y * * 
788 pictuyia AMENTAGEZ. Corylus. _ 635 
2. C. foliis oblongo-ovatis acuminatis, Biipalís lineari-Jan- rostrata. . 
ceolatis, calycibus fructus campanulato-tubulosis nuce 53 
. majoribus bipartitis, laciniis inciso-dentatis, Willd. sp. 
pl. 4. p. 471. Lo 
Icon. Willd. arb. t. 1. f. 2. wr 
In the mountains: Canada to is Sanding: b. April. v. v. 
»This species is not above four or five fe X 
702. LIQUIDAMBAR. Gen. pl. shi 
a. È foliis palmatis, lobis acuminatis, serratis, sinubus ba- styraciflua, 
-.. seos venarum villosis.— Willd: sp. pl. 4. p.475. 
Icon. Mich. arb. 3. p. 194. t. 4. 
In low woods, on fertile soil: New England to Florida, 
.. and in all the western countries. Lh. May. v.v. 
The Sweet-gum Tree is sometimes found of an im- 
mense size, particularly in the southern states; its fe" 
_ "wood is of an exquisite hard texture and fine grain, 
and furniture made of it has a very handsome appear- 
ance, 
703. COMPTONIA. Gen. & 1764, 
1. Lc. foliis longo-linearibus alternatim crenato-pinnatifidis, asplenifolia, ` 
— Willd. sp, pl. 4. p. 320. 
Liquidambar peregrinum. Syst. veg. $60. 
Liquidambar asplenifolium. 8p. um 1418. 
Icon. Pluk. alm. t. 100. f. 6. ne 
7 In sandy, stony, or slaty woods: ‘New ner to Virgi- - 
dis ; . March, April. v. v. The Sweet-fern d 
- Bush rises to about three or four feet high; the whole * 
t at the plant when ane is a strong resinous scent. 
C 
pe 
<. 204. PLATANUS. Gen. pl. 1451. : " . 
‘P. foliis quinquangularibus obsolete lobatis dentatis, ra- occidentalis. 
mulis albentibus.— Willd, sp. pl. 4. p. 474. EB et 
jn. Catesb. car. 1. t. 56. Duham. arb. t. 35. Mich. g” 
banks of rivers : Canada to Florida, and in Loui- 
a& h. May. v.v. This tree is known by the 
Button-wood, Water Beech, Sycamore and 
E. ree; in Canada Cotton Tree. - "It is perhaps tbe 
"largest. fos in North America: on the fertile banks of 
. the Ohio and the Mississippi there are trees measuring 
-from ten to sixteen feet in diameter. : 
