Handbook of Tkees of thk Xorrnu^iix Siai'i:s axd Canada. 117 



The Hop Hornbeam is a handsome tree of 

 medium size rarely over 00 or 70 ft. in height 

 or 2 ft. in diameter of trunk. \\ hen isohitei 

 it develops a broad rounded top of many small 

 tongh branches, and when covered with its rich 

 yello-\v-green leaves and pale hop-like fruit is a 

 handsome oljjeet. The bark of trunk is rough 

 with narrow loose elongated scales. It in- 

 habits well-drained gravelly ridges and slo|)es 

 and in the northern Atlantic states, where it is 

 abundant and reaches its largest size, is as- 

 sociated with the Beech, Sugar Maple, Yellow 

 Birch. White and Cork Elms, Butternut, 

 White Ash. etc. 



Its wood is heavy, a cubic foot when abso- 

 lutely dry weighing .51.63 Uis., hard, tongh. 

 and is used in the manufacture of tool-handles 

 and other small articles of wooden ware, tor 

 fuel, etc.i 



Leai'cs ovate-oblonc:. --o in. Inn;;;, acute cr 

 acuminate, narrowed and rounded nr nirdafe uften 

 inequilateral at base, shai'i^iy and unequally' si r- 

 rate. at maturit.v glalu'ous and dull yellow-grci'n 

 with impressed midribs and vnins above, li^iuiu- 

 and downy beneath, cspecialkv alonu the midrilis 

 and in the axils of the veins, llotrrr^: sfaminoti^ 

 aments about ^j in. bjng during tlie winter and 

 niiea unfolding --'\ in. long ; pistillato aments Yi'vy 

 slender, with hairy stems and tight green or red- 

 dish leaf-Iil;e scales, those near tlie liase the 

 longest. Fruit: strolmles 1"^---^^ in. long with 

 Blender stems aliout 1 in. long ; iuvolucral sacs 

 about 94 in. long, puljescent.- 



1. A. W.. II. 41. 



2. For genus see i>. til.S. 



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