POLYANDRIA POLTGTNIA.^ 



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Tills is onct of the largest trees of tho American forests* In the 1ot7 



country of Carolina md Georgia, it i^- somewhat rare, and sehloiu ex- 

 ceeds 3 feet m diameter^ but in the fertile soils of tlie western country in 

 Kentucky, Tennessee aid Alabama^ it i? sometimes i'Mmi 7 to '^ ; and 

 120 to 140 feet in heiiiht. The wood of this tree tiiou^h ^-ft is d: ' 



The leaves are alternate, 3 lobed, \v".ththe middle lobe truuc:»tr ^nd \:r']r\<t 

 with the angles of the lobe obtuse, acute, and accujninnle, ^d:a)/c Z 

 on petioles 2 to 3 inr^lieslonc^. Flowers sulil^iry^ terminal. T.f^aves of the 



petals. Germs numerous on a conical receptacle. 

 Grows in most fertile soils. 

 Flowers xJay — June. 



than 



M 



ASIMINA. Adanson. 



Ca lyx 



3-phyllus. 

 Petala 6, interiora 

 minora. ^7 igma ia s e s- 

 silia obtusa. Baccce 



Ca lyx 



3-leaved. 



Petals 6, the interior 



small. 



plures rait abortione 

 siibsolitarife. Semina 



Stigmas ses- 

 sile, obtuse. Berriesl 

 many, or l}y abortion 

 solitary. S eeds xmrno," 



plurima, nnica? serie I rous, arranged in 

 disposita. 



a 



single? series. 



1. Parviflora. 



A 



fol 



ato 



obovatis, mucronatis 

 subtus ramnlisq 



ru 



fo-pubesceiitibns ; pe 



talis extei 



c 



Le; 

 obovat 





cuneate 



cronate 



underneath and 

 the branches vvc 



9 



ith 



•ed 



Oi, 



oribus 



vix dupio long 



ith a rufous pubes. 

 ince ; exterior petals 

 larcely twice as long 



> tlie calyx. 



Decandolle 1. p. 478. Porcella parviflor?i, Pursh, 2. p. 383. 

 Orchidocarpiun parviflorum. Mich. Amer. I. p. 3:;!9. 



£inous 



rsJ: !r . ''^'■*'^^ exceeding 2 feet in height, with a hv^ branches 



KPar the summit. The young branches clothed with a velvet like, ferru- 



vii„!.tT P^^T*""*^^' -Le«ff-5 alternate, obovate, abruptly acute and 

 Migmiy acummate, a little hairy on the upper surlMce, pubescent under- 



«eain, on verj^ short petioles. FhxoGn soUtary, nsarly sessUe. Caly:^ 



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