The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova ScotiaConsidered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerceTo which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees .. . bular, widenedand ciliated on the border. Stamens two or three, exserted, withthe filaments slightly united at the base. Fertile flowers solitary,involucrate; perianth as in the male. Style with three 3-lobed, 3-grained, surrounded by the enlarging involu-crum. Seeds three. Arborescent, shrub
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova ScotiaConsidered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerceTo which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees .. . bular, widenedand ciliated on the border. Stamens two or three, exserted, withthe filaments slightly united at the base. Fertile flowers solitary,involucrate; perianth as in the male. Style with three 3-lobed, 3-grained, surrounded by the enlarging involu-crum. Seeds three. Arborescent, shrubby, or herbaceous plants, with a milky alternate, entire or serrulated, having stipules. Flowers inspikes, the spikes solitary, lateral, or terminal, the upper part stamini-ferous. TALLOW TREE. Stillingia sebifera. Arhorea; foliis j^ctiolatis, rhomheis aeinninatlsintegerrimis, infra basiji glandida j^ctiolari, florihus masculis numerosis.—WiLLD., Sp. pi., iv. p. 588. Micii., Flor., ii. p. 213. ruRsn, G08. Elliott, Sk., ii. p. 651. Croton sebiferum.—LiNN., Sp. pi., 1. c. Jticinus Chincnsis sebifera, imjndi nu/ra: folio.—Petiver, Gazoph., 53,tab. 34, fig. 3. Plukenet, Amalth., 76, tab. 390, fig. 2. * So named in honor of Or. Stiirumflcot, an Imi^IIsIi StiUiiL^m )ilrra. TfiJI-ow /ree StiUiii/ier ni>rt siif. TALLOW T R E E. 9 The Tallow Tree grows to the height of twenty to forty feet,and so nearly resembles the Blaek Poplar in its foliage that itmight be mistaken for it if the leaves were serrated. It isindigenous to China, where it grows on the borders of is now naturalized in both Indies, in the South of Europe,and in the southern part of the United States, along the sea-coast. It resembles a Cherry Tree in its trunk and bark is of a whitish gray, and soft to the touch. Thebranches are long, smooth, and flexible, ornamented with leavesfrom their middle to their extremities, where they grow in akind of tuft. These le
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