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CELASTRACE^. 



Celastrus scandens, L. Bitter-siveet. River 

 banks, shores of Lake Champlain, etc. ; June. 



EUONYMUS ATROPURPUREUS, Jacq. Buming-Biish. 

 This is common in cultivation and as it occurs na- 

 tive in Canada and New York it is not very un- 

 likely that it may yet be found growing wild in 

 Vermont. 



SAPINDACE/E. 



Staphyle.a TRIFOLIA. L. Bladder-nut. Not com- 

 mon ; rocky hills ; May. 



/ESCUFUS *iiiPPOCASTANUM, L. Horse-ckesttiut. 

 Common as a cultivated tree ; Mav. 



A" IK PF^■^s^■FVAXI(■l"M. L. A. striatum, Lam. 

 Strificii Maple. Quite common especially on hill- 

 sides ; hist of May. 



A. si'K A IFM. Lam. Moiinfaiii Maple. Common on 

 rock}' hills : last of May. 



A. sA( ( II \kiMM. L. Siii^ar Maple. ': ock Xaple. 

 ("(Miimon, especially in moist soil; last of April. 

 This species is far more abundant than either of 

 those that follow. It often forms groves of con- 

 siderable extent and, owing to the value of the 

 products obtained from it, is more carefully pro- 

 tected than an\' other of our native trees. 



A. SACCHARlXUM. var. NKiRL'.M, Gray. A. nigrum, 

 Michx. Blaek Maple. Occurs with the last but 

 is not common. 



A. DASVc AKI"l•^r, Ehrh. White Maple. River banks 

 and moist ground ; April. 



A. RUBRUM, L. Red Maple. Soft Maple. Swamps 

 and moist w oods ; common ; April. 



Negundo acerofdes, Mcench. Acer negundo, L. 

 Ash-leaved Maple. Not common ; river banks and 

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