An illustrated flora of the 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 ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 Genus APPLE FAMILY. 287 I. SORBUS [Tourn.] L. Sp. PL 477. 1753. Trees or shrubs, with alternate pinnate leaves, serrate leaflets, deciduous stipules, and perfect regular white flowers, in terminal compound cymes. Calyx-tube urn-shaped, 5-!obed, : >t bracteolate. Petals 5, spreading, short-clawed. Stamens =0. Ovar
An illustrated flora of the 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 ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 Genus APPLE FAMILY. 287 I. SORBUS [Tourn.] L. Sp. PL 477. 1753. Trees or shrubs, with alternate pinnate leaves, serrate leaflets, deciduous stipules, and perfect regular white flowers, in terminal compound cymes. Calyx-tube urn-shaped, 5-!obed, : >t bracteolate. Petals 5, spreading, short-clawed. Stamens =0. Ovary inferior; styles usu- lly 3, distinct; stigma truncate; ovules 2 in each cavity. Fruit a small red berry-like pome, .â s carpels not cartilaginous. [The ancient Latin name of the pear or service-tree.] A genus of about lo species, natives of the north temperate zone. Besides the following. 2 others occur in western North America. Type species : Sorbiis domeslica L. in diameter. i. t about 4' in diameter. 2. S. scopulina. I. Sorbus americana Marsh. American Mountain Ash. Dogberry. Fig. 2318. Sorbus americana Marsh. Arb. Am. 145. 1785. Sorbus microcarpa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 341. 1814. Pyrus americana DC. Prodr. 2 : 637. 1825. A small tree, with smooth bark, reaching a maxi- mum height of 30° and a trunk diameter of 18'. Leaf-buds acute; leaves petioled; leaflets 11-17, lan- ceolate, long-acuminate, glabrous on both sides or slightly pubescent when young, bright green above, generally paler beneath, ii-4' long, sharply serrate â with mucronate teeth; cymes densely compound, 3'-6' broad; flowers 2'-3' broad; fruit globose, bright red, 2'-3' in diameter. In low woods or moist ground. Newfoundland to Mani- toba, south, especially along the mountains, to North Carolina and to Michigan. Wood soft, light brown; weight per cubic foot 34 lbs. .American rowan- or service- tree. Witch- or round-wood. Round- or wine-tree. Elder- leaved mountain-ash or -sumach. Moose-missy
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