. 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. Seaside Alder 267 The thin, smooth bark is light brown, the young twigs green and hairy, be- coming smooth, reddish brown or gray. The buds are pointed and somewhat hairy. The leaves are mostly obovate, varying to oblong, and either blunt or pointed; they are wedge-shaped or narrowed at the base, finely toothed, 5 to 10 cm. long, firm in texture, dark green and shining above, paler, dull, and finely hairy beneath; the yel
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. 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. Seaside Alder 267 The thin, smooth bark is light brown, the young twigs green and hairy, be- coming smooth, reddish brown or gray. The buds are pointed and somewhat hairy. The leaves are mostly obovate, varying to oblong, and either blunt or pointed; they are wedge-shaped or narrowed at the base, finely toothed, 5 to 10 cm. long, firm in texture, dark green and shining above, paler, dull, and finely hairy beneath; the yellowish leaf-stalks are i to 2 cm. long, the oblong stipules very. Fig. 227. — Seaside Alder. small. The staminate catkins are clustered, dense, 6 cm. long or less; their flowers open in August or September. The ripe pistillate catkms are oval to ovoid, 2 cm. long or less, attaining their full growth in July or August of the year following the fertilization of their flowers; their scales are slightly thickened and somewhat lobed at the apex; the nut is obovate, 3 mm. long, margined but not winged., The wood is Ught brown with a specific gravity of 0.50.. 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 work.. Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.