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tis ; floiil)us corymbosis ; | ed ; flowers in corymbs ; 

 capsulis turgide subglo- | capsules turgid, some- 

 bosis. Mich. Arbres fo- | what globose. 

 rest. vol. s. p. 238, 



Pursh, 1. p. 266. 



This is also a very large tree. Leaves large, the 2 lower lobes oT> 

 gcure, the 3 upper divaricate and sparingly toothed. Floivers on 

 pendttlous peduncles. Capsules turgid, uith the wings pale yellow. 

 Vruit ripening in October. 



Grows in mountainous eituatioas. Commonly called black ntaple^ 

 and in Tennessee, srigar tree? 

 Flowers in the spring. 



5. Barbatum. 



A. foliis brevjter trilo- 

 bis, serratis ; peduncuiis 

 masculis ramosis, fee mi- 



fc- 



Leaves witti 3 short 

 lobes, serrate ; peduncles 

 of the sterile flowers 



neis simplicissimis ; cap- ! branching, of the fe;tile 

 siilse alis erectis. Mich, very simple ; wings of 

 ^. p. si55. I llie capsule erect. 



Sp, pi. 4, p- 989. Pursh, I. p. 2G6. 



A small tree. Leaves small, ovate, cordate, with 3 short lobes un» 

 equally serrate, glaucous underneath and pubescent alon$; the nerves. 

 Teduncles hairy. Flowers small, pale green, sterile and fertile in- 

 termingled. Cahjx^ particularly ot the sterile flower, thickly bearded 

 on the inside. 



Grows in deep pine and cedar swamps, from New-Jersey to Caro* 



lina Pursli. 

 FIoM^ers April. 



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6. Pennsylyanicum. 



A. foliis trilobis, acuiiii- I Leaves 3 lobed, acumf- 

 Ratis, duplicato-serratis, | nale, doubly serrate, gla- 

 glabris ; racemis simpU- 1 brous ; racemes eiaiple, 

 cibus, pcndulis. Sp. pi. j pendulous. 



4. p. H89. 



Mich. 2. p. 252. 



Acer striatum, Mich. Arbres forest, 2. p. 242. Pursh, 1. p. tST. 



A small tree, scarcely exceeding the stature of a shrub. Bark 



amooth and streaked. Leaves moderately large, rounded towards tbe 



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