I 



- MONOECIA POLYANDRIA. 



619 



serratis, strobilis ob 

 longo-ovatis, 

 geminis, acutis. 



r 



qually seiTate, strobi- 

 erectis, 1 lus oblong-ovate, erect. 



acute 

 pairs. 



9 



generally 



in 



,? 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 469. Pursh, 2. p. 623. Nutt. 2. p. 219. 

 Carpmus Ostrya, Mich. 2. p. 202. 



iil T^" u^' "?~^^ ^'^* '" ^^'^'^^ ^"^ 8-12 inches in diameter, some- 



mes though rarely exceeding these dimensions. Leaves on vrry shornL 



tie es, ov^l-lanceolate, acuminate, cordate at base, finely serrate,^a liule-nt 



ha v7/h f ^'•.t'l^ ament erect, composed of ovate inflated capsules, very 

 Hairy at base, imbricate and containing one seed. f ? "^ 



anired^h^i° ''^^ ''''' ''''''''^.''t *^'T..^"^ '° '^^^^P^'* ^"^ ^"^'^^ that it has ac- 



w leefs trf^ "'""l^^ ^'■"" y^"^-' '^ ^^ ^^" ^d^P^^d for cogs in Mill 

 wheels, and for many other uses where a strong fine-grained wood is requir- 



thai ul " ? u "u ^f l*=«'"™«n than the Dog Wood, (Cornus Florida) 

 that It appears to be but little used or sought after! ■ 



<jirovvs in fertile soils. 



Flowers March — April. 



PLATANUS. Gen. Pl. 1451 



3Iasculi. Amentum 



globosum. 



Calyx 0. 



Corolla vix manifesta. 



Anth 



lercB 



filamentum 



natae 



Sterile florets 



ment glob 

 0. 



manifest 



Corolla 



A- 



Calyx 



scarcely 

 Anthers 



FoemmeL Amentum ment 



g round the fila 



lobosum 

 yphyll 



Calyx po" 

 Corolla 



Fertile florets. 



Styli stigmata recurve 

 C!apsula subclavata, 1 

 sperma, stylo mucrona 

 ta> basi papposa. 



ment globular. 



Calyx 



many leaved. Corolla 

 0. Styles with a re 

 curved stigma. Cajj 

 sule somewhat clavate 

 l-seeded, pointed with 

 the style, hairy at base. 



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