. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 1847. I. Cotinus americanus Nutt. Wild or American Smoke-tree. Chittam-wood. Fig. 2784. Rhus cotinoides Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. .\. i; 217. As synonym, 1838. Cotinus americanus Nutt. Sylva 3 ; pt. Si. 1849. Colinus colinoides Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 216. 1894. A small widely branched tree, with maxi- mum height of about 40° and trunk diameter of 15'. Leaves oval
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 1847. I. Cotinus americanus Nutt. Wild or American Smoke-tree. Chittam-wood. Fig. 2784. Rhus cotinoides Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. .\. i; 217. As synonym, 1838. Cotinus americanus Nutt. Sylva 3 ; pt. Si. 1849. Colinus colinoides Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 216. 1894. A small widely branched tree, with maxi- mum height of about 40° and trunk diameter of 15'. Leaves oval or slightly obovate. thin, glabrous or sparingly pubescent beneath, 3'-6' long, iJ'-2' wide, obtuse at the apex, nar- rowed and commonly acute or acutish at the base, the blade slightly decurrent on the pe- tiole; flowers I'-ii" broad, green, borne in loose large terminal panicles, pedicels elongat- ing to I'-li' and becoming very plumose in fruit; drupe reticulate-veined, 2" long. Rocky hills. Missouri and Oklahoma, east to Ten- nessee and Alabama. Wood soft, orange-yellow, yielding a rich dye; weight per cubic foot 40 lbs. Very nearly related to the European C Cotinus, which differs in its smaller coriaceous leaves, more pubescent, mostly rounded and obtuse at base. Yellow-wood. April-May. Family 75. CYRILLACEAE Lindl. Veg. King. 445. C\TULLA F.\MILy. Glabrous shrubs, or small trees, with simple entire thick alternate exstipulate leaves, long-persistent or evergreen, and small regular perfect bracted racemose flowers. Sepals 4-8 (mostly 5), persistent. Petals the same number as the sepals, hypogynous, distinct, or slightly united by their bases, deciduous. Stamens 4-10, in I or 2 series, distinct, hypogynous; anthers introrse, 2-celled, the sacs longitudinally dehiscent. Ovary 2-5-ceIled; ovules 1-4 in each cavity, anatropous, pendulous ; style short or none; stigma very small, or 2-3-lobed. Fruit dry, small, 1-5-seeded. Seeds oblong or spindle-shaped; endosperm f
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