. 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. Downy Basswood 689 the bracts of the peduncles are decurrent upon them to within from i to 3 cm. of their base; they are spatulate, 8 to 14 cm. long, i to cm. wide, usually tapering at the base, somewhat rounded at the apex, the lower surface slightly hairy. The smooth peduncles are free from the bracts for 4 to 5 cm., and bear 8 to 15 large, Ught yellow flowers; the sepals are narrowly ovate to oblong-lanceolate,
. 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. Downy Basswood 689 the bracts of the peduncles are decurrent upon them to within from i to 3 cm. of their base; they are spatulate, 8 to 14 cm. long, i to cm. wide, usually tapering at the base, somewhat rounded at the apex, the lower surface slightly hairy. The smooth peduncles are free from the bracts for 4 to 5 cm., and bear 8 to 15 large, Ught yellow flowers; the sepals are narrowly ovate to oblong-lanceolate, to 6 mm. long; the petals are elliptic, 6 to 10 mm. long, sUghtly larger than the spatu- late staminodes^ JThe globose fruit is 6 to 8 mm. long. This tree is distinguished from the American linden by its large white-woolly leaves and the smoother, hghter colored bark of the branches. Our statement of the economic applications of the American Unden is equally applicable to this species, while as an ornamental tree its larger silvery leaves and larger and later flowers are additional merits. 7. DOWNY BASSWOOD —Tiliapubescens Alton A small tree, also called the Southern basswood, seldom exceeding 15 meters in height, with a trunk diameter of 3 to 5 dm. It occurs in moist, rich woods, usually near the coast, from Virginia south to Florida and westward to Louisiana. It is no- where very abundant, but is most common in South Carolina and Georgia. The re- ports of its being found as far north as Long island are based on a misunderstanding of the species. The bark is 12 to 16 mm. thick, coarsely fur- rowed and broken into reddish brown scales. The season's twigs are slender and densely covered with nisty down, which persists more or less until the second year, when they are reddish brown; the winter buds are sharp-pointed, dark red-brown and slightly hairy. The leaves are thick and firm, ovate to broadly ovate, 8 to 18 cm. long, obliquely truncate or slightly cordate at the base, sh
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