982 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
numerous, or solitary by abortion; compressed, membranous, winged. 
Albumen present. (G. Don.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; lobed, with glandular ser- 
ratures at the edges. Flowers in catkins, greenish yellow. Fruit in globular 
capsules, brown.—Trees, natives of Asia and North America, with beau- 
tiful foliage, and intense fragrance. Decaying leaves of an intense purple. 
Common soil, kept somewhat moist; and seeds or layers. 
Genus I. 
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LIQUIDA’MBAR L. Tue LiqurpamBar. Lin. Syst. Monce'cia 
Polyandria. 
Identification, Lin. Gen., 1076. ; Reich., 1174.; Juss., 410. 
Synonymes. Altingéa Noronh.; Liquidambar, F.; Ambarbaum, Ger. aoe 
Derivation. From liquidus, liquid, and ambar, amber ; the plants exuding aliquid gum. 
Gen. Char., §c. See Ord. Char. 
#1. L. Sryraci’Ftua L. The Sweet-Gum Liquidambar. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1418. ; Michx. Arb., 3. p. 194.; N. Du Ham, 2. p. 42. ' 
Synonymes. Liquidambar frbor Pluk. Alm. 224. t. 42. f.6,; St?rax A’ceris folio Ratz Hist. 1481. 
Liquidambar resineux, Copalme de l’ Amérique, Liquidambar Copal, Fr.; Fliessender Ambarbaum 
Ger. ; Storace liquida, Ital. , 
Engravings. Du Ham. Arb., 1. t.139.; Michx. Arb., 3. t. 4.3 the plates of this tree in Arb. Brit., 
Ist edit., vol. viii. ; and our fig. 1738. 
Spec. Char., §c, Leaves palmately lobed, with the sinuses at the base of the 
veins villose. (IWilld.) A deciduous tree. North America, middle, western, 
and southern States. Height 30 ft. to 50 ft. Introduced in 1681. Flowers 
greenish yellow ; March and April. Fruit brown ; ripe in October. 
The liquidambar generally forms a branching tree, having very muci the 
appearance of a maple. The leaves die off of an intensely deep purplish red, 
more or less mixed with orange, and with some leaves entirely of that colour. 
They hang on the trees till the first frosts, when they drop off simultaneously. 
The rate of growth of this tree, in the 
climate of London, is from 8 ft. to 10 ft. in 
10 years from the seed ; and in 20 years it 
will attain the height of 25 or 30 feet, and 
flower and ripen fruit. In Britain, the prin- 
cipal use of this tree is as an ornament to 
lawns and pleasure-grounds ; in which it 
has a most striking appearance, when the 
leaves are dying off in autumn; and it is 
also very beautiful throughout the summer, 
from the dark green and glossy surface 
of its elegantly shaped leaves. When 
bruised, the leaves are fragrant at all sea- 
sons ; but in spring, when they are first 
unfolding, after a warm shower, the sur- 
rounding air is filled with their refreshing 
odour. The liquidambar has a decided 
preference for a moist soil, and will only 1738. L. Styraciflua. 
attain a timber-like size in a sheltered 
situation. In British nurseries, it is generally propagated by layers, which 
root with tolerable facility, and may be taken off at the end of the first 
autumn after they have been formed. It is also propagated by seeds imported 
from America. These are brought over in the catkins, and should not be 
taken out of them till the time of sowing ; because the seeds, like those of the 
pine and fir tribe, do not keep well when exposed to the air. The round 
