WESTERN SOAPBERRY (Leaf, two-fifths natural size; [fruit], one-third natural size)
The [BARK] is broken by deep [fissures] into long narrow plates which in turn are broken on the surface into small red-brown [scales].
The LEAVES appearing in March or April, bear 4 to 9 pairs of [alternate], [opposite] or both, lance-shaped [leaflets] which are pale, yellow-green, about 2½ inches long and ½ to ⅔ inch wide. The leaves fall in autumn or early winter.
The FLOWERS are whitish, in large, dense [panicles].
The [FRUIT], round yellow berries, ½ inch in diameter, and containing dark brown seeds, ripen in September and October and fall in the spring.
The WOOD is heavy, strong, close-grained, light brown tinged with yellow. It splits easily into thin strips and is used for cotton basket and the frames of pack saddles.
AMERICAN BASSWOOD (American Linden)
Tilia americana L.
Three species of basswood are reported to grow in Texas from the Arkansas line to the Brazos River and westward to Uvalde, Kerr and Bandera Counties, usually on rich, moist soils. They are rarely over 50 feet tall and 12 inches in diameter.
The [BARK] is light brown and deeply furrowed.
