. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. its twigsand its appearance then, when leafless, hasgiven rise to the name Shtnip-trcc. It is con-fined in its distribution to low rich bottom-lands in company with the I^lack Walnut,Buckeye, Ked-bud, Hackberry, Slippery Elm,Honey Locust, Oaks and Hickories, but is no-where abundant. Its common name. CofTee-tree. is given to it because its seeds in eirlydays were used to some extent as a substitutefor coffee. The wood, of which a cu. ft. when abso-lutely dry weighs lbs., is heavy, s

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. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. its twigsand its appearance then, when leafless, hasgiven rise to the name Shtnip-trcc. It is con-fined in its distribution to low rich bottom-lands in company with the I^lack Walnut,Buckeye, Ked-bud, Hackberry, Slippery Elm,Honey Locust, Oaks and Hickories, but is no-where abundant. Its common name. CofTee-tree. is given to it because its seeds in eirlydays were used to some extent as a substitutefor coffee. The wood, of which a cu. ft. when abso-lutely dry weighs lbs., is heavy, strongand viTy durable, aiul is useful for posts, rail-way ties, furniture, etc- Lrnrcfi larcjo. 2-:^>-ft. long, with strong petiolesand 1()-1S pinn;p each bearing 10-14 ovate mem-braneous neai-Iy glabrous leaflets. Flnirrrs stami-nate flower-eliistevs :V() in. long; the pistillate10-112 in. Ion, with lonser pedicels. Fruit podsmostly 4-10 in. lon-i. lV?-2 in. broad, remainingclosed on the brnnchlets late into the winter withsweet pulp and seeds % in. across.^ 1. Syn. Gunnioflnihis- Caiiadcsix

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