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sides, somewhat 3-lobed, the end one seemingly cut off, leaving a 
shallow notch; stipules light-colored, large, oblong, attached all 
around the stem, often remaining on through half the season. A 
very large (80 to 150 ft. high), beautiful, rapidly growing tree, with 
sott, straight-grained, greenish wood, of great use for inside work. 
Southern New England and southward. Especially abundant and 
large in the Western States. Also cultivated. 
Genus 8. CERCIDIPHYLLUM. 
Shrubs or trees with opposite, rarely subalternate, 
simp’e, deciduous leaves. Fruit short-stemmed, with di- 
vergent pods,-2 -4 in number, splitting open on the outer 
edges; each one-celled, with one row of lapping, pendulous 
seeds with membranous wings. E, 
Cercidiphyllum Japénicum. (KatT- 
SURA-TREE.) Léaves broadly heart-shaped, 
palmately veined with 5-7 ribs, and with 
an apparently entire margin, dark green 
above, somewhat glaucous beneath. Un- 
der a magnifying glass the margin will 
be found to have pellucid crenulations. 
Leafstalk dark red and jointed above the 
base, the veins somewhat red-tinted. A 
beautiful, upright tree with birch-like, dotted, brown bark ; of recent 
introduction from Japan, and probably completely hardy through- 
out the region. 
Cc. Japénicum, 
OrpvER II. BIXINEZ. 
A rather small order of mostly tropical trees or shrubs, 
with alternate, simple leaves. 
Genus 4. IDESIA. 
Large trees with terminal and axillary panicles of very 
small flowers and berries. 
Idésia polycérpa, Hook. Leaves large, heart-shaped, serrate, 
palmately veined with 5 ribs; leafstalk very long, red, with two 
