MONOECIA POLTANDRIA. 



617 



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2. 



ENTA. 



B. fojiis cordato-o- 



Leaves cordate o 



vatis, argute serratis, [ vate, acutely serrate, 

 acuminatis, nervis sub- ( acuminate, nerves un- 

 tus petiohsque pilosis; derneath and petioles 



uuf "'_\5"?"''' ^^^}?P'' I J^aJ'y; scales of the a- 



ment glabrous. lobes 

 obtus 



Jobis obtusis aequalibus 

 elevato-venosis. 



e, equal, with ele 



vated veins. 



Nutt. 2. p. 2J8. 



F 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 464. Pursh, 2. p. 621. 

 o. Carpinifolia, Mich. 2. p. 181. 

 Icon. Mich. arb. for. 2. p. 147. 



Leaves on petioles^ 



branches 



very\arr!"nfonrtl' '''!f' .r^^^racu;i;;i;7fin"e^' and acuie.j serrate, 

 pendulo^? ;iril^ r 'J'-'^ '!'' f ^ ^'^"^- ^*^"^^ ^"^^nt 3-4 inches long 



ches &;/f;^'r,u-H^^ fl'"' "" '"^'' ''^"^' terminating the small bral' 



cn^. 5ca&« w;ith divaricate lobes strongly veined. 



Dolish "T;? H f *''' f'^'ri"' ' ^"^ ""•^ handsome grain susceptible of * 

 polish. It ,s therefore valued when it grows freely, and is used for many of 



he purposes of the Cabinet-Maker. It has lieen called from the quahtv 

 and colour of its wood Mountain Mahogany, or Cherry Birch ^ ^ 



onlv r' r ^"^ the borders of mountain torrents. In the Southern States, 

 only found among t^e ndges of the Alleghany Mountains. Mich, 

 f lowers May. Pursh. 



CARPINUS. 



Mascu IL A m en tu m 



inibricatum. 



squama. Corolla ^0. 1 scale. 



Gen. Pl. 1449. 



Sterile florets. Anient 



Calyx I imbricate. Calyx a 



'^tamin 



a 10. 



Corolla 0. St 



a 



I^oemineu Amentum 



mens 10. 



imbricatum. 

 squama biflora. 



^oUatv\M2i. Nux 



% sulcata. 

 ^OL. n. 



Fertile florets. 



A 



Calyx \meniimh\ic,?iie. Calyx 



Co 

 ova 



a 



two-flowered scale. 



Corolla 3-cleft. 



ovate, furrowed. 



Nut 



i4 



