. 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. 214 Corkwood entire and revolute on the margin, bright green, shining, and smooth, except along the prominent veins, above, pale, hairy, and prominently reticulated beneath; the leaf-stalk is stout, grooved, and hairy, 4 to 6 cm. long. The staminate catkins are cylindric, 3 to 4 cm. long; the bracts broadly ovate, 4 to 5 mm. long, taper- pointed, bright brown, the anthers light yellow. The pistillate catkins are smaller,
. 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. 214 Corkwood entire and revolute on the margin, bright green, shining, and smooth, except along the prominent veins, above, pale, hairy, and prominently reticulated beneath; the leaf-stalk is stout, grooved, and hairy, 4 to 6 cm. long. The staminate catkins are cylindric, 3 to 4 cm. long; the bracts broadly ovate, 4 to 5 mm. long, taper- pointed, bright brown, the anthers light yellow. The pistillate catkins are smaller, their bracts ovate, sharp-pointed; ovary hairy; stigma somewhat leaf- like. Drupes elliptic, about 2 cm. long, somewhat compressed on one side, rounded. Fig. 175. — Corkwood. on the other, pointed at the apex, bright brown and wrinkled; flesh thick and dry, closely imited with the brown, rough nut; seed completely filling the cavity, com- pressed, rounded at each end, thick-edged and marked by a conspicuous black spot. Corkwood is soft, close-grained, pale yellow, without heart-wood; its specific gravity is about It is the hghtest wood in our area except the Papaya, and is used locally for the floats of fishing nets. The name is in honor of Dr. Edward F. Leitner, a German physician and naturahst, who was lost in Florida during the Seminole war of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.
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