. 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. 6i8 Titi alternate entire-margined leaves are leathery, narrowly to rather broadly oblanceo- late to obovate or oblong, 2 to 10 cm. long, i to 3 cm. wide, rather strongly netted- veined, blunt or pointed, dark green and shining on the upper side, dull green and paler on the lower; their stalks are from 3 to 15 mm. long and they have no stipules. The small white or pinkish flowers are regular and perfect, borne in long nar
. 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. 6i8 Titi alternate entire-margined leaves are leathery, narrowly to rather broadly oblanceo- late to obovate or oblong, 2 to 10 cm. long, i to 3 cm. wide, rather strongly netted- veined, blunt or pointed, dark green and shining on the upper side, dull green and paler on the lower; their stalks are from 3 to 15 mm. long and they have no stipules. The small white or pinkish flowers are regular and perfect, borne in long narrow clustered racemes near the ends of twigs, soon coming to be at the bases of twigs of the season; the individual flower-stalks are subtended by nar- row pointed bracts and bear two smaller bracts near the base of the flower; the flowers open in June or July and have 5 equal se- pals about I mm. long, 5 much longer pointed petals, 5 stamens somewhat shorter than the petals and alternate with them, a 2-ceUed ovary with a short style and 2 short stigmas. Fig. ^he fruits are blunt 2-ceUed capsules about mm. long, which split open when ripe to release the few pointed seeds. The wood is heavy and hard, but weak, reddish brown, close-grained; its specific gravity about Cyrilla antillana Michaux, of the West Indies and northern South America, has thicker, blunter leaves; it may occur in southern TITI GENUS OLEFTOOTA GiERTNER Species Cliftonia monophylla (Lamarck) Britten Ptelea monophylla Lamarck. Cliftonia ligiistrina Willdenow HE Titi, also called Buckwheat-tree, Black titi and Iron-wood, is a monotype, no other species of the genus being known. It inhabits wet sandy soil and swamps from South Carolina and Georgia to Florida and Louisiana, reaching a maximum height of about 15 meters, with a trunk 5 dm. in diameter, and is one of the most beautiful trees of the southern United States. The genus is named in honor of Francis Clifton, an Enghsh
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