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ACERACEJE. 



manufactured into sugar. (See "Forest Trees of 

 Britain/' vol. i. p. 103.) 



ACER PSEUDO-PLATANUS (Greater Maple or Sycamore). 



1. ACER (Maple). Calyx 5-cleft ; petals 5 ; capsules 

 2, each, furnished with a long wing.- (Name from the 

 Celtic ac, a point, on account of the hardness of the 



