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polished the wood is very beautiful and used for 

 furniture, for bowls and cups, etc. The wood yields 

 excellent charcoal. The sap yields sugar. 



The names Bird's Tongue, Chats, Dog Oak, Ketty 

 Keys, Keys, Kite-keys, Kitty-keys, Maple, Maser 

 Tree, Oak, Shacklers, Whistle-wood have been 

 applied to the Field Maple. 



Long life is thought to be given to children who 

 pass through the branches, and a tree in Sussex 

 was much visited on the basis of this superstition. 

 When there was a rumour that the tree was about to 

 be felled, petitions were signed in order that the tree 

 might be left untouched. 



The fruits of the maples are called shacklers or 

 Locks-and-keys. In South Devon the tree is called 

 Elm. 



Acer campestre. — Note in Fig. 37 the foliage , with 

 five-lobedj deeply -veined leaves, and the terminal, loose 

 corymb shows the narrow petals and stamens, 



25. The Pea and Vetch Group (Summary). 



{Introductory Volume, p. S4.) 



In order to Illustrate this group, four species were 

 described in the Introductory Volume belonging to 

 the Leguminosai, namely, Broom, Melilot, Red 

 Clover, and Tufted Vetch. 



Only one other order contains a greater number of 

 species, there being some 7000 species and 440 

 genera. The order is divided into several groups. 



