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aromatic taste and smell, and its wood is very fine and hand- 
some. On the shores of die Schuylkill, east side, below the 
falls and elsewhere. I2 . May. 
36% CARPINUS. Gen. pi. 1449. {Amentacex.) 
Ament imbricated. Masc. Scales of the ca- 
lix ciliated. Stamina about 10. Fem. Ca- 
lix scales 2-flowered. Corolla trifid. JS^nt 
ovate;, sulcate. — utt. 
Ameiicana. c. leaves obloiig-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 Ilorn^beam. 
On Cooper’s creek, the Wissahickon and Schuylkill; not 
uncommon, • May. 
363. PLATANUS. Gen. pi. 1451. {AmentaceceC) 
globose. Masc. CaZia? none. Corolla 
scarcely manifest. Anthers adnate to the 
filaments from the base. Fem. Calix ma- 
ny-leaved. Corolla none. Stigmas recurv- 
ed. Capsules sub-clavate, 1 -seeded, mu- 
cronate with the style, pappose at the base. 
— JSTutt. 
occidenteiis. 1 , p. leavcs five-anguiar, obscurely lobate, den- 
tated ; branches whitish. — Willd. and Pursh. 
Icon. Mich. Arbr. forest. 3. t. 3. 
Button-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. . May, 
