, ellip- tic or obovate, acute or obtuse, rounded, or sometimes narrowed or subcordate at the base, finely and sharply serrate nearly all around; racemes short, rather dense; pedicels short, seldom over i' long; petals spatulate or linear- spatulate, s"-7" long, 2-3 times as long as the calyx-lobes; calyx usually^ densely white- woolly ; pome globose, 3"-4" in diameter. In swamps and moist soil, New England to On- '~' â ' . â â¢-â â Wild pear. Cur- May-bush. April- Pyrus Botryapium L. i. Suppl. 255. 1781. A. Botryapium DC. Prodr. 2: 632. I8.^5. A. canadensis Medic. Geschichte 79. 1793. A tree soinetimes reaching the height of 60°, with trunk diameter of 2°, but usually lower, sel- dom over 25° high. Leaves ovate or oval, acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded or cordate at the base, sharply and finely serrate, sometimes sparingly pubescent when young, soon entirely gla- brous, or the under surface sometimes persistently pubescent, i'-3' long, or larger on young shoots; racemes spreading or drooping, pedicels long, slender; bracts silky, purplish, deciduous; petals 'inear, linear-spatulate, or linear-oblong, 6"-g" long, 3-4 times the length of the nearly or quite glabrous calyx; pome globose, red or purple, sweet. In
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