DICLINIA AMENTACEiE. Corylus. «35 



2. C. foliis oblongo-ovatis acuminatis, stipulis lineari-lan- rostrata. 



ceolatis, calycibus fructus campanulato-tubulosis mice 



majoribus bipartitis, laciniis inciso-dentatis. Willd. sp. 



pi. 4 p. 471. 

 Icon. JVillcLarh. t. 1./2. 

 In the mountains : Canada to Carolina. T2 . April, v. v. 



Tliis species is not above four or five feet high. 



702, LiaUIDAMSAR. Gen. pi.] 452. 



1. L. foliis palmatis, lobis acuminatis, serratis, sinubus ba- slyracljlua. 

 seos venarum villosis. — IViUd. sp. pi. 4. p. 475. 



Icon. Mick. arl. 3. p. \Q4. t. 4. 



In low woods, on fertile soil : New England to Florida, 

 and in all the western countries. T^ . May. v. v. 

 The Sweet-gum Tree is sometimes found of an im- 

 mense size, particularly in the southern states ; its 

 wood is of an exquisite hard texture and fine grain, 

 and furniture made of it has a very handsome appear- 

 ance, 



703. COMPTONIA. Gen.pl. 1764. 



1. C. foliis longo-linearibus alternatim crenato-pinnatifidis. asplenifolia. 

 — Willd. sp. pi. 4. p. 320. 



Liquidambar peregrinum. Syst. veg. S60. 



Liquidambar asplenifolium. Sp.pl. 1418. 



Icon. Pluk. aim. t.^OO.f.6. 



In sandy, stony, or slaty woods : New England to Virgi- 

 nia. Ij . March, April. v. v. The Sweet-fern 

 Bush rises to about three or four feet high ; the whole 

 of the plant when rubbed has a strong resinous scent. 



704. PLATANUS. Gen.pl. U5l. 



1, P. foliis quinquangularibus obsolete lobatis dentatis, ra- occldentahs. 

 mulis albentibus. — JVilld. sp.pl. 4. p. 474. 



Icon. Catesh. car. 1. t. 56. Duham. arb. t. 35. Mich. 

 arb. 3. t.3. 



On the banks of rivers : Canada to Florida, and in Loui- 

 siana, fj . May. V. V. This tree is known by the 

 name of Button-wood, Water Beech, Sycamore and 

 Plane Tree ; in Canada Cotton Tree. It is perhaps the 

 largest tree in North America : on the fertile banks of 

 the Ohio and the Mississippi there are trees measuring 

 from ten to sixteen feet in diameter. 



