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MONOECIA FOLYANDRIA. 



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1. OCCIDENTALIS. 



Lin. 



p. foliis quinqiian- 

 ularibus, obsolete lo- 

 batis, denlatis, subtus 

 pubescentibus; ramulis 

 albescentibus. 



Leaves 5-aiigled,ob- 

 scui ely lobed, toothed, 

 pubescent underneatli; 

 branches nearly white. 



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Sp. pi. 4. p. 474- Walt. p. 237- Mich. 2. p. l63. Pursh, 2. p. 635. 

 Nutt. 2, p. 219. * 



Icon. Mich. arb. for 3. p. 



This is one of the largest trees of the American forest. In the low coun- 

 try of Carolina, where it is rather scarce, it rarely exceeds 3 feet in diameter 

 by 70—80 in height; but in the fertile vallies of the Ohio, it is said by Mi- 

 chaux to have been found from 13 to l6feet in diameter, and frequently with 

 an undivided trunk of from 60 to 70 feet in height. Leaves ahernate on 

 long petioles, cordate, nearly round, acuminate, angled and toothed with the 

 nerves almost tomentose. Aments axillary on long peduncles, globular. 

 Seed forming a compact ball on a spherical receptacle. 



This tree is generally distinguished in this country as the Sycamore; to 

 the Northward "it is commonly called the Button Wood. Its wood is soft, 

 and when exposed to the weather not durable, and is excelled in many res- 

 {Dects by so many of our other forest trees, that it is only as an ornamental 

 tree that it is now valued. 



Grows in damp fertile soils. 



Flowers March — April. 



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LIQUIDAMBAR. Gen. Pl. 



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MascuU, Amentum 

 conicum, involucro 4- 

 phyllo cinctum. Calyx 

 0. Corolla 0. Fila- 



A- 



merous. 



menta numerosa. 



Foemineu Amentum 

 globosum,, involucro 4- Fertile florets 

 phyllo cinctum. Calyx ment globular, 



Sterile florets, 

 ment conical, surround- 

 ed by a 4-leaved invo- 

 lucrunl. Calyx 0. Co- 

 rollaO. Filaments m- 



sur 



1-phyllus, urceolatus. rounded by a 4-leaved 

 Cm^olla 0. Styli 2. involucrum. Caly^ 

 C apsulce 2, c^ilyce basi | leaved, urceolate. Co- 



