. 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. 242 The Hop Hornbeams base of each scale, subtended by a bract and very minute bractlets; the calyx is toothedj crowning the 2-celled ovary, which is surmounted by 2 elongated, nar- row stigmas. The scales fall away early, and the fruiting catkins are composed of the persistent bracts which become very much enlarged, about cm. long, leaf-like, and 3-lobed, the middle lobe much longer than the lateral ones and toothed
. 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. 242 The Hop Hornbeams base of each scale, subtended by a bract and very minute bractlets; the calyx is toothedj crowning the 2-celled ovary, which is surmounted by 2 elongated, nar- row stigmas. The scales fall away early, and the fruiting catkins are composed of the persistent bracts which become very much enlarged, about cm. long, leaf-like, and 3-lobed, the middle lobe much longer than the lateral ones and toothed on one edge, all three strongly veined; the nut is ovoid, somewhat flat- tened, ribbed, and about 4 mm. long. Fig. 198. — American Hornbeam, New York Botanical Garden. The tree is of slow growth but very ornamental; its leaves turn orange and scarlet in the autumn. The wood is dense, hard, and very difficult to work, so that its uses are of httle importance; it is light brown, and has a specific gravity of about n. THE HOP HORNBEAMS GENUS OSTRYA [MICHELI] SCOPOLI STRYA is the ancient appellation of the European hop hornbeam Ostrya Ostrya (Linnaeus) MacMillan. Six species are known, the three here described, one in Mexico, the typical European one, which extends into western Asia, the sixth a native of Japan. They are all small trees, with hard wood and scaly 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 perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.
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