The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova ScotiaConsidered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerceTo which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees .. . rsformed of minute thickish bractes; the filaments very short, situ-ated betvreen the bractes. Anthers 2-celled, attached to a connec-tivum broader than the filament, with a peltate summit. , numerous, in pairs. Ovary of 1-cell, including one to t\ropendulous ovules. Stigmas 2, long and filifor
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova ScotiaConsidered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into commerceTo which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees .. . rsformed of minute thickish bractes; the filaments very short, situ-ated betvreen the bractes. Anthers 2-celled, attached to a connec-tivum broader than the filament, with a peltate summit. , numerous, in pairs. Ovary of 1-cell, including one to t\ropendulous ovules. Stigmas 2, long and filiform. Fruit, a carpelseated in a tuft of articulated hairs, including one pendulousoblong seed, destitute of albumen. Lofty, deciduous-leaved trees, with widely-spreading branchesand a dense, broad foliage having a pentangular of Europe, Asia, Northern Africa, and the temperateparts of North America. The species about three. Leavesalternate, palmate; the bud concealed beneath a conical envelopand immersed in the base of the petiole. The young shootsand leaves covered with a deciduous down. The old bark atlength scaling off in extensive patches, leaving the trunksmooth. * The name is from the Greek wurJ plates, broad, iu allusioa to its wide-spreadleaves and Ilatnnn* rarritiosa (h/t/ornia^.BnttoHttood P/a/anedi- Ccdifvrnie. CALIFORNIA BUTTONWOOD,or PLANE. Platanus racemosus. Foliis quinqiielobo-palmatis basi tnmcatis subsinu-atls subius lanuginosis paUidis, lanciniis lanceolatis acuminatis mtegris,stipidis avgulcdis fructibus racemosis.—Nuttall, Mss. in AudubonsBirds of America, tab. 362. This remarkably distinct species of Platanus is a native ofUpper California, in the vicinity of Santa Barbara, where itputs on very much the appearance of our common Buttonwood,(Platanus Occidentals.) As far as I yet know, it is the onlyspecies on the western coast of America. It grows probablyfarther north, but I did not meet with it in the territory ofOregon. It do
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