. 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. Paulownia Tree 831 long. The leaves are broadly ovate, entire-margined or three-lobed, finely hairy on both sides when young, nearly smooth on the upper side when old, to dm. long. The panicles of flowers are often 3 dm. long, and erect, the flowers about 6 cm. long, their stalks thick and very velvety; the calyx is deeply s-cleft with short lobes; the corolla is irregular, finely hairy outside, its tube enlarged
. 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. Paulownia Tree 831 long. The leaves are broadly ovate, entire-margined or three-lobed, finely hairy on both sides when young, nearly smooth on the upper side when old, to dm. long. The panicles of flowers are often 3 dm. long, and erect, the flowers about 6 cm. long, their stalks thick and very velvety; the calyx is deeply s-cleft with short lobes; the corolla is irregular, finely hairy outside, its tube enlarged above, its 5 lobes spreading and somewhat unequal; there are 4 stamens arranged in 2 pairs,. 757. — Paulownia Tree. one pair longer than the other, the anther-sacs widely spreading. The ovary is 2-celled with numerous ovules; the style is long, sKghtly thickened toward the summit and stigmatic on the inner side. The fruit is a large leathery capsule about 5 cm. high and cm. thick, ovoid, pointed when ripe, splitting into its cavities and releasing the striate and winged seed. The genus was named in honor of Anna Paulownia, a Russian princess. The wood is soft,, weak, coarse-grained, yellowish white, its specific gravity Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.
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