. 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. Geiger Tree 819 corolla is variously colored, bell-shaped to salverform, 5-lobed, seldom 4- or 6-lobed, the lobes flat or plaited; the stamens are inserted on the corolla-tube, exserted or included, the filaments thread-like, the anthers various, introrse; the ovary is ses- sile, 4-celled; styles 4, slender, united by pairs; stigmas club-shaped or capitate. The fruit is a drupe, partly or entirely enclosed by the accresce
. 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. Geiger Tree 819 corolla is variously colored, bell-shaped to salverform, 5-lobed, seldom 4- or 6-lobed, the lobes flat or plaited; the stamens are inserted on the corolla-tube, exserted or included, the filaments thread-like, the anthers various, introrse; the ovary is ses- sile, 4-celled; styles 4, slender, united by pairs; stigmas club-shaped or capitate. The fruit is a drupe, partly or entirely enclosed by the accrescent calyx and tipped by the style; the flesh is dry or juicy, the enclosed nutlets often quite bony; the seeds mostly i, rarely 2, are without endosperm, the cotyledons thick and fleshy. The fruit of some of the species is edible; some are very valuable timber trees in the tropics and many are highly ornamental in flower. The name is in com- memoration of Valerius Cordus (1515-1544), a German pharmacist and botanist. Cordia myxa Linnaeus, of southern Asia, is the type species. Our arborescent species are: Flowers pedicelled; corolla orange; calyx smooth, at maturity enclosing the fruit. Flowers sessile; corolla white with a yellow center; calyx slightly hairy, partly enclosing the fruit. I. C. Sebestena. 2. C. Boissieri. I. GEIGER TREE —Oordia Sebestena Linnseus This small tree occurs in the sandy soils of the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, and other West Indies, to Central America, reaching a maximum height of 10 meters and a trunk diameter of dm. The branches are spreading and ascending, the tree round-topped. The bark is 12 to 15 mm. thick, irregularly ridged, divided into small scales, dark brown to nearly black. The twigs are stout, pithy, round, dark green and covered with rusty hairs, becoming smooth, gray and bearing large leaf scars. The leaves are thick," ovate or oblong-ovate, 8 to 20 cm. long, blunt or sharp-pointed, rounded or slightly heart-shaped at the bas
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