. 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. 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
. 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. 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, enlarged at each end and often hairy. The flowers are rather small, densely clustered, on short slender stalks. The pod is very ^'°- '^'S- flat, linear-oblong, 6 to 10 cm. long, acute at each end, nearly or quite sessile in the persistent calyx; seeds ovate, about 5 mm. long, light • Texan 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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