450 OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



nnnibus tomentosis. Sp. I ed umbels ; germs ft$- 

 pl. 4. p. 985. I mentose. 



This is generally a much larger tree than the preceding, and its fo- 

 liaiie, from the whiteness of the un<ler surface, is aiiii^ularlj beautiful. 

 Pfojfers sessile, of a pale yellowish colour Capsule (samara' yeU 

 lowishjwith the wings larger than those of any other of our species. 



Grows in the river swamps, in the upper and middle country, very 



abundantly. Is rarely seen within 40 miles of the ocean. 

 Flowers February 



3. Saccharinum. 



A. foliis quinquelohis 

 acuniinatis, subdentatis 

 subius pubesce 



liCaves 5 lobed, acu- 

 minate, somewhat den. 

 tate, pubescent * under 



Pursh, 1. p. £66. Mich. Arb forest. 2. p. 218. 



ymbo laxo, subnutante ; j neathjcoi'ymb loose, nod 



pedunculis pilosis. Sp. j ding ; peduncles hairy 

 pi. 4. p 



Mich. 2 



A tree, growing in favourable situations from 50—80 feet his^ 

 With a diameter of from 18—30 inches. The baik smooth and very 

 \vhite. Leaves on long footstalks, glaucous underneath, with the 

 lobes remotely toothed. Flowers both fertile and sterile, on long 

 pendulous peduncles Corona pale yellow. Capsules turgid, the 

 wings pale yell(.w. The f.uit, which in the tw© fonner species ripen 



/^,. f f *"** ^^P*^^' ^° ""* ^» tl^'S come to maturity until October- 

 (Mich.) -^ 



The value of this tree for its timber, but particularly for tlie sugar 

 obtained from its sap, is generally known. I do not know tl.at it has 



^IXt^^tV""?. '^! ?^^ ''*"^'^^'" States for this purpose, or ifit be 

 aufficientlj abundant. It is however more generally diffused, than 



m mS valuable ivnrlr i^rx ..„« f .,^_ ®^ X ^ i„ cnn. 



Michaux 



-.*.v«»«^ ui uis vAiuaoie work on our Forest trees annears to sup- 



Im^nUirbirc'T 1^^"'"^ freely on'the'declitK of ste^p 

 5'*!!-"\^°'T^'* county, Georgia. On the banks nf the Santee i 



Grows m cool, damp soils. . 



Flowers early in the spring. Su^armapU^ 



4. Nigrum. 



I^ 



A foLis palmato.q„in. | Leaves palmate, 5 lobed 

 quelobis, corda m subtus 1 pubescent uncerneath 

 pubescentibus, lol,is diva- I Cordate, lobes divaricate 



ncaus, smuato-subaenta. siu uate and sliglitly tooth 



