. 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. SAPOTACEAE. Bumelia lanuginosa (Michx.) Pers. Woolly Buckthorn. Fig. 3306. Suleioxvloit lanuginostim Michx. Fl. 180J. Bumelia lanuginosa Pers. Syn. i: 237 )r. An 1805. A shrub or tree, sometimes reaching a height of 60° and a trunk diameter of 3°, the twigs usually spiny. Leaves persistent, rather coriaceous, gla- hrous above, densely tomentose-pubescent beneath. obla
. 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. SAPOTACEAE. Bumelia lanuginosa (Michx.) Pers. Woolly Buckthorn. Fig. 3306. Suleioxvloit lanuginostim Michx. Fl. 180J. Bumelia lanuginosa Pers. Syn. i: 237 )r. An 1805. A shrub or tree, sometimes reaching a height of 60° and a trunk diameter of 3°, the twigs usually spiny. Leaves persistent, rather coriaceous, gla- hrous above, densely tomentose-pubescent beneath. oblanceolate, obovate or oblong, usually obtuse at the apex, narrowed or cuneate at the base, li's' long, i'-i' wide: petioles 2"-6" long; flowers 3-18 in the fascicles, about li" broad: pedicels tomen- tose, longer than the petioles; ovate, tomentose, obtusish; staminodia ovate, obscurely toothed; berry oval or globose, black, 4"-5" long. In woods and thickets, Illinois to Kansas. Georgia. Florida and Texas. Wood soft. weak, yellowish-brown : weight per cubic foot 41 lbs. Shittim-wood. Black haw. (jiim-elastic. June-July. Family 10. EBENACEAE \>nt. Tabl. 2 : 443. 1779. Ebony F.^mily. Trees or shrubs with very hard wood, alternate entire exstipulate leaves, and dioecious polygamous or rarely perfect regular flowers, solitary or cymose in the axils. Calyx inferior, 3-7-lobed, commonly accrescent and persistent. Corolla gamopetalous, deciduous, 3—7-lobed. the lobes usually convolute in the bud. Stamens 2-4 times as many as the lobes of the corolla in the sterile flowers, and inserted on its tube, usually some imperfect ones in the pistillate flowers; fila- ments short; anthers introrse, narrow, erect. Disk none. Ovary superior, several- celled, in the staminate flowers rudimentary or none; ovules 1-3 in each cavity, suspended; styles 2-8, distinct, or united below; stigmas terminal, sometimes 2-parted. Fruit a berry, containing several
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