ACERINE. 
12 A. CAMPE'STRE (Lin. spec. 1497.) leaves cordate, with 5 
toothed lobes; racemes erect ; wings of fruit much divaricated. 
k. H. Native of Europe in hedges and coppices; plentiful in 
Britain and Tauria. Smith, engl. bot. t. 304. The leaves are 
small, The flowers are greenish, We meet with high enco- 
miums on the wood of this tree among the ancients; and Virgil 
introduces Evander sitting on a maple throne. It was chiefly 
_ valued among them for the firmness of its grain, The timber 
is far superior to that of the Beech for all the uses of the turner ; 
particularly for dishes, trenchers, and bowls, and when it abounds 
in knots, as it very frequently does, it is highly esteemed by the 
joiners for inlaying, &c. On account also of the lightness of 
the wood, it is often used by musical instrument makers; from 
its hardness for gun-stocks ; formerly in great request for tables; 
but the principal value of the tree is for underwood, it is of 
quick growth and affords good fuel. . 
Var. a, hebecárpum (D. C. prod. 1. p.594.) fruit clothed with 
velvety pubescence. Å. campéstre, Wallr. in litt. Tratt. arch. 
l. no. 7. with a figure. A. mólle, Opiz. 
` Var. B, collìnum (Wallr. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 594.) fruit 
smoòth; lobes of leaves obtuse; flowers smaller. h. H. Na- 
tive of France. A. affíne and A. macrocárpum, Opiz. 
Var. y, Austriacum (Tratt. arch. 1. no. 6. with a figure) fruit 
smooth ; lobes of leaves somewhat acuminated ; flowers larger. 
h. H. Native of Austria, Podolia, and Tauria. 
Common or Field Maple. Fl. May, July. Brit. Tr. 20 ft. 
§ 2. Flowers corymbose or in fascicles, 
* Leaves 3-lobed. ` 
13 A. osTusiròrIum (Sibth. et Smith, fl. græc. t. 361.) leaves 
rounded, bluntly 3-lobed, crenately toothletted, about the length 
of the petioles ; fruit smooth, with the wings parallel and con- 
mvent, h.H. Native of Crete on the Sphaciotic mountains. 
A. Crética, Tourn. cor. 43. Flowers greenish-yellow, drooping. 
Obtuse-leaved Maple. FI. May, June. Clt.? Tree 15 ft. 
14 A. Cre’ticum (Lin. spec. 1497.) leaves permanent, cu- 
neated at the base, acutely 3-lobed at the top; lobes entire or 
toothletted, lateral ones shortest ; corymbs few-flowered, erect ; 
fruit smooth, with the wings hardly diverging. kh.H. Native 
of Candia on the mountains, as well as in the islands of the 
recian Archipelago. Tratt. arch. I. no. 19. with a figure. 
uh. arb, 1, p- 28. t. 10. f. 9.—Alp. exot. 9. t. 8.—Pocock. 
Orient. 197. t. 85. An evergreen shrub, with small, dark-green 
“aves shaped like those of the ivy. Flowers greenish-yellow. 
Cretan Maple. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1752. Shrub 4 feet. 
3 15 A. MONSPESSULA NUM (Lin. spec. 1497.) leaves cordate, 
‘lobed ; lobes almost quite entire, equal; corymbs few-flowered, 
Veet ; fruit smooth, with the wings hardly diverging. k. H. 
ative of south and middle Europe in exposed stony places; 
particularly in France and Italy. Tratt. arch. 1. no. 20. with a 
gure. A. trifdlium, Duh. arb. 1. t. 10. f. 8.—Pluk. alm, t. 
51l. f. 3. The leaves much resemble those of the common 
pable, but differ in being 3-lobed, and they are retained on the 
ig ouch longer in the autumn. Flowers greenish-yellow. It 
Sometimes seen only in the shape of a shrub about 10 feet 
gù, sometimes a tree of 20 feet high, but at last attains a 
Breat height. 
Montpelier Maple. Fl. May. Clt. 1739. Tree 20 feet., 
ae A. Ibe’ricum (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 447.) leaves shining, 
; ig beneath, bluntly 3-lobed ; lobes furnished with 1 or 2 
of th, lateral ones marked with the middle nerve to the insertion 
N the petiole ; 
ave of Iberia. Flowers greenish-yellow. 
tan Maple. Tree 20 feet. 
* HETEROPHY LLUM (Willd. arb. 10. t. 1, f. 1.) leaves 
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petioles a little shorter than the leaves. . h. H, 
I. Acer. 649 
evergreen, ovate, entire, and 3-lobed, obsoletely serrated, smooth, 
k. H. Native of the Levant. A. sempervirens, Lin. mant. 
128. Leaves small, dark-green. Flowers greenish-yellow. 
Variable-leaved Maple. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1759. Sh. 4 ft. 
J8 A. sarBa`rum (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p- 252.) leaves 
ovate, somewhat cordate, with 3 short, unequal, serrated lobes, 
glaucous beneath ; corymbs sessile, those of the female flowers 
with simple pedicels, those of the, male flowers with branched 
pedicels ; calyxes bearded on the inside ; fruit smooth, with the 
wings hardly diverging. h. H. Native of North America 
from New York to Carolina in humid pine-barrens. A. Caro- 
linianum, Walt. fl. car. 251. Flowers greenish-yellow. 
Bearded-calyxed Maple. Tree 20 feet. , 
19 A. parvirorium (Tauch. in flora. 1829. p. 545.) leaves 
somewhat 5-lobed and 3-lobed, obtusely toothed, same colour 
on both sides; corymbs many-flowered, nodding; wings of 
fruit erectly diverging. h.S. Native of the south of Europe. 
A. Créticum, Hort. vind. Usually confounded with 4. Mons- 
pessuldnum. 
Small-leaved Maple. Tree 20 feet. 
** Leaves 5, rarely 7, lobed. 
20 A. O’patus (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 436.) leaves cordate, 
roundish, 5-lobed; lobes obtuse, bluntly and coarsely toothed ; 
corymbs stalked, erect; ovaries hairy ; fruit smooth, with the 
wings rather diverging. h.H. Native ofItaly; plentiful about 
Rome. A. Italum, Lauth. ac. no. 8. A. rotundifolium, Lam. 
dict. 3. p. 382. A. villosum, Presl. A beautiful tree with 
Jarge leaves, deserving the attention of ornamental planters. 
Flowers yellowish. 
Opulus or Italian Maple. Fl. May, June. 
20 to 50 feet. 
21 A. opuzirotium (Vill. dauph. 4, p. 802.) leaves cordate, 
roundish, 5-lobed; lobes obtuse, bluntly and coarsely toothed ; 
corymbs almost sessile ; ovaries and fruit smooth, with the wings 
rather diverging. h. H. Native of Valais, Dauphiny, Pied- 
mont, and Catalonia in stony places. Tratt. arch. 1. no. 13. with 
a figure. A. Hispanicum, Pourr. act. toul. 3. p. 305. A, vér- 
num, Reyn. A. montanum, C. Bauh, pin. 431. Flowers 
greenish-yellow. 
Guelder-rose-leaved Maple. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1823. Sh. 8 ft. 
22 A. optusa‘tuM (Kit. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 984.) leaves 
cordate, roundish, 5-lobed ; lobes bluntish, repandly-toothed, 
velvety beneath; corymbs pendulous ; pedicels hairy ; fruit 
rather hairy, with the wings somewhat diverging. Rh. H. Na- 
tive of Hungary and Croatia. Tratt. arch. 1. no. 14. with a 
figure. Flowers greenish-yellow. l 
Var. B, Neapolitànum (Ten. att. act. neap. 1819. p. 121. with 
a figure). h. H. Native about Naples. 
Blunt-lobed-leaved Maple, Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1825. Sh. 10 ft. 
23 A. coriaceum (Bosc. ex Tauch. in bot. zeit. flora. p. 
545.) leaves coriaceous, the same length as breadth, 3-5-lobed, 
denticulated, smooth ; corymbs loose ; wings of fruit erectly di- 
verging. h.H. Native of? 
Coriaceous-leaved Maple. Tree 20 feet. 
24 A. PLATANOÌDES (Lin. spec. 1496.) leaves cordate, smooth, 
5-lobed ; lobes acuminated, with a few coarse acute teeth ; 
corymbs stalked, erectish, and are as well as the fruit smooth, 
with divaricated wings. h. H. Native of Europe in woods, 
particularly inGermany, Switzerland, Carniolia, Styria, and Savoy. 
Duh. arb. 1. t. 10. f. 1. Tratt. arch. 1. te 4. Mill. ill. t. 8. 
f. 1. Trew. sel. t. 81. A. Lobèlii, Tenore. The scales of the 
leaf-bud are spreading and reflexed. This tree grows to a large 
size. The leaves are of a shining green, and are even larger 
than those of the Sycamore, they are seldom eaten or defaced 
by insects, because the tree abounds in a sharp milky juice dis» 
Cit. 1752. Tree 
