. 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. The light gray bark is smooth or nearly so. The young twigs are gray-brown or somewhat reddish, smooth and round. The buds are veiy sticky, dark brown and pointed. The leaves usually have either 5 or 7 leaflets, rarely only 4; the leaf-stalks are grooved and from 4 to 12 cm. long; the leaflets are lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 5 to 15 cm. long, somewhat hairy when yoimg, pointed, smooth or nearly so when old, very fine
. 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. The light gray bark is smooth or nearly so. The young twigs are gray-brown or somewhat reddish, smooth and round. The buds are veiy sticky, dark brown and pointed. The leaves usually have either 5 or 7 leaflets, rarely only 4; the leaf-stalks are grooved and from 4 to 12 cm. long; the leaflets are lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 5 to 15 cm. long, somewhat hairy when yoimg, pointed, smooth or nearly so when old, very finely toothed, dark green on the upper surface, pale green and with the veins rather conspicuous on the under side, the base usually imequal-sided and varying from narrowed to somewhat heart-shaped. The dense flower-clusters are long-stalked, i to 2 dm. long, about 6 cm. thick, their branches, the short flower-stalks and the calyx finely and densely hairy; the flowers open from May to July; the calyx is nar- rowly bell-shaped, 6 to 8 mm. long, its lobes some- times toothed; the petals are white or pale pink, , about 2 cm. long, oblong and bluntish; the S or 7 stamens are nearly twice as long as the petals, their Fig. 612. â California Buckeye, j-, ^ ..i. i. _l ^i. filaments very narrow, the short anthers orange; the ovary is very hairy. The fruit is smooth, nearly pear-shaped, short-stalked, usually oblique, 8 cm. long or less, its valves thin; it generally contains but one seed. The wood is nearly white, dense but soft; its specific gravity is about The tree has been considerably planted in California for ornament, as well as in Europe; its leaves fall early in the season, often soon after the time of flowering. The seeds are roasted by the Indians, soaked in water, which removes the poisonous principle contained in them when fresh, and are then used as food. 4. SOUTHERN BUCKEYE ^sculus austrina Small This small tree or shrub has been confused with both the Sweet buck
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