Handbook of Trees of the Northern States and Canada. 



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The Loblollv 

 lici-ht of 70 or 7," 

 trunk rarely over 18 

 usually conyidcralily 

 fruiting condition li 

 than shouklor lii,L;li ii 

 dimensions in tlie s 

 latod tree its lia'it 

 row t't>iii|)acl head. 



sometimes attains the 

 ft. witli rather slender 

 )r "JO in. in diameter, and 

 mil Her. I liave seen it in 

 til as a shnili no more 

 id as a tree of its largest 

 me locality. As an iso- 

 s to form a rather nar- 

 uid it is particularly a 



handsome object on account of its bright ever- 

 green leaves and conspicuous llowers. A strik- 

 ing feature is its grayish or reddish brown bark 

 of trunk fissured into long broad rounded 

 ridges, quite dilVeicnt from tlie liarks of other 

 trees with which it is associated. 



It inhabits low rich l)ottom-l;.nds and the 

 borders of s\vam])s in company with the Red 

 ^laple, Sweet Bay, Swamp J>ay, Evergreen 

 Magnolia, Titi, Devil-wood, Gums, Loblolly 

 Pine, etc. 



The wood is light, a cu. ft. when absolutely 



drj' weighing 29.4(5 lbs., soft, not strong, and 



easily worked.' Tlie bark contains tannin and 



is sometimes used for tanning purposes. 



Leans olihuiccolali' to (jliloim-, nrarly sessile. 

 oiineate at hasi', hluiilly acute at apex, appressed 

 serrate, lustrous dark green above, o-G in. Ions, 

 Flowers openin'j; for several weeks commencing in 

 .Tuly, 2-:? in. in diameter, with red pedimcles 2-.". 

 in. long, thickest above : sepals eiliate, pubescent 

 outside: petals white, about 1 V4 in. long, pubescent 

 outside: ovary pulx'seent : style short. Fruit: 

 pointed ovoid capsules, persisting after liberating 

 their seeds.= 



1. A. \V., V, 102. 



2. I'^or genus see p. 44;». 



