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Sto caricando le informazioni... Field book of American trees and shrubs : a concise description of the character and color of species common throughout the United States, together with maps showing their general distributiondi F. Schuyler Mathews
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...broadly ovate, extremely variable 15-3 inches long, asymmetrical, the larger leaves similar to Hamamelis with an undulating ' Vide Shrubs of N. E. America, pg. 120, Chas. S. Newhall. WITCH HAZEL FAMILY. Hamamelldaceae edge or with coarse dull teeth, the smaller leaves obovate with an undulating or coarse-toothed apex, and a rounded base scarcely asymmetrical, pale and soft hairy beneath. The fine white flowers in beautiful, pomponlike, terminal clusters 1-2 inches long; stamens slender protruding, white, rarely pale pink. April. The seed-capsule somewhat similar to that of Hamamelis about J inch long, ovate, two-lobed, each lobe with 2 short beaks. In sandy pine lands or low wet ground from Va. to Ga. Fothergilla major is a similar, taller shrub with ascending, thickly clustered stems, 10-12 feet high. The leaves larger, 2-4 inches long. The similar flowerclusters often 2j inches long, the seed-capsule larger. On mountain slopes from N. C. and S. C. to Ala. A beautiful tree commonly 45-60 and Sweet Gum occasionally 140 feet high, with a trunk Liquidambar diameter of 4-6 feet, the stem usually Bilsted continuing to the rounded crown, the Liquidambar slender branches wide-spreading, ho: i-Styraciflua zontal below, ascending at an angle of about 45 above, forming a broadly ovoid figure. Bark gray brown, deeply and perpendicularly furrowed into broad, flat, scaly ridges, the branches frequently set with corklike ridges. The leaves deep glossy green, 3-5 inches broad, radiately five-pointed (rarely seven), finely round-toothed, the general outline star-shaped, but cut nearly square or shallowly heart-shaped at the base; the stem long and slender. Fragrant when crushed, turning deep yellow, rich red, and dark maroon in autumn. The flowers in an erect or nodding ca.. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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