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MONOECIA TRIANDRIA, 575 



bescentibus; amentis I brous, pubescent un- 

 foemmeis cylindncs. |derneatir;ferUleaineQts 



cylindrical. 



\,thf^lr''^^f' '" favourable situations, is said by Michaux to attain thp 



inches h J'7 *°, ''^'"'^ ^'''' ^"^ ^ ''^^"'^^^^ -^ Eighteen to tweSy"fbur 



errate \l2 " ^^"!' ^''^"'"- -^^«^-'^* °^ ^^e old tree, ovate, Tcumiate 

 serrate, scabrous on the upper suface pubescent underneath- those Tthp 

 young plants frequently palmate andS-ery scabrous. FW. I believe 



in a .S T ^^ ? ' */'""f ' ^^"'^ *""S'' ^fa^" th*^ ♦^alyx- fertile florets 

 form n^^f r';, Calyx four-leaved, after flowering closing becoming S 

 lormmg a cylindrical fruit composed of many one seeded berries. ^ ^' 



JSr^ kV^^ T^'^ becoming in the low country a large tree.^ The 



timber.' r'^'f '"'^ '' ^'"'^'"^ P'"^^^^^*^'^ •" building boats, I for the light 

 timbers of v-essels to any wood excepting the red cedar ^ 



Flowers March. 





PARIETARIA. Gek, Pt. 1576. 



Hermaphroditi. Ca-\ Herm, Calyx 4- 

 ^3;^4fidus. Corolla oAcMu Corolla 0. Sta- 



stamina 4. Stylus 1. mens 4. ^S'/y/e 1. Seed 

 ^emen I, superuin, e- 1, superior, lon<T. 



P^"*^™- . ^ , Fertile foretsT Calyx 



Foemneu Calyx 2— 2—4 cleft. Coro//« 0. 



1 "4"s- C'oro//a 0. Stamens 0. ^^y/e 1. 



stamina 0. ^^y/i,^ 1. ^^^^ ] , superior; Jon-. 

 *5eme/z 1, superum, c- 



^ongatum. 



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'. PErVNSYLVAlVICA. Mulll. 



laif * 7 '"^ obJongo- 1 Leaves oblong lan- 

 ^nceolatis, venosis J ceolate, veiny, opake 

 Paco-punelatis; invo- dotted; invoJucruin 3- 

 /^icro J.phyllo, floribus leaved, longer than the 

 '^"S*«re. flower. 



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