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2. FOTHERGILLA Murr. Shrubs with monoecious flowers, which are 
borne in dense terminal ament-like yellow s spree Sepals erect. Stamens 
numerous, long-clavate. Capsule gradually i ake Three species.—Spr.— 
WITCH-ALDERS. BUTTON-HAZELS. BUTTON-ALDE 
nidi ,RDBeBEIDE with the leaves: ou glabrate above: filaments mostly 
. long: capsules 11-13 m 1. F. major. 
Mowers} a before the leaves: leat blades Stellate-pubescent 
above: filaments and capsules a MM 
Leaf-blades cuneate or rouane Dae BIGCh Doe than 
broad, toothed only near apex. 2. F. Gardeni. 
s blades cordate at mc ne about as broad as long, 
thed from below the middle to the apex. 3. F. parvifolia. 
LF r Lodd. on epp 1 m. tall or more: leaf-blades suborbieular 
to rog prem to oval, 6—12 e ES d repand-toothed or nearly 
entire: eapsule 10—13 mm Ui. Rich m 
woods, Blue Ridge and Appalachian set aoa oY 
inces, Ala. to S. C. and N. C. d Vy 
2. F. Gardeni Murr. Isolated shrub usually = E y 
less than 1 m. tall branched: leaf-blades 477 7 y 
elliptie to Pre ene or ovate-orbicular 
below, repand or ael foU Red near the. 
apex e 8- pd .long. [F. alni- 
folia L.f.]—(Dw -ALDER. )—Sandy 
swamps, Coastal Plain Ga. to Ala. and Va. 
3. F. parvifolia Kea rney. Gregarious shrub 
3-6 dm. tall, with underground stems: leaf- ,.. 
oa 
long, coarsely toothed mostly 
below tho middle to the apex: capsule 6-8 m mm. long.—Pinelands, Coastal Plain, 
Fla. 
Famity 9. ALTINGIACEAE—SwEET-GUM FAMILY 
rubs or trees. Leaves alternate: blades toothed or palmately lobed. 
r aged monoecious, borne in heads. Calyx and corolla wanting. 
Androecium of numerous stamens interspersed in seales. Gynoecium of 
2 partially » united earpels. Stigmas introrse. Fruit a head of many con- 
ereted eapsules.—Five genera and about 10 species. 
1. LIQUID AR L. Trees with balsamic sap and corky-winged 
branches.  Leaf-blades palmately lobed.  Staminate flowers in racemes or 
panicled green heads. Pistillate flow in 
solitary heads.  Fruiting head pendulous 
Fertile seeds small, numerous, winged at on 
end.—One species. 
LZ. Ie a L. Tree becoming 45 m 
tall: leaf n 5. lobed, the lobes triangular 
or lanceolate: fruiting heads 3-4 cm. in di- 
meter, persistent: fertile seeds een 1 em. 
igs ee RED-GUM. . BILSTED. 
STAR-LEAVED GUM. ALLIGATOR-TREE. )—Mod- 
erately rich soil, Plas Plain and adj, 
provinces a a pee os 
(Mex.)— ie is "bri fà " 
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