Chapter XI 



THE LINDENS, THE LIQUIDAMBER, AND 

 THE SASSAFRAS 



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Families Tiliaceae, Hamamelidaceae, and Lauraceae 



HE Tiliace^ are a tropical family with 



_ a single genus, the linden, as a repre- 

 sentative in our climate. There are 

 two species found wild south of New York 

 besides the common linden, the small leaved 

 basswood and the white basswood, but the 

 common linden and the European linden are 

 the two trees found commonly in New England. 



Linden; Bass- -^ ^^^^ ^^^^' ^° ^° 80/?^/ high, 

 wood frequently excurrent. The bark 

 Tiiiaamericana ^^ rather smooth With shallow, 

 close furrows, and the twigs are smooth, with 

 a good deal of color. The leaf-scars are alter- 

 nate, and the buds are smooth and red, the ter- 

 minal (me often being absent. 



The main trunk of the linden frequently 

 extends upwards undivided through the crown 

 to the tip of the tree, with small branches grow- 



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