98 aE01,0(!I(\\I- SIRVI Y OF CANADA. 



W'lX. S.\lMNnA(M-:.lv SoAi'UKUKv Family. 



124. STAPHYLEA, Linn. < BLADDER-NUT.) 



(112.) S. trifolia, I-inn. Amoric-ui Blaildor-Nut. 



Moist ov v'h'\\ lliicUets, aiul i-ivor haiik.s. >Sl. Martin's, (^)uol)oc. 

 (J/ohiu's.) Fro<iuont, from Otla\va to tho Geoi-gian Bay, A beautiful 

 shrub ami worthy of i iiilivatioii. 



125. (ESCULUS, Linn. (HORSE-CHESTNUT,) 



(4l;{.) (E. Hippocastanum, Linn, llorso-chostmit. 



This tree is oxtensively cuUivateil from the Atlantic to Lake Huron. 

 Tlu' native species have been introduced in a iimnber of places and 

 succeed well. <lv <;lal)ra, Willd. (Ohio Buckeye) is seen at Trenton 

 and Toronto, and the lied iJuckej^e in Toronto and London. 



125. ACER, Tourn. (MAPLE.) 

 (■411.) A. Pennsylvanicum, Linn. Striped Maple. 



.1. .<>lrialiuii, DuRoi. Pursli, 2G7. 



Cool, rocky, or sandy woods. Not scarce in Nova Scotia. {McKay.') 

 Eich woods, N.B, Common, (Folder's Cat.) Very common in Quebec 

 and northern Ontario, and west to Lake Superior. 



(415.) A. spicatum, Lam. Mountain Maple. 

 A. montanum. Ait. Hook. Fl. I., 111. 



Newfoundland. (Jforrison.) Very common in damp or wet woods, 

 from Nova Scotia to the w^estero part of Lake Winnipegosis and Eed 

 Deer Eivcr and Porcupine Mountain, Man., Lat. 53°. (Macoun.) 

 James's Bay and north-westward to Island Lake, above York Factory. 

 (R. Bell.) 



(416.) A. macrophyllum, Pursh. Broad-leaved Maple. 



This species grows to a large size on Vancouver Island and in the 

 valley of the Fi-aser, below Yale, B.C. It is a magnificent tree and must 

 be very beautiful in cultivation. 



(417.) A. circinatum, Pursh. Vine Maple. 



Very common in the lower valley of the Fraser and on Vancouver 



