. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 932 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. numerous, or solitary by abortion ; compressed, membranous, winged, Alhumen present. ((?. Don.') Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous; lobed, with glandular ser- ratures at the edges. Flowers in catkins, greenish yellow. Fruit in globula
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 932 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. numerous, or solitary by abortion ; compressed, membranous, winged, Alhumen present. ((?. Don.') Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous; lobed, with glandular ser- ratures at the edges. Flowers in catkins, greenish yellow. Fruit in globular capsules, brown,—Trees, natives of Asia and North America, with beau- tiful foliage, and intense fragrance. Decaying leaves of an intense purpla Common soil, kept somewhat moist; and seeds or layers. Genus I. LIQUIDA'MBAR L. The Liquidambar. Polyandria. Lin. Syst. Monoe'cia Identlfkttiion. Lin. Gen., 1076. ; Heich., 1174.; Juss., 410. Synonymes. Altingid Noronh.; Liquidambar, Fr.; Ambarbaum, Ger. Derivation. ,From liquidus, liquid, and ambar, amber ; the plants exuding a liquid gum. Gen. Char,, Sfc. See Ord. Char. 2 1. L. Styraci'flua L. The Sweet-Gum Liquidambar. Identification. Lin. Sp., 1418. ; Michx. Arb., 3. p. 194.; N. Du Ham., 2. p. 42. Synonymes. LiquidSmbar ferbor PluJc. Aim. 224. t. 42. f. 6. ; ^t^rax A'QGris f61io Rail Hist. 1481. Liquidambar resineux, Copalme de TAmerique, Liquidambar Copal, Fr.; Fliessender Ambarbaum Ger.; Storace liquida, Ital. Engravings. Du Ham. Arb., 1. j Michx. Arb., 3. t. 4.; the plates of this tree in Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol. viii.; and our Jig. 1738. Spec. Char., S)-c. Leaves palmately lobed, with the sinuses at the base of the veins villose. (Willd.) A deciduous tree. North America, middle, western, and southern States. Height 30 ft. to 50 ft. Introduced in 1681. Flowers greenish yellow ; March and April. Fruit brown ; ripe in October. The liquidambar generally forms a branching tree, having very much the appearance of a mapl
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