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Title: Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Lewis, Isaac McKinney, 1878-1943
Subjects: Trees
Publisher: Austin, University of Texas
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council - METRO

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pecies found in our area from Matagorda Bayto the Eio Grande River. HELIETTA. Tulasne. 1. Helietta parviflora Bentham. A shrub or small tree20°-25° high with erect slender trunk, ascending branches,and thin brown bark. Leaves evergreen, small, trifoliate;leaflets sessile, leathery, obovate. Flowers in axillary cymes.Fruit a samara, with wing divided into 3-4 parts. A Mexican species extending into our area at Eio GrandeCity. PTELEA L. Hop Tree. 1. Ptelea trifoliata L. Hop Tree. AYafer Ash. A shrubor sometimes a small round topped tree 20° high Avith smooth,gray, bitter bark. Leaves deciduous, alternate, trifoliate;leaflets sessile, taper pointed, strong scented when bruised.Flowers greenish white in terminal cymes. Fruit a 2-seededbroad winged samara. Ontario to Florida, Minnesota, Texas, New Mexico, Colo-rado and northern Mexico. There is a wide range of varia-bility in the shape and size of the leaves of the species. Fre-quently cultivated for ornament. The Trees of Texas ll>7
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rig. 39. Ptelea Irifoliata. SIMARUBACEAE De Condolle. Ailanthus Desfontaines. 1. Ailanthus glandulosa Desf. Tree of Heaven. A largerapidly growing- tree with thin pale bark, marked with largelenticels. Leaves large, unequally pinnate, ill-scented, leaf-lets 13-41, short stalked, pointed, notched at base with greenglands on the under side of the teeth. Flowers greenishwhite in large panicels. . Fruit a linear, curved samara withthe seed in the middle. A Chinese tree naturalized and fre-quently planted for ornament. It sprouts freely from theroots and becomes a ))est in sonu^ localities. 128 Bulletin of the Vniversity of Texas MELIACEAE A^entenat. The Mahoganj^ Famih\Melia L. China Tree. Trees with alternate mostly bipinnate leaves, perfect flow-ers in much branched, axillary panicles and large clusters ofglobose yellow drupes which remain on the tree after theleaves have fallen. 1. Melia Azedaracli L. China Tree. Pride of India. Amedium sized tree 40°-50° high with smooth twigs and f

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