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-PreROsPERMUM ACERIFOLIUM. MAPLE= 
LEAVED PTEROSPERMUM, 
WASP Hnai edeibdesi se 
Cla/s and Order. 
MoNnapELtpHIA DopECANDRIA, 
Generic: Characer. 
= Cal, fimplex 5-partitus. Cor. 5-petala. Stata fe eioramn, 
: Rerilia. “Cap/. lignofa 5-locularis, Sem alataa 
Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. | 
*TEROSPERMUM acerifolium ; foliis fubrotundis peltatis 
: -repando-crenatis. _ cs : Fe ae 
,TEROSPERMUM acertfolium. Willd, Sp. Pl. 3.p.729. 
ENTAPETES acerifolia ; foliis cordatis repandis. Linn, 
— Aman. Acad. 1. p. 134. Sp. Pl. 959. — 
| Reichard. 3. p. 331. Cavan. Diff. 3. 
, p. 131. %.44. Mart. Mill. Dif. 
TEROSPERMADENDRUM folio aceris, flore fru€tuque 
pe majore. Amman. Com. Petrop. 8. p. 
: 216. ¢. 16 ef 17. ee 
TELAGA wxylocarpa.. Adanfom, p. 389. Garin. frud. 2. p.245. 
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The firft mention we find of this plant is in the eighth vo- 
ume of the Peterfburgh Commentaries, by Profeflor AMMAN. _ 
y'NNus eftablifhed the genus in his Flora Zeylanica, under 
5° Dame of Penrapetes, but having afterwards admitted 
“ENTAPETES pPhenicea as a f{pecies, this name is now generally 
pplied to the latter, undoubtedly a different genus, and 
CHREBER in his edition of the Genera Plantarum, reftored, — 
*s nearly as poffible, Amman’s original name, taken from the | 
_ 'inged feed, in which he has been followed by Wittpenow 
