. The North American sylva, or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux [microform] : and containing all the forest trees discovered in the Rocky Mountains, the territory of Oregon, down to the shores of the Pacific, and into the confines of California, as well as in various parts of the United States ; illustrated by 121 colored plates. Trees; Botany; Arbres; Botanique. if: .1. <r 'HI III!) ill â I. ii -rr 11 1 1 1 I ^ 1'' n â 1 991 i '''' ' :i ' 1 ?'"' i 4 i â :' 4 1 'i 1 ' 1 1 I iiF If t 1 11 i 1
. The North American sylva, or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux [microform] : and containing all the forest trees discovered in the Rocky Mountains, the territory of Oregon, down to the shores of the Pacific, and into the confines of California, as well as in various parts of the United States ; illustrated by 121 colored plates. Trees; Botany; Arbres; Botanique. if: .1. <r 'HI III!) ill â I. ii -rr 11 1 1 1 I ^ 1'' n â 1 991 i '''' ' :i ' 1 ?'"' i 4 i â :' 4 1 'i 1 ' 1 1 I iiF If t 1 11 i 166 HOLLY-LEAVED CHERRY. Tins is a small tree of Upper California, round Santa Barbara attaining the height of twelve to twenty feet, and chiefly affect- ing dry and elevated hill-sides within the mountain range. The bark is gray and somewhat rough; the wood is reddish, tough, and close-grained. The leaves, which are rigid, shining, and evergreen, look entirely like those of the Holly; they are broadly oval, pointed, somewhat heart-shaped at the base, very smooth and shining above and elegantly reticulated, often undulated, and with sharp pungent serratures. The racemes of flowei's are erect, somewhat crowded; the flowers white and small, on short Ijetioles; the petals rounded and short; the calyx hemispherical, with short triangular teeth. The stamens seated near to the summit of the calyx; the stigma simple and obtuse. This tree, from its remarkable and elegant appearance, is well worth cultivating as an ornament, and in its qualities ranks with the true Laurels. The fruit is rather large, dark purple, bitter, and astringent. PLATE XLVII. ' A branch of the natural size. a. The chemj. b, Thejiower. The Laurel, [Pnams Lanro-Cevafus,) now so generally culti- vated in Europe, was brought from Asia Minor. LucuUus, al'ter conquering the King of Pontus, with whom the Romans had warred for forty years, among his other trophies, brought the Cherry from the fields of Cerasonte, and,
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