. 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. 442 ToUon The trunk is straight but short, and divided into numerous branches, the tree being round-topped; the bark is to 2 cm. thick, rather smooth, but with a few shallow fissures, light gray and somewhat aromatic; the twigs are roimd, pale- hairy at first, but eventually become smooth and red-brown. The leaves, which remain upon the plant for two or three seasons, are alternate, oblong to oblong- lanceolate, 8 to
. 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. 442 ToUon The trunk is straight but short, and divided into numerous branches, the tree being round-topped; the bark is to 2 cm. thick, rather smooth, but with a few shallow fissures, light gray and somewhat aromatic; the twigs are roimd, pale- hairy at first, but eventually become smooth and red-brown. The leaves, which remain upon the plant for two or three seasons, are alternate, oblong to oblong- lanceolate, 8 to 10 cm. long, sharply stiff-pointed, slightly rounded or wedge-shaped at the base, irregularly sharp-toothed or nearly entire, dark green and shining, vwth midrib deeply impressed above, paler and prominently net-veined beneath; the petiole is i to 2 cm. long; the minute stipules fall away early. The flowers, appearing in summer with the new foliage, are in ter- minal compound panicles 10 to 15 cm. broad, more or less leafy bracteate and very hairy; the ca- lyx-tube is hairy below, smooth above, the short lobes triangular, spreading and persistent; the 5 petals are broadly wedge-shaped, notched or irregularly toothed at the apex, smooth and white; the stamens are inserted with the pet- als in pairs opposite the calyx-. —Tollon. lobes, their filaments are awl-shaped, incurved, the anthers oblong to ovate, open- ing lengthwise; the pistil consists of 2 partly united inferior woolly carpels; the styles are terminal, distinct, enlarged at the apex into broad stigmas; ovules 2 in each cell. The pome is obovoid to oblong, red or rarely yellow, fleshy; the hol- low top is filled by white hairs; it is nearly i cm. long, mealy, astringent, and ripens in December; there is usually one seed in each cell. The wood is very hard, close-grained, and reddish brown; its specific gravity is about The brilliant, persistent fruit and dark glossy foKage should insure it a place in a
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