. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. Trees of 177 MACLURA NuTTALL I-'amily Moraceae Deciduous, spiny trees, with alternate, broad-bladed, simple leaves. Staniinate flowers with long pedicels, grouped on slender stalks which arise from the axils of the leaves; pistillate flowers sessile in dense, globu- lar heads, which cap stout stalks arising from the axils of the new leaves. Fruit a large, globose, milky "orange" composed of the united fruits of the individual flowers. Twigs round, with axillary spines, round, pale pith, and small, gloljular liuds which stand abo
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. Trees of 177 MACLURA NuTTALL I-'amily Moraceae Deciduous, spiny trees, with alternate, broad-bladed, simple leaves. Staniinate flowers with long pedicels, grouped on slender stalks which arise from the axils of the leaves; pistillate flowers sessile in dense, globu- lar heads, which cap stout stalks arising from the axils of the new leaves. Fruit a large, globose, milky "orange" composed of the united fruits of the individual flowers. Twigs round, with axillary spines, round, pale pith, and small, gloljular liuds which stand above somewhat triangular leaf scars. There is but one species, the well-known Osage Orange. It is con- fined to eastern North America. MACLURA POMIFERA Sciineidkr Osage Orange Bow Wood The Osage Orange is a tree somewhat over medium height, with an open, round-topped head of stout, uptiltcd, spreading branches. The sharply pointed, smooth-margined leaves, with blades 3 to 5 inches long by 2 to 3 inches wide, stand on slender petioles 1^ to 2 inches long. The clusters of staminate flowers are 1 to lYz inches long, and the globular heads of pistillate flowers are >>4 to 1 inch in diameter. The globular, orange-like, green fruit, which ripens in the au- tumn, is 4 or 5 inches in diameter. The rather stout, pale-orange, zig-zag twigs bear pointed spines or small globular buds in the axils of the leaves. The trunk, which may attain a dia- meter of more than 2 feet, is covered by dark-orange bark deeply fissured into broad, rounded ridges. The height of the mature tree is between 50 and 60 feet. Distribution: The Osage Orange has been ])lanted widely as a hedge tree in all kinds of situations, but its , , , . , . , , , , Fig. 71. Distribution of the Osage natural habitat is the rich bottomland Orange. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not
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