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3-6 in ae qual at b petioles 1-2 inch ish-whi 
—- pont ; petioles inches long. Flowers yellowish-white or 
Rich woodla: nds banks of streams ; along the mountains, from Canada to Georgia. 
Fi Latter end of June. Fr. Sept.-Oct. 
Obs. A variety of this species ae papescones Gray) has the often 
thin leaves softly gai pe eneath. This for common south and 
west, as well as the White Basswood (T. Heteroph’ sila, Mie “4 which has 
very large leaves, eet ig 8 inches broad, silvery-w with fine 
e wood 0 
species furnishes the matting, which forms an im t item in the 
products of Russia. It is much used by gardeners for protecti ng tender 
plan om fros t, and furnishes them the best material for tyi 
es, AN 
as a shade tree. Its branches are more spreading than those of 
European species, and its whole appearance is less symmetrical, more- 
over, it is, like that, liable to be infested by insects. bd 
Orper XII. MELIA’CHAS. (Beap-rree Famtry.) 
Trees or shrubs, — piven usually c¢: yaa rac oe Soa tne re So 
3-5 sepals more or less connected. P ihe poriny 
monadelphous, faoerted hovers of a hes is ak 2 ee ie in the orifice 
the tube of filaments, Ovary several-celled, big h 2ovu in meen; ; styles and stigmas 
mostly united into one. Fruita drupe, berry, or capsule, often 1-celled by abortion, and 
the cell aap Seeds with little or no album’ n, and less. 
The us which represents this Order is the ae one belonging to it which is much 
cane ia oe ur country, and that is pretty much confined to the States south of the 
Potomac. 
i ME’LIA, LE. Prot or Invi. 
name of a species of Ash, which this tree resembles.] 
oy a orem Sele. Petals 5, linear-oblong, Pabst. 
Sic with 10 anthers in the ori ce; segments of the tube 
y ipeated on a slightly ae ; style fili : 
eleva ; style filiform; 
stig a capitate, 5-angled. Drupe ovoid, with a 5-celled bony nut ; cells 1- — 
sig inclosed in thin fleshy tn pla flat, foliace- 
ous. ponerse with ser eoriewte or bipinnate lea i i 
ar ‘icles. 
M. Azepa’racu, L. Leaves bipinnate ; leaflets somewhat in ne! 
obliquely oratetanenate acuminate, incised-dentate, smooth. 
Pride of India. 
Fr. Arbre aux poeretra Germ. Der Zederach. 
Stem 20-40 feet high, and 1- 2 or 3 foot in diameter, with branches clustered at irreg- 
sake iotersioe: Leaves & eciduous > ae i wibn vag aaa ie ; 
