| + | Amelanchier ovalis, Borkh. (A. spicata, Koch, Crataegus spicata, Lam.). Bushy shrub with numerous ste., to 12 ft.: lvs. oval to obovate, sometimes oval-oblong, 1½-2½ in. long, serrate to the base, white-tomentose beneath when young: racemes upright, woolly; petals obovate, long; top of ovary woolly: fr. bluish black, with the sepals upright and slightly spreading. M.D.G. 1900: 496.—This is possibly a hybrid between the preceding and the following species; much cult, in Eu. |
| Amelanchier rotundifolia, Dum.-Cours., not Roem. (A. Amelanchier, Sarg. A. vulgaris, Moench. A. ovalis, Medikus, not Borkh.). Service-berry. Upright or spreading, rather stiff-branched shrub, 2-8 ft.: young branchlets tomentose: Lvs. oval to obovate, serrate from near the base, subcordate at the base, usually rounded at the apex, 1-2 in. long, woolly beneath when young: racemes many-fld. ; petals linear-oblanceolate, obtuse or emarginate: fr. bluish black, bloomy. May; fr. in Aug., Sept. Cent, and S. Eu. B.M. 2430. H.W. 3, p. 87. G.C. II. 9:793. M.D.G. 1900:497 (habit). J.H. 111.54:395. | | Amelanchier rotundifolia, Dum.-Cours., not Roem. (A. Amelanchier, Sarg. A. vulgaris, Moench. A. ovalis, Medikus, not Borkh.). Service-berry. Upright or spreading, rather stiff-branched shrub, 2-8 ft.: young branchlets tomentose: Lvs. oval to obovate, serrate from near the base, subcordate at the base, usually rounded at the apex, 1-2 in. long, woolly beneath when young: racemes many-fld. ; petals linear-oblanceolate, obtuse or emarginate: fr. bluish black, bloomy. May; fr. in Aug., Sept. Cent, and S. Eu. B.M. 2430. H.W. 3, p. 87. G.C. II. 9:793. M.D.G. 1900:497 (habit). J.H. 111.54:395. |