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The Trees of Texas 15 
Leaves opposite or alternate, deciduous, linear, 6’-12’ long, 
1,’-3/,’ wide. Flowers large, showy, in terminal clusters, 
opening for several months in succession; corolla white tinged 
with yellow and purple. Fruit a dry thin walled elongated 
eapsuie 7’-12’ %’ thick, persistent on the branches through 
the winter, seeds winged. 
In dry soils western Texas, southern New Mexico, Arizona, 
Utah, Nevada, California and Mexico. Frequently planted 
in ouv area for ornament. 
RUBIACEAE B. Jussien. The Madder Family. 
Cephalanthus L. 
Cephalanthus occidentalis L. Button Bush. A shrub or 
small tree reaching a height of 40°-50° and trunk diameter 
of one foot, but usually smaller, with gray brown bark, and 
stout pithy twigs. Leaves simple, opposite or whorled, ovate 
or lanceolate, 4’-7’ long, 1’-314’ wide, pointed at the apex, 
smooth above, somewhat hairy beneath. Flowers perfect in 
axial or terminal globose heads. Fruit a globose head %’-1’ in 
diameter. 
In swamps and low borders of ponds and streams, New 
Brunswick, Ontario, Nebraska, Kansas, Florida, Texas, New 
Mexicv and Arizona. Occasionally planted for ornament. 
CAPRIFOLIACEAE Ventenat. Honeysuckle Fainily. 
Trees with opposite simple or compound leaves, ceymose 
flowers, and drupaceous fruit. 
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SAMBUCUS (Tournefort) L. The Elders. 
1. Sambucus Mexicana Presl. Mexican Elder. <A _ small 
tree 25°-30° high with leht brown, scaly bark and greenish, 
hairy twigs which are finally brownish-red. Leaves opposite, 
unequally pinnate, leaflets usually 5, ovate to ovate-lanceo- 
late, pointed at the apex, toothed, hairy when young and al- 
