. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 668 Cupania number about 8, and have filiform fila- ments, those of the staminate flowers about as long as the petals, those of pistillate flowers shorter; the ovaiy is 3-celled, somewhat 3-lobed, with 2 ovules in each cavity; the style is short and the knob-hke stigma turned to one side. The fruits are ovoid, black, 5 to 7 mm. long, the flesh thin, the pit thick- shelled, containing one seed. The wood is dark brown, hard
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 668 Cupania number about 8, and have filiform fila- ments, those of the staminate flowers about as long as the petals, those of pistillate flowers shorter; the ovaiy is 3-celled, somewhat 3-lobed, with 2 ovules in each cavity; the style is short and the knob-hke stigma turned to one side. The fruits are ovoid, black, 5 to 7 mm. long, the flesh thin, the pit thick- shelled, containing one seed. The wood is dark brown, hard, strong, and durable; its specific gravity is about , and is used for fence- posts and tool-handles. The name Hypelate was taken up for this tree by P. Browne in his work on the plants of Jamaica; it is the ancient Greek name for the Butcher's broom of Europe (Ruscus), which this tree little resembles, Fig. 620. — White Ironwood. I'm^ IV. CUPANIA GENUS CXJPANIA [PLUMIER] LINN^US Species Cupania glabra Swartz JBOUT 35 species of Cupania are known, all trees and shrubs, natives of tropical America. They have un- equally pinnate leaves, with toothed leaf- lets and no stipules; the flowers are very small, regular, polygamous or dioecious, and are borne in large axillary clusters; the fruit is a 3-lobed, 3-celled leathery capsule, usually containing 3 seeds; Cu- pania americana Linnaeus, a common tree of Haiti, Cuba, and Porto Rico, is the type of the genus. Cupania glabra is known in the United States only from Pine Key, south- em Florida, where it was collected many years ago by Blodgett, and has not since been observed there. It is common in Cuba and Jamaica and occurs also in Fig. 621. — Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, Joh
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