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The Hackberries 



Fig. ^io. — Hackbcm", Totten\-ille, Staten Island. 



season; they are stalked and axillan-, either solitan- or several together; the stami- 



nate ones usually have 5 stamens 

 a httle longer than the calyx, 

 borne on the white-woolly recep- 

 tacle; the perfect flowers have a 

 white-woolly ovar.- and as many 

 stamens as there are sepals. The 

 fruit is globular or nearly so, red, 

 orange purple or nearly black, 

 smooth, 7 to 10 mm. in diameter, 

 borne on stalks usually longer 

 than those of the leaves; its stone 

 is pointed and oblong. 



The wood is heavy, having a 

 specific gra\ity of over 0.70, and 

 has a limited use for furniture 

 and fencing. The tree is of very 

 slow growth but is of great inter- 

 est. It is also kno^ATi as False 

 or Bastard elm. Nettle-tree, Hog- 

 FiG. -,11. — Hackbern-. bem-, and Dog-chern-. 



