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POLtANDRIA MONOGYNiA. 



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1. Glabra, • Vent. 



T. foliis suborbicula 

 to-cordatis, acumina 



argute serratis 



tis/ 



*glabris f petaJis apice 

 truncatis ; nuce ovali. 

 Piirsh, 2. p. 362, 



Leaves 



cordate. 



nearly orbicular, acu 

 minate, acutely ser- 

 rate, glabrous ; petals 

 truncated at the sum- 

 mit; nut oval. 



T. Americana, Sp. pi. 2. p. 1 1 62. Mich. arbr. Vol. 3. p. 3 1 1 . t. 1 . 



T. Canadensis, Mich, 1. p. 306. 



hieh, and 3 



and 



ils, ?'0 to 80 {eet 



diameterr Leaves alternate, large, with large and 



w . - --j*"^*sv,, «. Ill laigc <um very 



acute serratures, cordate at base, and sometimes obliquely truncated 

 Fiowers m small cymes, of a greenish yellow colour. Peduncles, as in all 

 the species of this genus, somewhat geniculate, and attached at base to the 

 middle of an oblong, membranous, strongly veined and almost reticulate 



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knowii 



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spoon-wood, IS thick and fibrous, and when macerated and prepared is 

 used on farms for many domestic purposes, where coarse cordai^Ts re- 



C' f. ^^u- ^°°^^' ^^'*' ^"^^ ^"f^' «"d ''' °^"^h used in theYor^,er„ 

 Spates by cabinet and carriage makers. In the southern States i"Ts fen" 

 erally confined to the mountains. Mich. ^ 



Fiowei^Ma/rju^^^^^^^^^ " '''' ''''''' '' *^^ ^"^^I-ny mountains 



2. Laxiflora. Mich. 



T 



foliis cordatis 



9 



mem 



sensira acuminatis 

 riter dentatis 

 branaceis, glabris 

 paniculis laxifloris 

 stylo petalis longiore. 







Mich. I. p. 306. Pursh, 2. p. 363. 



I.eaVe9 .cordate 



gradually acuminate 

 sparingly toothed 

 membranaceous, gla 

 brous ; panicles loose 

 ly flowered ; style lon- 

 ger than the petals. 



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and 



. 'fhe reference to Michaux possibly belongs toTlS , 



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