. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 436 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. This tree is remarkable for the rapidity of its growth, its long broad leaves, and their woolly whiteness; and also for being one of the very latest trees, whether foreign or indigenous, in coming into leaf; being later than either the mulberry or
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 436 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. This tree is remarkable for the rapidity of its growth, its long broad leaves, and their woolly whiteness; and also for being one of the very latest trees, whether foreign or indigenous, in coming into leaf; being later than either the mulberry or ash. The leavfes are conspicuous, on their first expansion, for their whiteness, particularly underneath ; and in autumn, before they drop off, for their fine yellow colour. § iv. Torminaria Dec. Sect. Char., ^c. Petals spreading, flat, having short claws. Styles 2—5, connected, glabrous. Pome scarcely at all juicy, top-shaped at the base, truncate at the tip ; the sepals deciduous. Leaves angled with lobes ; in the adult state glabrous. Flowers in corymbs. The peduncles branched. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 636.) —Trees of the same general character, in regard to habit and constitution, as P. A' ¥ 24. P. torminaYis Ehrh. The gTvprng-fruiied Service Tree. Identification. Ehrh. Beitr., 6. p. 92. j Dec. Prod., 2. p. 636. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 647. Synonyines. Cratffi'gus torminMJs Lin. Sp. 681., Smith Eng. Bot. t. 298., Ft. ^B., Jacq. Fl. Ausir. t. 443. ; .S6rbus torminalis Crantz Austr. p. 85. ; the Maple-leaved Service Tree ; All- sior de Bois, Fr. ; Elzbeerbaum, Ger.; Ciavardello, or Mangiarello, Itat. Engravings. Jacq. Fl. Austr., t. 443.; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. 7i. ; and onrfig. .85. P. toirminfalis. Spec. Char., Src. Leaves cordate-ovate, feather-nerved, pinnatifidly lobed; when young, slightly downy beneath ; when adult, glabrous; the lobes acu- minate and serrated, the lowest divaricate. Seeds cartilaginous. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous tree.
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