. The silva of North America [microform] : a description of the tree which grow naturally in North America exclusive of Mexico. Trees; Trees; Dicotyledons; Arbres; Arbres; Dicotylédones. I'! PLATANACKVK. HILVA OF NOItril AMERICA. 99 PLATANUS. Fi,o\VKRs moiinooioiis, in doiiso unisexual hoads; sepals 3 to 6, imbricated in {Estivation ; petals and stanu-ns as many as the sepals; disk 0 ; ovary superior, 1-celled; ovule usually solitary, Nuspeuded. Fruit an ukene. Leaves alternate, stipulate, deciduous. PIstanua. Linnipu*, Orn. ."VIH (1T:t7): r'.'. â Allan- iMJii, h'lim. I'l. ii. .'177. â A
. The silva of North America [microform] : a description of the tree which grow naturally in North America exclusive of Mexico. Trees; Trees; Dicotyledons; Arbres; Arbres; Dicotylédones. I'! PLATANACKVK. HILVA OF NOItril AMERICA. 99 PLATANUS. Fi,o\VKRs moiinooioiis, in doiiso unisexual hoads; sepals 3 to 6, imbricated in {Estivation ; petals and stanu-ns as many as the sepals; disk 0 ; ovary superior, 1-celled; ovule usually solitary, Nuspeuded. Fruit an ukene. Leaves alternate, stipulate, deciduous. PIstanua. Linnipu*, Orn. ."VIH (1T:t7): r'.'. â Allan- iMJii, h'lim. I'l. ii. .'177. â A. ili- .lu'iii'U, (.'â¢ii. IIO. ââ KiiiUi.;!iar, (Jm. '.'S'J. â Meiniier, (f'li. 'Ml. â llaillon, I'l. ill. UVi. _ Bpiiiham A Hooker Gen. iii. M9fi. â NiiMlfii/.u, KifjUr A- I'riinll J'jlanzen/um. iii. jit. ii. 140. TrwH, witli watery juice, thick deeply furrowed scaly l>iirk exfoliatliijj from the iirnnphcs and young in lurfre thin plates, terete /.i;;»i|.; pithy liranciilets, infi'a|)etiiilar liiids, and lil)r)>UH roota. Buds axillary,' conical, larp*, smooth and lustrous, nearly surrounded at the hase hy the narrow leaf-scars, in which ap|H-ar a row of cons|»icuous dark lil)ro-vaseular hundle-sears ; covered liy three deciduous scales, the two inner accrescent, 8tra|)-shape(l, rounded at the apex at maturity and marking in falling the base uf the hrancli with narrow ring-like scars ; the outer scale surrounding the hud and splitting longitudi- nally with its expansion, the second light green, covered with a gunuiiv fragrant secretion, and usually inclosing a bud in its itxil,' the thin' coated with long rufous hairs. Leaves h>ngitudinally plicate in vernation, alternate, ovate, cordate, truncate, or wedge-shapfMJ anil decurrent on the petiole at the base, more or less acutely three to seven-loi)ed, and occasionally furnished with a more or less enlarged ha-sjil IoIh',' the lobes entire, dentite with remote n\inute callou
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