140 roruLAii flora. 



III. ^iIAPLE Subfamily. Flowers generally polygnmoiis or dinccioii?, regular. Petals often 

 ijonc, but tlio calyx soinetinics ]ieta!-Iike. Stauiciis 4 to 12. Styles 2, uuiied below. Fruit a j)air of 

 i.i'ys u:iitod at tho bottom (Kig. 2Ud). Leaves opposite. 



Flowers clicrc'lou?, sniail and greenish: petals none: stamens 4 cr 5. Leaves pinnate, / , 



with 3 to 5 veiny loallets: twig^ green, {XL-fjiindo) Xecuxdo.''^)^ "^^^ 



Flowers polygamous or perfect. Leaves simple, palmately lobcd, {Acer} Mai'Lk. 



Buc.ceye. uEsmlus, ^ Pavia. 



All wild species at the West and South: also cultivated for ornament: flowering in late spring or 

 nimmcr. 



1. Fktid rr Ohio F-uckeye. Petals small, erect, pale yellow, shorter than tl:e curved stamens; 

 young fruit jjrickly like Ilorsechestnut; a tree. Iviver-banks, W. yE. (jlabra, 



5. £wia;T F.l'CKKYK. Petals yellow or reddish, erect, er.closing tl:e stamens; fruit smooth. yK.fiava, 

 Z. Fi:i» PucKEVE. Petals red, :ilso the tubular calyx: otherwise like the last. Shrub. yE. Pada. 

 4. t>.MAi.E-KL()\VEi;Ei> B. Leaflets Stalked ; petals white, rather spreading; stamens very long; fruit 



tniooth. ; seed eatable, not bitter, as are the others; flowers in a long raceme-like panicle. Shrub. 

 C £; cult. A paycijlora, 



Map'e. Acer. 

 r^- Flowers in terminal racemes, with petals, greenish, in late spring: stamens G to 8. 



1. STr.ii'Ei) ^LvrEE. Park green, with darker stripes; leaves large, with 3 short and tiiper-pointed 



lobes; racemes hanging. Small tree in cool wood.s; common, N. A. Peuiixyhriiiiium. 



fi. SIduntain M. Dark gray; leaves S-lobed; racemes erect ; flowers small. Shrub, N. A. spicatiuit. 



6. Gycamoiik M. An imported shade-tree, with large strongly 5-lobed leaves, and lurgo hanging 



r:icemes, flowering soon after the leaves appear. A. Pseudu-Plulanus. 



^f --c- Flowere in loose clusters, j-ellowish-grecn, appearing ■with the leaves, in spring. 



4. KonwAY ^I. An imported shade-tree, with le.ivcs resembling Sugar JI:\plc, but brighter green on 

 both sides, rour.dcr, anil with some long pointed teeth; flowers in an erect terminal corynil), with 

 petals; wings of the fruit very large, diverging. A. plalandides. 



fj. SuGAK or Pocic M. Leaves with 3 or mostly 5 long-pointed lobes, their edges entire except a 

 few coarse wavy teeth; flowers hanging on very slender hairy stalks, without petals; fruit with 

 i-athcr small wing?, ripo ia autumn. Tall tree; in rich woods, and commonly planted for shade. ; 



*■ A, s'luht'n-inum. 



^ e >*. Flowers in early spring, considerably earlier than the leaves, on short pedicels, in small 

 umbel-like clusters from lateral leafless buds: stamens genendly 5: fruit ripe and falling in early 

 Eummer. 



C White or Silver JL Leaves very deeply 5-lobed, cut and toothed, white beiieath; flowera 

 l^recnish-yellow, .-ihort-stalked, without petals ; fruit woolly when young, with very large and 

 smooth diverging wings. Tree common on river-banks, and planted for shade. A. ddsycurjniuu 



V. Ted or Soft M. Leaves wdiitish beneath, with 3 or 5 short lobes, toothed ; flowers on very 

 fhort stalks vrhich lengthen in fruit, with linear-oblong pe*^al.<, red or sometimes yellowish ; 

 Avings cf the fruit small, reddish. Wet places: a common tree. A. ruhvum 



