MONOECIA POLYANDRIA. 



621 



cinctae 



^ 



imi-Ioculares 



polyspermae. 



> 



I 



7^olla 0. Stijles 2 Cap- 

 sules 2, one-celled, ma- 

 ny seeded, surrounded 

 at base by the calyx. 



1. Styraciflua. 



Lin. 



L. foliis palmato-lo- I Leaves 



pahnately 



batis, Jobis acuminatis, lobed, lobes acuminate. 



serratis, sinubus baseos 

 venarum villosis. 



\ 



serrate, with the sinu- 

 ses at the base of the 

 _ veins villous. 



Nu«'!'2!'p.1i|/^^* Walt. p. 237. Mich. 2. p. 202. Pursh, 2. 

 Icon. Mich. arb. for. 3. p. 194. 



tl ^A" !-'f ^^r^Sf^'' ''^y'Sht, and 2-4 in diameter. Leaves alter- 



p. 635. 



Jiate on petioles 2 



long 



ha ry only ,n the axils of the leaves. Sterile ament terminatinV the smal 

 b nches ovate, composed of globular heads. Stamens numerouf. Fmfle 

 anient globular near the base of the sterile. Cal^x glandular. Germs nu- 

 fflerous Stifles 2 thick. Siigmas obtuse. (An.ent at length ligneous and 

 ^veolate, capsules by pairs inserted in the alveoli, l-celled, 1-vah^d, follicu- 



bodi.r'"'"r i ^'""f 7''^ '"""''^'■'^ ""^^^^ ^^ ^"g"''-''- scrobiform deciduous 

 ooaies, apphed to the few winged and perfect seeds, Nuttall ) 



Which IS pleasant and slightly aromatic. Its wood decays rapidly when ex- 



«ses of ttr "'' 'r?^*!!""^^^'"." grained and adapted to some of the 



«ses of the Carpenter and Cabmet-Maker, it is yet but little employed. 



our rkl' "'"''^ "^^"^'^ '" "^^^ ^"d d^°^P ^°'^«- ^^"ains its greatest size in 

 *Jiir river swamps. 



Flowers March and Aoril. 



? 



JUGLANS. Gen. Pl. 1446. 



imb 



Masculi, Amentum 



ncatum. 



Sterile florets. 



J. 



squama. Corolla 5 



Calyx ment imbricate. Caliix 



partita. 

 P^wrima (18 



6 a scale. Corolla 5 



Filnmenta \ parted. Filaments nu 



6 



36.) 



ni erous (18 



36.) 



