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MAPLE 



furrows and numerous striae. Ovary glabrous. Fruit 

 pendent on long stalks, large, glabrous, with widely diver- 

 gent, broad, half-ovate somewhat reflexed wings, standing 

 out at angles of about 50 60 to the long axis of the fruit. 



Wings of fruits extended horizontally at 

 right-angles to the long aocis. 



Acer campestre, L. Maple (Fig. 116). Much smaller 

 tree than the preceding, or bush. 



Fig. 116. Maple, Acer campestre. 1, flowering shoot ; 2, male flower; 

 3, ovary and stamens on the glandular disc; 4, ovary; 5, fruit; G, buds, 

 p. 298 (Wi). 



