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Oxydendrum (Greek, sour tree; from the acid taste of the foliage). Also written Oxydendron. Ericaceae. Sour-wood or Sorrel-tree. Ornamental tree grown for its white flowers appearing in summer and the handsome foliage turning scarlet in autumn.

Deciduous: lvs. alternate, petioled, serrulate: fls. whitish in terminal panicles composed of 6 or more 1-sided racemes; calyx divided nearly to the base into 5 sepals valvate in bud; corolla cylindric-ovoid, puberulous, with 5 minute lobes; stamens 10; anthers linear-oblong, opening from the apex to the middle; style slightly exserted: caps, ovoid-pyramidal, 5-valved, loculicidally dehiscent, many-seeded; seeds slender, the reticulate loose seed-coat produced at the ends into slender points.—One species in E. N. Amer.

A handsome medium-sized tree with slender spreading branches, rather large, generally oblong bright green leaves turning scarlet in fall and with small white flowers, followed by small grayish capsules nearly as conspicuous as the flowers. It is hardy North and of easy culture in any moderately good soil, but rather slow in becoming established and of rather slow growth. It is useful in shrubberies, along the borders of woods, or even within the woodland, since it endures shade fairly well. Propagation is by seeds treated like those of Andromeda.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->

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