Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) 2nd ed.Sargent, Charles Sprague
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) 2nd ed.
Sargent, Charles Sprague
Trees -- North America
V. Salicaceæ (p. 119). Flowers diœcious, without a calyx. Fruit a
2—4-valved capsule. Leaves simple, alternate, with stipules,
deciduous.
VI. Myricaceæ (p. 163). Flowers monœcious or diœcious; fruit a dry
drupe, covered with waxy exudations; leaves simple, alternate,
resinous-punctate, persistent.
VII. Leitneriaceæ (p. 167). Flowers diœcious, the staminate without a
calyx; ovary superior; fruit a compressed oblong drupe; leaves
alternate, simple, without stipules, deciduous.
VIII. Juglandaceæ (p. 168). Flowers monœcious; fruit a nut inclosed in
an indehiscent (Juglans) or 4-valved (Carya) fleshy or woody
shell; leaves alternate, unequally pinnate without stipules,
deciduous.
IX. Betulaceæ (p. 200). Flowers monœcious; fruit a nut at the base of
an open leaf-like involucre (Carpinus), in a sack-like
involucre (Ostrya), in the axil of a scale of an ament
(Betula), or of a woody strobile (Alnus); leaves alternate,
simple, with stipules, deciduous.
X. Fagaceæ (p. 227). Flowers monœcious; fruit a nut more or less
inclosed in a woody often spiny involucre; leaves alternate,
simple, with stipules, deciduous (_in some species of Quercus
and in Castanopsis and Lithocarpus persistent_).
Section 2. Flowers unisexual (_perfect in Ulmus_); calyx regular, the
stamens as many as its lobes and opposite them; ovary superior,
1-celled; seed 1.
XI. Ulmaceæ (p. 308). Fruit a compressed winged samara (Ulmus), a
drupe (Celtis and Trema), or nut-like (Planera), leaves
simple, alternate, with stipules, deciduous (_persistent in
Trema_).
XII. Moraceæ (p. 328). Flowers in ament-like spikes or heads; fruit
drupaceous, inclosed in the thickened calyx and united into a
compound fruit, oblong and succulent (Morus), large, dry and
globose (Toxylon), or immersed in the fleshy receptacle of the
flower (Ficus); leaves simple, alternate, with stipules,
deciduous (_persistent in Ficus_).
Section 3. Flowers usually perfect; ovary superior or partly inferior,
1—4-celled; leaves simple, persistent in the North American species.
XIII. Olacaceæ (p. 336). Calyx and corolla 4—6-lobed; ovary
1—4-celled; fruit a drupe more or less inclosed in the
enlarged disk of the flower; leaves alternate or fascicled,
without stipules.
XIV. Polygonaceæ (p. 338). Calyx 5-lobed; ovary 1-celled; fruit a
nutlet inclosed in the thickened calyx; leaves alternate,
their stipules sheathing the stems.
XV. Nyctaginaceæ (p. 340). Calyx 5-lobed; ovary 1-celled; fruit a
nutlet inclosed in the thickened calyx; leaves alternate or
opposite, without stipules.
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