. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . I. Hamamelis virginiana L. Witch- HazeL Fig. 2195. Hamamelis virginiana L Sp. PI. 124. 1753. A shrub, or rarely a small tree with max- imum height of about 25°, the twigs slightly scurfy, or glabrous. Leaves short-petioled, obovate or broadly oval, obtuse or pointed at the apex, somewhat cordate and inequilateral at the base, stellate-pubescent, at least when young, 2-5' lon
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . I. Hamamelis virginiana L. Witch- HazeL Fig. 2195. Hamamelis virginiana L Sp. PI. 124. 1753. A shrub, or rarely a small tree with max- imum height of about 25°, the twigs slightly scurfy, or glabrous. Leaves short-petioled, obovate or broadly oval, obtuse or pointed at the apex, somewhat cordate and inequilateral at the base, stellate-pubescent, at least when young, 2-5' long, thick, repand-dentate; flow ers in clusters, nearly sessile, bright yellow, appearing late in the season, when the leaves are falling and while the previous fruit remains; petals narrow, about i" wide, 6"-9" long; calyx-lobes spreading or recurved, oval, ciliate, pubescent on the outer surface: cap- sule maturing the next season, beaked with the 2 persistent styles, densely pubescent. 3"-4" high, at length bursting elastically; seeds bony. In low woods. Nova. Scotia to Ontario. Minne- sota, Florida, Texas. Wood hard; weight per cubic foot 43 lbs. Spotted-alder. Tobacco-wood. Snapping-hazel. Pistachio. Winter-bloom. Dec. Jan-March in the southwest. Family 51. ALTINGIACEAE Hayne, Flora i: 172. 1830. AlTIXCIA F.^MILV. Forest trees producing a balsaraic resin, with furrowed bark, and terete or sometimes corky-winged branchlets. Leaves alternate, glandular-serrate, pal- mately lobed or unlobed; stipules mostly deciduous. Flowers usually monoecious, sometimes perfect, in heads surrounded by three or four deciduous bracts. Perianth wanting. Heads of staminate flowers in terminal racemes or panicles ; androecium of numerous stamens, interspersed with minute scales. Pistillate flowers in soli- tary, long-peduncled axillary heads; g}noecium of two united carpels; ovary partly inferior; stigmas stout; ovules several or numerous in each carpel,
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