. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. THE LINDENS, ETC. 47. American Linden Seed Closely related to the tree just described is a small- leaved basswood {TiUa pubescens) not over forty feet high. In this species the leaves are usually two or three inches long; they are thin, rather hairy be- neath, and the fruit " bract " is rounded at the base, not pointed or tapering as in TiUa Amer- icana; the fruit is also rounder than that of other species. This tree is common from Nevr York south and southwest. There is another native species of basswood, com • mon in the mountains of Penns
. Familiar trees and their leaves . Trees. THE LINDENS, ETC. 47. American Linden Seed Closely related to the tree just described is a small- leaved basswood {TiUa pubescens) not over forty feet high. In this species the leaves are usually two or three inches long; they are thin, rather hairy be- neath, and the fruit " bract " is rounded at the base, not pointed or tapering as in TiUa Amer- icana; the fruit is also rounder than that of other species. This tree is common from Nevr York south and southwest. There is another native species of basswood, com • mon in the mountains of Pennsylvania and in the South and Southwest as far as Tennessee, called white basswood {TiUa heterophylla). Its leaves are very large, sometimes seven inches long, smooth, oblique, deep, shiny green above, and silvery white and velvety beneath, with pur- plish veins. This tree grows to a height of from 50 to 60 feet. Although my draw- ings do not show any especial lopsidedness to the. 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 Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York : D. Appleton
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