. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 536 The Redbuds neath; leaf-stalk round, slender, seldom as long as the blade, the stipules small, leaf-like, caducous. The flowers, appearing from March to May before the leaves, are in clusters of 4 to 8, their pedicels 5 to 12 inm. long; the calyx-tube is dark red or pur- ple, 3 to 4 mm. long, its lobes short and rounded; petals pink or rose-colored, the standard oval, 8 mm. long, keel-petals concave, about i cm.
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 536 The Redbuds neath; leaf-stalk round, slender, seldom as long as the blade, the stipules small, leaf-like, caducous. The flowers, appearing from March to May before the leaves, are in clusters of 4 to 8, their pedicels 5 to 12 inm. long; the calyx-tube is dark red or pur- ple, 3 to 4 mm. long, its lobes short and rounded; petals pink or rose-colored, the standard oval, 8 mm. long, keel-petals concave, about i cm. long; ovary pubescent and short-stalked. The pods remain on the branches until winter; they are linear-oblong, 6 to 9 cm. long, nearly straight, tapering ob- liquely at each end, short-stalked, quite thin and papery, pinkish bronze and somewhat glaucous. The seeds are broadly ovate, 6 mm. long, light brown. The wood is hard, weak, somewhat coarse-grained, dark red-brown; its specific gravity is about It is often cultivated for ornament in Europe and in this coimtry. Its rapid growth, great beauty in its early profusion of bloom, and general neatness at all times, recommend it for use where a small tree or large shrub is Fig. 494. — Redbud. 2. TEXAN REDBUD — Cercis renifonnis Engehnann Cercis occidentalis texensis S. Watson. Cercis texensis Sargent A small tree or rather large shrub of Texas and adjacent Mexico, where it attains a height of 12 meters, with a trunk diameter of 3 dm. In the mountain valleys of Texas, however, it is usually a small ^hrub, often forming thickets. The bark is smooth and Ught brown. The twigs, frequently hairy at first, become light brown and ultimately dark gray. The leaves are orbicular, to 10 cm. long, scarcely as wide, bluntly pointed, deeply heart-shaped at the base, sometimes slightly wavy on the margin, smooth, dark green above, paler and sometimes hairy, especially when young, beneath; leaf-stalk relatively stout, enlar
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