DICOTYLEDONS. 75 



UL LIRIODEKDROW, 



A large tree with rough, dark-colored bark ; leaves scattered 

 on the branches, deciduous. 3-lobed, truncate, stipulate, peti- 

 oled; flowers perfect; sepals 3, reflexed; petals 6, erect: 

 stamens numerous : ovaries numerous, 2-ovuled. cohering over 

 each other on the elongated receptacle, indehiscent, deciduous. 



L. TULiPiFERA L. Tulip Tree. The largest tree in the family : 

 leaves orbicular in outline, mostly :>-lobed, the terminal lol»e truncate 

 or broadly notched, usually cordate at the base, glabrous, green 

 above, lighter l»eneath: pietioles slender: flowers terminal, l>ell- 

 shaped, greenish-yellow stripied with orange : petals obovate. obtuse. 

 alK)ut as long as the sep»als : mature cones ovate, acute, 2-^5 in. long. 

 3Iay-June. Common on low ground. Often called •• white wood "' 

 or. incorrectly, -white poplar." ^^' ^ - / i /.'- -..r making boxes 

 and lisht furniture. 



00. ANONACE^. C L STARD-APPLE FAMILY. 



Trees or shrubs with simple, alternate, entire, exstipulate 

 leaves ; flowers perfect, axillary, solitary, hypogynous : sepals 

 2S, persistent : petals 6, in 2 rows, deciduous : stamens 

 many ; ovaries few or many, distinct or coherent, becoming 

 fleshy in fruit. 



ASIMINA. 



Shrubs or small trees : leaves deciduous ; flowers nodding ; 

 sepals 3, ovate: [ietals 6. the three outer ones larger and 

 spreading: stamens very numerous, crowded on the globular 

 receptacle ; ovaries 3-15, sessile, 1-celled, several-ON-uled ; 

 fruit a large, fleshy, oblong berry, seeds large, horizontal. 



1. A. TRILOBA (L.) Dunal. Pawpaw. A small tree. lO-*>0 ft. 

 high : bark nearly smooth, lead-colorwi : leaves oblong-ol»ovate, acute 

 at the apex, oV»tuse at the base, nLsty-pubescent when young and 

 becoming; smoother with ajje, ti-lO in. long : flowers on branches of 

 the previous season. aj»["eariiii; lt^ff»re or with the leaves: the short 

 peduncles and the s^-paLs brown-pultescent : petals puri>le, ot»ovate, 

 3-4 times longer than the .se[>als: fruit •?-.'» in. long. e<lihle when 

 ripe. March-April. Common on banks of streams. The bark is 

 very tough and is often used in the place of rope. 



