. 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. 790 Sweet Leaf the midrib prominent beneath. The fragrant flowers, which appear from March to June, according to situation, are in nearly sessile, 5- to lo-flowered clusters, enclosed in the bud by hairy fringed, orange-colored scales. The calyx is 2 to mm. high, dark green, hairy and minutely 5-toothed; the corolla is light yellow, 6 to 8 mm. long, the 5 petals slightly united at the base, obovate or obovate- spatula
. 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. 790 Sweet Leaf the midrib prominent beneath. The fragrant flowers, which appear from March to June, according to situation, are in nearly sessile, 5- to lo-flowered clusters, enclosed in the bud by hairy fringed, orange-colored scales. The calyx is 2 to mm. high, dark green, hairy and minutely 5-toothed; the corolla is light yellow, 6 to 8 mm. long, the 5 petals slightly united at the base, obovate or obovate- spatulate, rounded at the apex; stamens many, their filaments united at the base into 5 clusters; anthers orange-colored and exserted; ovary 3-celled, glandular, style slender, club-shaped, exserted. The fruit is a drupe, oblong or ovoid, 10 to 14 mm. long, smooth and crowned by the persistent cal}'x-lobes and base of the style; the flesh is thin and dryish; the stone containing a single ovoid pointed Fig. 719. — Sweet Leaf. The wood is soft, close-grained, reddish brown; its specific gravity is about ' The leaves are eagerly eaten by cattle, especially in the autumn; the leaves £ind bark yield a yellow dye. The generic name is Greek, in reference to the united filaments of some of the species. The Japanese shrubby species, Symplocos cratagoides Buchanan, is sparingly planted in America and Europe on account of its ornamental, bright bluish, fleshy fruits; S. martinicensis Jacquin of the West Indies is the type of the 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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