PLATANACEA 457 



2. Garrta Fremontii, Torr. 

 Garrya Fremontii, Torr. Bot. Whippl. Rep. Pacif. E. Road Expl. 4, p. 136. 



Hab. Umpqua Mountains, Southern Oregon.— The specimens are 

 all female and in fruit. Those of Fremont, from which the original 

 description was drawn, are all male. The characters, as given in the 

 work quoted, seem to be constant, except that the leaves are some- 

 times oval, or obovate, and obtuse. The fertile flowers are sessile, and 

 there is but one under each bract. The fruit is more or less hairy 

 when young, but nearly glabrous and of a dark purple color when 

 mature. 



[The genus is now referred to Cornaceai.~\ 



Ord. 80. PLATANACE^E. 



1. PLATANUS, Linn, 

 1. Platanus racemosa, Nutt. 



Platanus racemosa, Nutt. in Audubon, Birds of N. Am., 1, t. 362, & Sylv. 1, p. 47, 

 t. 15.; Newberry in Bot. Williamson & Abbot's Rep. (Pacif. R. Road E.xpl ) 6 

 p. 33, t. 2, & fig. xylog. 10. 



P. Mexicana, Moricand, PL Rar. Amer. t. 13. 



P. Calif omica, Benth. Plant. Hartw. p. 54. 



Hab. Abundant along the Sacramento and its tributaries.— In 

 favorable situations this tree occurs from 60 to 80, and even 100 

 feet in height. Dr. Pickering saw some trunks that were 8 feet in 

 diameter. Its general appearance is that of the Plane-tree, or Syca- 

 more of the Atlantic States, but it is a very distinct species; being 

 much nearer Platanus orientalis of the Old World. Dr. Newberry 

 states that the wood is very brittle. 



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