DICLINIA AMENTA CKA5. Corylus. 
2. C. foliis oblongo-ovatis acuminatis, stipulis lineari-lan- 
ceolatis, calycibus fructus campanulato-tubulosis nuce 
majoribus bipartitis, laciniis inciso-dentatis. Wiild. sp. 
pl 4 p. 4/1. 
Icon. Wiild . arb. t. I . f 2. 
In the mountains : Canada to Carolina. Tj • April, v. v . 
This species is not above four or five feet high. 
702 . LIQUIDAMBAR. Gen.pl.} 452. 
1. L. foliis palmatis, lobis acuminatis, serratis, sinubus ba- 
seos venarum villosis. — Wiild. sp. pl. 4. p.4?5. 
Icon. Midi. arb. 3. p . 194 . t. 4. 
In low woods, on fertile soil : New England to Florida, 
and in all the western countries. ^ • May. v. v. 
The Sweet-gum Tree is sometimes found of an im- 
mense size, particularly in the southern states ; its 
wood is of an exquisite hard texture and fine grain, 
and furniture made of it has a very handsome appear- 
ance. 
703. COMPTONIA. Gen. pl. 1 764 . 
1 . C. foliis longo-linearibus alternatim crenato-pinnati fidis. 
- — Wiild. sp. pl. 4 p. 320. 
Liquidambar peregrinum. Syst. veg. S 60 . 
Liquidambar asplenifolium. Sp.pl. 1418. 
Icon. Pluk. alm . 100./. 6. 
In sandy, stony, or slaty woods : New England to Virgi- 
nia. \ 2 . March, April. v. v. The Sweet-fern 
Bush rises to about three or four feet high ■ the whole 
of the plant when rubbed has a strong resinous scent. 
704. PLATANUS. Gen. pl. 1451. 
1 . P. foliis quinquangularibus obsolete lobatis dentatis, ra- 
mulis albentibus, — Wiild, spipl. 4. p. 474. 
Icon. Catesb. car. 1. t. 56. Duham. arb. t. 35. Mick. 
arb. 3. t. 3. 
On the banks of rivers ; Canada to Florida, and in Loui- 
siana. Vi . May. v.v. This tree is known by the 
name of Button-wood, Water Beech , Sycamore and 
Plane Tree ; in Canada Cotton Tree. It is perhaps the 
largest tree in North America on the fertile banks of 
the Ohio and the Mississippi there are trees measuring 
from ten to sixteen feet in diameter. 
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rostrata . 
slyraciflua . 
asplenifolia. 
occidentalis , 
