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OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Acer. 



Icon. Mich. arb. 14. Schmidt arl. ! . /. 6. Catesl. car.l. 

 t. 62. 



In low woods : Canada to Florida. Ij . April, May. 

 V. V. A middle sized tree : flowers and seeds red ; 

 commonly known under the name of Red-maple or 

 Swamp-maple. 

 dusycarpum. 2. A. foliis palmato-5-lobis faasi truncatis inaequaliter in- 

 ciso-dentalis subtus glabris glancisque, sinubus obtu- 

 sis, floribus conglomeratis, pediceliis brevissimis, ger- 

 minibus tomentosis. — IVilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 985. 



A. eriocarpum. Mich.Ji. avier. 2. p. 253. 



A. tomentosum. Hort. paris. 



Icon. Mich. arb. 13. Schmidt arb. 1. t.^. 



On the banks of livers : New England to Georgia. T^ • 

 April, May. v. v. A large tree ; flowers and seed 

 greenish-yellow ; known by the name of IVhite- or 

 Sqft-viaple. 

 larlatum. 3. A. foliis ovato-cordatis breviter trilobis inaequaliter serra- 

 tis subtus ad nervos pubescentibas glancisque, pedun- 

 culis pilosis masculis raraosis, femineis simplicibus, 

 calycibus intus barbatis, capsulae alis erectis. — Mich. 

 Ji. amer.2.p. 252. 



A. carolinianum. fFalt. Ji. car. 251. 



In deep pine and cedar swamps : New Jersey to Caro- 

 lina. Pj . April, May. v. v. A small tree j flowers 

 pale-green ; leaves small. 

 saccharinum. 4. A. foliis palmato-5-lobis basi subcordatis acuminatis si- 

 nuato-dentatis subtus glaucis, pedunculis corymbosis 

 nutantibus,— /f^i//cf. \jp pi. 4. p. 985. 



Icon. Mich. arb. 15. Schmidt arb. \.t.S. 



In low rich valleys : Canada to Pensylvania. Pj . April, 

 May. V. V. A large timber tree ; flowers yellow. 

 The sugar prepared from the sap of this tree is one 

 of the gieatest conveniences for the inhabitants of the 

 western couiitiies, is equal to any other sugar, and 

 procured with little trouble. 

 5. A. foliis palraato-5-lobis sinu clause cordatis, lobis diva- 

 ricaiis sinuato-subdentatis subtus pubescentibus, flori- 

 bus corymbosis, capsulis turgide subglobosis. — Mich, 

 arb. p. 238. 



Icon. Mich. arb. l6. 



On mountain lands : New York to Carolina. Tj . April, 

 May. V. V. This large tree produces sugar siujilar 



nigrum. 



