180 SYCAMORE. HORSE-CHESTNUT 



Acer Pseudo-Platan^ L. Sycamore (Figs. 82, 84, 110). 

 The absence of milky latex, the pendent racemes, the scaly, 

 not fissured, bark, and the buds distinguish it from other 

 Maples. Crown ovoid-conic to broadly pyramidal-domed, 



Fig. 83. JEsculus Hippocastanum, Horse-chestnut. Bark (Irv). 



somewhat like that of Beech, but easily distinguished by 

 opposite twigs, &c. 



Some care will have to be exercised in comparing this 

 group of truly scaly-barked trees, with those in which 



