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Fig. 256.—American Sycamore or Buttonwood (Platanus occidentalis, 
Plane-tree Family, Platanacee). A, flowering branch; at a staminate 
flower-clusters, at b pistillate flower-clusters, and at n the tubular 
stipules. B, pistillate flower, enlarged. C, staminate flower after loss 
of the anthers. D, floral diagram. EH, stamen of Mexican sycamore. 
F, ovary, cut vertically. G, fruit, cut vertically. H-K, hairs from 
leaf, magnified. L, M, fruit hairs, magnified. (Schoenland, Niedenzu.) 
—Tree growing 40 m. tall; bark, cream-colored with patches of brown; 
peg hairy; flowers greenish; fruit brownish. Native home, Eastern 
tates. 
