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PLATANACE^. 



235. Platanus occidentalis, Linnaeus, 



Spec. 1 ed. 999. Da Eoi, Harbk. ii, 134. Marshall, Aibustnm, 105. Wangenbeim, Amer. 31, t. 13, f. 31. Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 236. 

 Alton, Hort. Kirsv. iii, 365 ; 2 ed. v, 305. Moencb, Meth. 358. Abbot, Insects Georgia, ii, t. 55. Michanx, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 163. 

 Lamarck, Diet, v, 438. Nouveau Duhamel, ii, 6, t. 2. Willdenow, Sjiec. iv, 474 ; Enum. 984 ; Berl. Bauraz. 284. Persoon, Syn. ii, 

 575. Desfontaines Hist. Arb. ii, 545. Scbkuhr, Haudb. iii, 274, t. 306. Robin, Voyages, iii, 524. Michaux f. Hist. Arb. Am. iii, 184, 

 t. 3 ; N. American Sylva, 3 ed. ii, 4, t. C3. PursU, Fl. Am. Sept. ii, 635. Barton, Prodr. Fl. Philadelph. 91 ; Compend. Fl. Philadelph. 

 176. Eaton, Manual, 110 ; 6 ed. 267. Nuttall, Genera, ii, 219. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 171. James in Long's Exped. i, 23. Elliott, Sk. ii, 

 620. Sprengel, Syst. iii, 865. Watson, Dend. Brit. 1, t. 100. Torrey, Conipeud. Fl. N. States, 356 ; Fl. N. York, ii, 218 ; Bot. Mex. 

 Boundary Survey, 205. Audubon, Birds, t. 206. Loudon, Arboretum, iv, 2043, f. 1959 & t. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 361. Hooker, Fl. 

 Bor.-Am ii, 158. Bigclow, Fl. Boston. 3 ed. 384. Emerson, Trees Massachusetts, 227 ; 2 ed. i, 261 & t. Scheele in Eoemer, Texas, 

 446. Buckley in Am. Jour. Sci. 2 ser. xiii, 399. Darlington, Fl. Cestrica, 3 ed. 282. Darby, Bot. S. States, 509. Agardh, Theor. & 

 Syst. PI. t. xiii, f. 1,2. Cooper in Smithsonian Eep. 1858, 254. Hartig, Forst. 446, t. 54. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 418. Curtis 

 in Rep. Geological Surv. N. Carolina, 76. Lesquereux in Owen's 2d Eep. Arkansas, 386. Wood, CI. Book, 640; Bot. & Fl. 303. 

 Eugelmann in Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. new ser. xii, 209. A. De Candolle, Prodr. xvi^, 159. Gray, Manual N. States, 5 ed. 447; Hall's PL 

 Texas, 21. Koch, Dendrologie, ii, 468. Schnizlein, Icon. t. 97, f. 1-24. Young, Bot. Texas, 498. Hayden in Warren's Rep. Nebraska 

 & Dakota, 2 ed. 121. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 22. Ridgway in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 73. Bell in Geological Rep. Canada, 

 187-'d0, 55<=. 



P. lobata, Mcench, Meth. 358. 



P. hybridas, Brotero, Fl. Lus. ii, 487. 



P. vulgaris, var. angulosa, Spach in Ann. Sci. Nat. 2 ser. XV, 293 ; Hist. Veg. xi, 79. 



SYCAMORE. BUTTON WOOD. BUTTON-BALL TREE. WATER BEECH. 



Southern Maine and southeastern New Hampshire to northern Vermont and the northern shores of lakes 

 Ontario and Erie, west tc eastern Nebraska and Kansas, south to northern Florida, central Alabama and Mississippi, 

 and the valley of the Nueces river, Texas, extending southwest to the valley of the Devil's river. 



The largest tree of the Atlantic forests, often 30 to 40 meters in height, with a trunk 2.40 to 4.20 meters in 

 diameter; generally along streams and river bottoms, in rich, moist soil; very common and reaching its greatest 

 development in the bottom lands of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers; the large specimens generally hollow. 



Wood heavy, hard, not strong, very close-grained, compact, difficult to split and work; layers of annual 

 growth clearly marked by broad bands of small ducts; the numerous medullary rays very conspicuous, as in that 

 of all the North American species; color, brown tinged with red, the sap-wood lighter; specific gravity, 0.5C78; 

 asb, 0.4G; largely used for tobacco boxes (its principal use), ox-yokes, butchers' blocks, and, rarely, in the 

 manufacture of cheap furniture. 



236. Platanus racemosa, Nuttall; 



Audubon, Birds, t. 362; Sylva, i, 47, t. 15; 2 ed. i, 63, t. 15. Bentham, PI. Hartweg. 336. Newberry in Pacific R. R. Rep. vi, 33, 

 89, t. 11, f. 10. Cooper in Smithsonian Eep. 1858, 260. Torrey, Bot. Mex. Boundary Survey, 204; Ives' Eep. 27; Bot. Wilkes 

 Exped. 457. A. De Candolle, Prodr. xvi, 160. Koch, Dendrologie, ii, 469. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 23. Watson, Bot. 

 California, ii, 66. 



P. occidentalis, Hooker & Amott, Bot. Beechey, 160, 380 [not Linntens]. 



P. Calif ornica, Bentham, Bot. Sulphur, 54. 



P. Mexicana, Moricand, PI. Ear. Amer. 1. 13 1 Torrey in Sitgreaves' Eep. 172 ; Pacific E. E. Eep. vii, 20. 



SYCAMORE. BUTTON WOOD. 



California, valley of the Sacramento river, south through the interior valleys and coast ranges to the southern 

 boundary of the state. 



A large tree, 24 to 30 meters in height, with a trunk 0.90 to 1.20 meter in diameter; borders of streams, in rich 

 eoil. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, very close-grained, compact, difficult to split; layers of annual growth clearly 

 marked by narrow bands of small ducts; medullary rays numerous, conspicuous; color, light brown tinged with 

 red, the sap-wood lighter; specific gravity, 0.4880; ash, 1.11. 

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