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
=m.= Leaves once or twice pinnate; the leaflets entire.
(=s.=)
=m.= Leaves once or twice pinnate; the leaflets with
margins more or less serrate or notched. (=n.=)
=n.= Leaves irregularly once to twice, in one case three
times, pinnate. (=r.=)
=n.= Leaves regularly once pinnate. (=o.=)
=o.= Leaves less than 1 ft. long, on a small, quite
prickly plant; fruit very small pods (¼ in. long)
12. _Xanthoxylum._
=o.= Leaves less than 1 ft. long; leaflets 3 in. or less
long; fruit bright-colored, berry-like pomes in
clusters, persistent through the autumn; plant not
thorny; branches not heavy-tipped. 37. _Pyrus._
=o.= Leaves usually larger on the small tree or almost a
shrub; juice in most cases milky; branches
heavy-tipped 27. _Rhus._
=o.= Leaves 1-2 ft. long; leaflets 3 in. or more long;
fruit a bony nut with green fleshy coat; large trees.
(=q.=)
=o.= Leaves very large, 2 ft. or more long on the
rapid-growing branches; branches heavy-tipped; odor
of bruised leaves quite strong; leaflets 15 or more
in number; large trees; juice not milky. (=p.=)
=p.= Leaflets with 1-3 glandular notches at the base 17. _Ailanthus._
=p.= Leaflets entire at base, but very slightly serrate near
the tip 16. _Cedrela._
=q.= Coat of fruit more or less dehiscent into 4 valves;
nut smoothish; leaflets, except in one species, not
over 11 in number, usually 5-7 82. _Carya._
=q.= Coat of fruit not regularly dehiscent; nut, in the
wild species, rough-coated; leaflets, except in a
cultivated species, over 11 in number 81. _Juglans._
=r.= Leaves quite regularly twice odd-pinnate; leaflets
about 1 in. long; juice not milky; fruit rounded
berries in large clusters; plant not prickly;
branchlets not heavy-tipped 15. _Melia._
=r.= Leaves once to twice irregularly odd-pinnate; the
leaflets very irregularly and coarsely toothed; a
small, round-headed tree with bladdery pods 24. _Koelreuteria._
=r.= Leaves irregularly about twice odd-pinnate; the
leaflets lanceolate; quite a low plant with few
heavy-tipped branches; plant without prickles 27. _Rhus._
=r.= Leaves 2 (sometimes 3) times odd-pinnate; tree-stem
with prickles; small tree or shrub, with few branches
44. _Aralia._
=r.= Leaves once to twice abruptly pinnate; large tree with
slender-tipped branches, usually very thorny 34. _Gleditschia._
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