. 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. 720 Black Olive Tree 2 to lo cm. long, mostly sharp or taper-pointed at both ends, entire on the mar- gin, light green and smooth above, paler and sometimes hairy, with prominent yellowish midrib beneath; the leaf- stalk is stout and broad, 5 to 15 mm. long, with 2 glands at the top. The flowers, appearing at all seasons, are perfect, very small and green, in panicles of dense globular heads 10 mm. in diame- ter, on stout
. 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. 720 Black Olive Tree 2 to lo cm. long, mostly sharp or taper-pointed at both ends, entire on the mar- gin, light green and smooth above, paler and sometimes hairy, with prominent yellowish midrib beneath; the leaf- stalk is stout and broad, 5 to 15 mm. long, with 2 glands at the top. The flowers, appearing at all seasons, are perfect, very small and green, in panicles of dense globular heads 10 mm. in diame- ter, on stout, hairy stalks; the calyx-tube is funnel-shaped, about I mm. long, its lobes triangu- lar-ovate, about as long as the tube, and hairy; corolla none; sta- mens usually 5, sometimes 7 or 8, their exserted filaments elongated, anthers heart-shaped; ovary infe- rior, i-celled, 2-ovuled, style slen- der, hairy at the base and terminated by a stigmatic tip. The fruit is a globular or oval cone-like aggregation of small, flat, winged, scale-like drupes, purplish green, about 10 mm. in diameter; the seed is flattened and brown, without endosperm. The wood is hard, strong, close-grained, grayish to yellowish brown, and about the weight of water, its specific gravity being a trifle under Its chief value is for fuel and charcoal. The astringent bark is used to some extent for tanning, and in tropical medicine. The genus is usually considered monotypic, but the plant described as Cono- carpus sericea Forster, which has densely white-silky foliage, appears distinct; it grows with the typical form in Florida and the West Indies, usually shrubby. The name is Greek, in reference to the cone-Uke Fig. 659. — Buttonwood. III. BLACK OLIVE TREE GENUS BUCIDA LINNAEUS Species Bucida Buceras Linnasus Terminalia Buceras C. Wright HIS tree just enters our area by occurring on EUiott's Key, in south- em Florida, but is widely distributed in the West Indies and in Cen- tral America, reachi
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