FOLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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1. Glabra, Vent. 
T. foliis suborbicula- 
to-cordatis, acumina- 
tis, argute serratis, 
glabris ; petalis apice 
truncatis ; nuce ovali. 
Pursh, 2. p. 362. 
T. Americana, Sp. pi. 2. p. 1162. 
T. Canadensis, Mich. 1. p. 306 % 
Leaves cordate, 
nearly orbicular, acu- 
minate, acutely ser- 
rate, glabrous ; petals 
truncated at the sum- 
mit; nut oval. 
Mich. arbr. Vol. 3. p. 311. t. 1. 
A large and ornamental tree, growing in favorable soils, 70 to 80 feet 
high, and 3 — 4 in diameter. Leaves alternate, large, with large and very 
acute serratures, cordate at hase, and sometimes obliquely truncated. 
Flowers in small cymes, of a greenish yellow colour. Peduncles , as in all 
the species of this genus, somewhat geniculate, and attached at base to the 
middle of an oblong, membranous, strongly veined and almost reticulate 
bractea. 
The bark of this tree, commonly known under the name of bass-wood, 
spoon-wood, is thick and fibrous, and when macerated and prepared, is 
used on farms for many domestic purposes, where coarse cordage is re- 
quired. The wood is white and soft, and is much used in the northern 
States by cabinet and carriage makers. In the southern States it is gen- 
erally confined to the mountains. Mich. 
Grows in rich, light soils, in the vallies of the Alleghany mountains. 
Flowers May — June. 
2. Laxiflora. Mich. 
T. foliis cordatis, 
sensim acuminatis, ra- 
riter dentatis, mem- 
branaceis, glabris ; 
paniculis laxifloris ; 
stylo petalis longiore. 
Leaves cordate, 
gradually acuminate, 
sparingly toothed, 
membranaceous, gla- 
brous ; panicles loose- 
ly flowered ; style lon- 
ger than the petals. 
Mich. 1. p. 306. Pursh, 2. p. 363. 
With this tree, whose description I have taken from Pursh, and which he 
considers as a species very distinct from the preceding, I am unacquaint- 
ed. The reference to Michaux possibly belongs to the next species. 
Grows along the sea coast from Maryland to Georgia, 
Flowery May and June, 
