OCTANDRIA. RIONOGYNIA, 4il^ 



Crrows in moist places near rivulets- Near Augusta; Bartram, 

 tn the oak lands on Colletoii*s neck, where it is said to indicate tho 

 richest soil. 



Flowers February — March — before it produces its leaves. 



Leather-wood^ Moose-w^o^. 



ACER. Gen, pl. 1590, 



Calyx 5-fidus. Petala | Calyx 5 cleft. Petak. 

 $. Samara; 2, basi unitje, 5. Samaras 3, united at 

 l-spernife, alatae* " \ base, 1 seeded, mnged. 



1. fiUBRUW. 



A. folns subqiiinquelo- | Leaves generally 5 lob- 

 bis, acutis, serratis, sub- ed, acute, serrate, glau- 

 tus glaucis ; flonbus urn- cous underneath j flowers 

 bellaiis, ercctis ; germiiii- | in umbels, erect j geriijfi 

 bus glabris. Sp. pl. 4. p. j glabrous. 



984. 



Mich. 2. p. 253. Pursh, 1, p. 265. Mich. Arbres fores. 2. p. 210^ 

 Acer Carolinianom? Walt p. 951. 



- A tree of moderate size, growing from 20 to 60 feet high, according 

 to the soil in which it is situated. Ta damp rich swamps it becomes 

 a tree of considerable magnitude: in ponds, or in soils merely damp 

 it is generally smalL In dcscenuing to the mouths of our large river* 

 it is the last tree we find in the swamps, diminishing as the soil be- 

 comes impregnated with salt, until it dwindles to a snrub, and min^* 

 ling with the Myrica ccrifera (candleberry myrtle) and Baccharis 

 balimifolia, finally disappears. It is distinguished also for its smooth 

 clouded bark, and bright scarlet flowers and fruit, that precede its 

 foliage. Lcave.s 3—5 lobed, irregularly toothed. Flowers ia small 

 .axillary clusters, polygamous. Stamens 5 — 8, irregular in their nuitt- 

 ber, as occurs, I believe, in most of the species in this genus. 



Grows in swamps, very abundantly. 



Flowers January — February. Med nutple^-ScaTUt maple. 



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2. Dasycarpum. 



A. foliis palmato-quin- [ Leaves palmate, 5 lobed 

 quelobis, acuminatis, ser- I acuminate, serrate, pu- 

 ratis, subtus pubescenti- f bescent underneath and 

 bus albo-glaucis ; floribus I glaucoUvS almost to white- 

 capitato-umbellatis : ger- [ ness ; flowers in cluster- 



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