. 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. Southern Basswood 685 them to within 10 or 15 mm. of the base; they are 10 to 16 cm. long and i to 3 cm. wide, tapering at the base, blunt at the apex and smooth; there are 5 to 20 flowers in each cluster. The sepals are ovate-lanceo- late to lanceolate, 6 to 8 mm. long, some- what shorter than the wedge-shaped blunt pale yellow petals, which are about as long as the spatulate staminodes. The ovary is woolly and ripens in
. 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. Southern Basswood 685 them to within 10 or 15 mm. of the base; they are 10 to 16 cm. long and i to 3 cm. wide, tapering at the base, blunt at the apex and smooth; there are 5 to 20 flowers in each cluster. The sepals are ovate-lanceo- late to lanceolate, 6 to 8 mm. long, some- what shorter than the wedge-shaped blunt pale yellow petals, which are about as long as the spatulate staminodes. The ovary is woolly and ripens into an ovoid fruit 10 to 12 mm. long, often tipped by the base of the style; the broadly ovoid seed is about 5 mm. long. The wood is soft, quite tough, close- grained, hght brown or reddish, with a spe- cific gravity of about It is largely used in general carpentry, for furniture, carriages, woodenware, and in great quantities for paper pulp. The tree blossoms in May or June; it is one of the best ornamental trees for plant- ing in the northern States, its freedom from insect pests, handsome foUage, and large and fragrant flowers making it more desirable than the European Fig. 635. — American Linden. 2. SOUTHERN BASSWOOD —TiUa australis Small This medium-sized linden attains a height of 20 meters and a trunk diameter of dm. It is httle known outside of the type locality in north central Alabama, where it occurs in the higher valleys, particularly in Blount county. The twigs are rather slen- der, reddish brown, becoming darker and rougher with age. The winter buds are small and ovoid. The leaves are thin but firm, ovate to oval-ovate, 7 to 17 cm. long, obliquely heart-shaped to nearly trun- cate at the base, abruptly taper-pointed, serrate, the teeth tipped with prominent glands; the upper surface is deep green and somewhat Fig. 636. — Southern Basswood. glossy, the under side glaucous. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images
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