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1. Hamamelis virginiana 1.. Wiuli-liazi'I. ,\ -,linil) 

 'ir small tree witli L*-rankccl leaves and stalked luuls. lUoonis 

 in late autumn. Wood hard. In low ground and > u hanks. 

 X. 15. and .\. S. to Minn.. .Mo., k'la. and Te.x. 



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Subfamily, . Uhugiatac. 

 ). Liquidambar J.. Sweet-.G^nni. 



Trees with alternate, simple, i)ahnately veined. fra.i.irani. 

 star-shaped, serrate leaves and -^i-angled pitli. 



Sap resinous, aromatic: tlovvers moneci(»us, in heads, the 

 staminate clusters racemose; capsules in a dense spiny ulol)- 

 nlar head. 



1. Liquidambar styraciflua L. Sweet-^uni. A thie 

 large tree with wide spreading- l)ranches, the twigs often cov- 

 ered with corky ridges. Leaves with a peculiar sweet fra- 

 grance when crushed. Autumn leaves red, yellow, and brown. 

 Wood valuable, of medium weight, hard, not strong, tough, 

 and of hne texture, reddish brown, difficult to season. Some- 

 times used as a substitute for black walnut. L^sed for fur- 

 niture, veneer, wooden plates, plaques. l)askets, hat blocks 

 and wagon hubs. In low ground. Conn.. X. V. and Ohio to 

 Ma.. Til.. Mo., and Mex. 



Platanaccac. Planetree P^amily. 

 17. Platanus (Tourn.) L. Plaiu'trce. 

 Large trees with alternate simple leaves having the base of 

 the petiole cover the axillary bud and with complete stipular 

 rings. 



Terminal bud self-pruned; dowers in si)herical heads, 

 monecious, without perianth ; fruit in pendant spherical heads 

 composed of numerous small nutlets. 



1. Bark exfoliating in small plates: leaves "i-angled only 

 slightly 3-lobed. or seldom slightly Vlobed. /' 

 occidcntalis. 



1. Uark exfoliating in large plates; leaves somewliat o- 

 lobcd. in some \arieties deeply Inbed. /'*. on'rntalis. 



1. Platanus occidentalis L. Sycamore. A very large 

 tree, the largest in tiie northeastern United States, with 

 whitish or green bark which peels off freely in thin ])lates : 



