. Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state . etiole. Kansas to Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, and LowerCalifornia. It is widely distributed in similar to Celtis Mississippiensis. 4, Celtis Mississippiensis Bosc. Mississippi Hackberry Atree 60°-80° high and 2°-3° in diameter. The branches aresomewhat pendulous and form a broad rounded crown. Barklight gray with corky warts, l/2-2/3 thick. Leaves broadlyovate to ovate-lanceolate, long pointed somewhat curved, un-equal at base, entire or with never more than one or twoteeth, firm, dark gr
. Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state . etiole. Kansas to Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, and LowerCalifornia. It is widely distributed in similar to Celtis Mississippiensis. 4, Celtis Mississippiensis Bosc. Mississippi Hackberry Atree 60°-80° high and 2°-3° in diameter. The branches aresomewhat pendulous and form a broad rounded crown. Barklight gray with corky warts, l/2-2/3 thick. Leaves broadlyovate to ovate-lanceolate, long pointed somewhat curved, un-equal at base, entire or with never more than one or twoteeth, firm, dark green and smooth above, paler below, 3-4long, s/i-S wide. Fruit ovoid-globose Vs-V-i. long, brightorange red, borne on a stalk which is somewhat tree differs from other hackberries particularly in thesize ot the fruit and in the entire margined leaf. It is thecommonest of our hackberry trees. Indiana to Florida, and west to Missouri and for fuel, fencing, and to some extent for flooring. Thecommonest street shade tree in central Texas. The Trees of Texas 101. Fig. 31. Celtis ^ ALTINGIAECEAE Hayne. Sweet Gum Liquidambar styraciflua L. Sweet Gum. A tree 80^-140°hidi with straight ervct trunk 4^-5^ in diameter. The branches 102 Bulletin of the University of Texas are slender and form a rather narrow crown. Bark deeplyfurrowed, gray to brown. ^-V/^ thick. The young branchesare frequently v/inged with cork. A resinous sap which issuesfrom wounds is popular among children as gum. Leavesalternate, almost round in outline, about 5 wide, cleft into4-7 wedge-shaped, serrate lobes, firm, bright green, and shin-ing above, paler below, aromatic when bruised, smooth onboth sides or nearly so, turning red in the autumn beforethey fall. Flowers appear when th.^ loaves are about half theadult size. The staminate flowers are borne in slenderracemes, the pistillate in a dense globular head. Fruit aglobular, spiny, cone-like aggrega
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