Americana, 
occidentalis. 
MONOECIA, POLYANDRIA. 
aromatic taste and smell, and its wood is very fine and hand- 
some. On the shores of the Schuylkill, east side, below the 
fallsand elsewhere. bh. May. 
562. CARPINUS. Gen. pl. 1449. (.Amentacee.) 
Ament imbricated. Masc. Scales of the ca- 
lix ciliated. Stamina about 10. Fem. Ca- 
liv scales 2-flowered. Corolla trifid. Nut 
ovate, sulcate.—WVutt. 
1. C. leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate, unequally 
serrated; scales of the strobiles three-parted, 
the intermediate segment ovate-lanceolate, late- 
ral one dentated.— Willd. 
C. Virginiana, Mich. Arbr. forest. 3. t. 8. 
American Horn-beam. 
On Cooper’s creek, the Wissahickon and Schuylkill; not 
uncommon. h. May. 
363. PLATANUS. Gen. pl. 1451. (Amentacee.) 
iment globose. Masc. Caliv none. Corolla 
scarcely manifest. nthers adnate to the 
filaments from the base. Frm. Calix ma- 
ny-leaved. Corolla none. Stigmas recury- 
ed. Capsules sub-clavate, 1-seeded, mu- 
cronate with the style, pappose at the base. 
— WV nit. 
1. P. leaves five-angular, obscurely lobate, den? 
tated ; branches whitish.—Willd. and Pursh. 
Icon. Mich. Arbr. forest. 3. t. 3. 
Buiton-wood. Water Beech. Sycamore. Plane-tree. 
In Canada—Cotton-tree. 
The largest tree of North America. 1 have seen it on the 
islands in the Susquehanna, near Peach-bottom, of an immense 
diameter. In fields, and on the borders of rivers, and roads; 
common. h. May. 

