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H. Stainm.itc flowers 



THE SWEET GUM {Liquidamhar Styraciflua) 



The star-shaped leaves and the corky ridges on the twigs are distinguishing cnaracters. 'i'he flowers appear iti iVidy after the 

 leaves. The staminate are in racemes at the ends of the twigs. The pistillate are in heads on long stems from leaf axils 



