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AMPELIDE^. [Jjnpelopsis. 



leaves and perfect fruit glabrous. The aleB are remarkably large, broad upwards, and falcato-incurved, 

 beautifully striated, the strife running in strait parallel lines along the outer margin, and all terminating 

 towards the broad part at the inuer xoargin, 



8. A. rubrum ; foliis cordatis demum glabris subtus glaucis palmate- S-lobis, lobis acu- 

 minatis inciso-serratis, sinub^s acufe flori,bus conglomeratis pentapetalis " pentandris," 

 ovariis glabris, fructus alls subdivergentibus superne dilatatis paululum falcatis. — Linn, 

 Sp. PL p. 1496. MicL Am. v, 1. p. 253. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 1. p, 265, Elliott, Carol, v. 1. 

 p. 449. Be Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 595. BigeL FL Bost. ed. 2. p. 377. Torres/, Fl. of Un. 

 St. V. 1. p. 395. 



Hab. Throughout Canada, (^Pursh; Mrs. Sheppard; Mrs. Perdval,) to the Tallies of the Rocky 

 Mountains, and on the west side near the sources of the Columbia. Drummond. — This, the Red Maple^ so 

 called on account of its red flowers and fruit, is a large tree, whose wood is close-grained, smooth, and hard, 

 and used for various kinds of furniture. Elliott observes that " in descending the mouths of our large 

 rivers, this is the last tree we find in the swamps, diminishing as the soil becomes impregnated with salt, 

 until it dwindles to a shrub, and, mingling with the Myrica cerifera ( Candleberrt/ Myrtle) and Baccharis 

 halimifolia, finally disappears,' 



2. NEGUNDO. Mcmch. 



Flares dioici. Cal. minimus insequaliter 4-5-dentatus. Pet. 0. J Flores fasciculati, 

 pedicellis filiformibufiu, Antherm 4-5, lineares, sessiles. — $ Flores racemosl. — Folia crnn-- 



posita impari'pinnafa. DC. 



1. N. fraodnifoUum ; foliis S-foliolatis, foliolis oppositis grosse rariterque dentatis, im- 

 parl ssepius trilobo. DC. — Nutt. Gen, v. 1. p. 253. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 596. — Acer 

 Negundo. Linn. Sp. PL p. 1497, Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 253, Arb. (ed. Am.) v. 1. 1 46. Elliott^ 



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Carol. V. 1. p. 459. Torrey, Fl. of Un. St. v. 1. p. 398. 



Hab. Interior of Canada: abundant about the Red River and Saskatchawan, which latter river, in lat. 

 54°, is its most northern limit. Dr. Richardson; Douglas ; Drummond. — This is the Box Elder or Ash- 

 leaved Maple of the United States. Mr. Douglas informs me that the Cree Indians manufacture a sugar 

 from it. From Dr. Schweinitz I possess a specimen with the leaves having their two lower and the terminal 

 leaflets temate. 



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Ord. XXI. AMPELIDE^. Humh. et KuMh. 



1. AMPELOPSIS. Mich. 



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CaL subinteger. Pet. 5, (ut in File) ab apice ad basim (more Cissi) abscendentia. 

 Stam. 5. Stylus 1. Stigma capitatum. Ovarium disco non immersum, 2-4-spermum. 

 Kunth. — Genus medium inter Cissum et Vitem. 



1. A. quinquefolia ; foliis palmato-3-5-foliolatis utfinque glabris, foliolis petiolatis ob- 

 longis acuminatis mucronato-dentatis, racemis dichotomo-corymbosis, — Mich. Am. v. 1. 

 p. 160. — Hedera quinquefolia. Linn. Sp. PL p. 292. — Vitis quinquefolia Lam, — Cissus 

 hederacea. Pursh, Fl. Am, v. 1. p. 170. Elliott, Carol, v. 1. p. 305. T<yrrey, Fl. of Un. St 

 V. I. p. 266.— Vitis hederacea. Willd.— BigeL Fl. Best ed. 2. p. 93. 



Hab. Canada. Michaux. Lake Hm-on. Dr. Todd. — A well-known plant, being cultivated throughout 

 Europe under the name of Five-fingered Ivy, and employed for covering old walls and the sides of buildings, 

 and rendered beautiful in autumn by the deep red-colour of its leaves. 



