. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 'I. PLATE LXXXIII. SWEET GUM 1. A flowering branch showiiiff iiiiiiiaturo Icavi's, (s) Htaiiiinate flowers, (p) pistilhitf flow- ers, X i. 2. A hraiirli with mature leaves, x J. 3. A spherical fruit, x J. 4. A winter twi^;, x J. 5. Section of n winter twig, enlarged. 6. Section of u hran«-li witli corky projections, X i. 169 SWEET GUM Liquidambar Styraciflua, Linnaeus OEirUS DESCRIPTION—This genua comprisea 3 Bpecles, 2 of which are found In Asia and 1 in North America. The latter Is native to a small portion of so
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 'I. PLATE LXXXIII. SWEET GUM 1. A flowering branch showiiiff iiiiiiiaturo Icavi's, (s) Htaiiiinate flowers, (p) pistilhitf flow- ers, X i. 2. A hraiirli with mature leaves, x J. 3. A spherical fruit, x J. 4. A winter twi^;, x J. 5. Section of n winter twig, enlarged. 6. Section of u hran«-li witli corky projections, X i. 169 SWEET GUM Liquidambar Styraciflua, Linnaeus OEirUS DESCRIPTION—This genua comprisea 3 Bpecles, 2 of which are found In Asia and 1 in North America. The latter Is native to a small portion of southeastern Pennsylvania. A few fossil forms are also known. The generic uame, Liquidambar, is a mongrel, the fore- part of which is of Latin origin and means li\^f'l'';;'^.^^^ 'XI aB«lM to stalk or slightly heart-shaped: margin serrate, with 5-7 sharp-pointed divisions, when mat^ bright gJ^en and "shiny above, paler below. Leaf-stalks long and round. more than 2-ranked. raised, »"«»»«% ^"^""^.J/^^^.T^^^^^^ shaped or broadly heart-shaped, with a dark surface, containing 3 circular bundle-scars which are white on the periphery and dark in the center. occur In heads borne on long stalks originating in the axils of leaves, with' sawdust-like material which consists of abortive seeds. for Circassian Walnut. DIBTnreUXSHIKa OHAKACTEEISTIC^he Sweet Gum '^^^^^^^^'^l^'^'l^'^J^L ToTd and Liquidambar. can be recognized by Us frut ^^^Jl '^'^J^^^' The corky-winged suspended on a long slender stalk. The ^'\^'''l^^ll^l^^' ^^ ^^ToaK a native species, projection, on the bark of the branches «"* «»««,f *7^f/''j^^^, J,?,\,c The ^tar-shaped leaves, and the Cork Elm. an introduced species, also ^»^« ^^^^^i'J'^^'^^Xu^ it is native only n^dlsh-brown twigs, and leaf-scars >^"^ \^«»'/""f;j;*" "^^y ^^^^^^^^ other parts, to the extreme southeastern part of the State, but rather commonly piantea BAHOI-Southem C
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