Trees of the Northern United States: Their Study, Description and DeterminationApgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)
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Trees of the Northern United States: Their Study, Description and Determination
Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)
Trees -- North America
=f.= Leaves broadly heart-shaped; margin entire; small tree
with abundance of red flowers in early spring; fruit a
pea-like pod. 32. _Cercis._
=f.= Leaves not as above given. (=g.=)
=g.= Leaves broadly heart-shaped, with a serrate margin
and a petiole about as long as the blade, sometimes
longer; base of leaf not oblique 4. _Idesia._
=g.= Leaves broadly heart-shaped, those on the suckers
much lobed; base not oblique; margin serrate; juice
milky; bark very tough. (=l.=)
=g.= Leaves broadly heart-shaped, with an oblique base;
margin regularly serrate; juice not milky 11. _Tilia._
=g.= Leaves slightly if at all heart-shaped at base,
usually somewhat oblique, with neither milky juice
nor lobes. (=j.=)
=g.= Leaves decidedly and quite regularly lobed. (=h.=)
=h.= Leaves with 3-5 large lobes, the margin entire or
slightly angulated. 10. _Sterculia._
=h.= Leaves star-shaped, with 5-9 pointed, serrate lobes.
(=i.=)
=h.= Leaves large, irregularly margined; leaf-stem covering
the bud; large tree 80. _Platanus._
=h.= Plant quite thorny; fruit berry-like, ending in a
conspicuous spreading calyx; small trees or shrubs with
apple-like blossoms. 38. _Cratægus._
=h.= Leaves with a tapering base; small tree, almost a
shrub, with large Hollyhock-like flowers; plant not
thorny 9. _Hibiscus._
=i.= Large tree, with fruit 1 in. in diameter, dry,
rough, hanging on a long stem 41. _Liquidambar._
=i.= Small tree with few branches and the trunk usually
quite prickly; fruit berry-like in large clusters 44. _Aralia._
=j.= Fruit small berries, with 3 flattened seeds, in
clusters in the axils of the leaves, which are
decidedly 3-ribbed from the base 21. _Hovenia._
=j.= Fruit small drupes, with 1 seed, either solitary or in
pairs in the axils of the leaves. (=k.=)
=k.= Plant without prickles; leaves decidedly oblique at
base 76. _Celtis._
=k.= Plant with prickles; leaves narrow, decidedly
3-ribbed, and 2-ranked on green twigs 22. _Zizyphus._
=l.= Fruit not very edible; leaves rough above, very hairy
below, on some of the twigs opposite 79. _Broussonetia._
=l.= Fruit edible; leaves not very hairy, never opposite 78. _Morus._
=m.= Leaves of 3 entire-edged leaflets; fruit a pea-like
pod 28. _Laburnum._
=m.= Leaves of 3 quite regularly serrate,
transparent-dotted leaflets 13. _Ptelea._
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