S98 OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. acer, 



to Carolina. It is rare near the sea-coast, and is not found on 

 the Hudson below the Highlands. May. 



Moons-wood. — Strified Maple. 



7. A. rnontanum -^i t. : leaves somewhat 5-lobed, acute, 

 dentate, pubescent beneath ; racemes compound, erect. 

 Alt. KeioAW.^. ^Z5. /r^Hf?. S/;ec. IV. p. 988. Mich, 

 i^/. II. p. 253. Pwr5/i F/. 1. p. 267. E 1 1 i o 1 1 Sk. \. ^. 

 452. A. pennsylvanicwn Du Roi harbk. I. p. 22. t. 1. 

 Wang. A.ner. t. 12. L 30. 



A shrub 6 — 10 feet hisjh. Leaves small, cordate at the bascj 

 somewhat rugose, 5-lobcd, with the inferior lobes indistinct ; 

 teeth acuminate. Racemes numerous, terminal, more or less 

 compound, always erect. Flowers small, greenish. Cqlyx 

 5-cleft; segments oblong. Pe^c/s 5, linear-oblong. Stamens 



8. Styles 2, spreading. Fruit small ; wings arcuate, dilated. 

 Hab. On mountains; not uncommon. New-England to Caro- 

 lina. May. 



\ Flowers dioecious. Calyx minute^ 5-toof/ied- Petals 0. Sta- 

 mens 5 ,- anthers linear, sessile, acuminate. Samara as in 

 Acer. — Negundium R af. 



8. A. Negxindo L. : leaves pinnate and ternate, unequally 

 serrate. Wi 1 1 d. Spec. IV. p. 992. Mi c h. Fl. H. p. 253. 

 Mich.f. Arb, II p. 247. t. 18. Pursh Fl. I. p. 268. 

 Gron, Virg. 154. Wang. Amer. 30. t. 12. f. 29. Pluk, 

 Aim. t. 123. f. 45. Negundo Jraxinifolium JSf u 1 1. Gen. I. 

 p. 253. 



A large tree, with spreading irregular branches. Leaves pinnate ; 

 leaflets 5 — 7, sometimes ternate, ovate, acuminate, pn short pe- 

 tioles, with a Few coarse remote teeth. Racemes pendulous, 

 simple, 8 — 10 flowered ; pedicels filiform, an inch or more in 

 length. Flowers greenish, with oblong-obovate, somewhat 

 connivent wings. 



Hab. On the banks of rivers. Pennsylvania. Mu hlenber g. 

 April. Box-Elder. — 4ah-leaved Mafile. 



This species differs considerably in habit from the preced- 

 ing, and has, by several Botanists, been proposed as a distinct 

 genus. The fruit, however, is exactly that of Acer. 



273. DIRCA. L, 



Calyx 0. Coro//a tubular ; border obsolete. Sta- 

 ?nens unequal, exsertedo Berry 1-seeded. Gen. pi. 

 665. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 253. J u s s. p. 77. Lam. 

 III. t, 293. Nat. Ord. Th ym e l e^ Ju s s. 



Leather-wood. 



