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12 A. CAMPE'STRE (Lin. spec. 1497.) leaves cordate, with 5 

 toothed lobes ; racemes erect ; wings of fruit much divaricated. 

 T? . H. Native of Europe in hedges and coppices ; plentiful in 

 Britain and Tauria. Smith, engl. hot. t. 304. The leaves are 

 small. The flowers are greenish. We meet with high enco- 

 miums on the wood of this tree among the ancients ; and Virgil 

 introduces Evander sitting on a maple throne. It was chiefly 

 valued among them for the firmness of its grain. The timber 

 is far superior to that of the Beech for all the uses of the turner ; 

 particularly for dishes, trenchers, and bowls, and when it abounds 

 in knots, as it very frequently does, it is highly esteemed by the 

 joiners for inlaying, &c. On account also of the lightness of 

 the wood, it is often used by musical instrument makers ; from 

 its hardness for gun-stocks ; formerly in great request for tables ; 

 but the principal value of the tree is for underwood, it is of 

 quick growth and affords good fuel. 



Far. a, hebecdrpum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 594.) fruit clothed with 

 velvety pubescence. A. camp^stre, Wallr. in litt. Tratt. arch. 

 1. no. 7. with a figure. A. molle, Opiz. 



Var. j3, colllnum (Wallr. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 594.) fruit 

 smooth ; lobes of leaves obtuse ; flowers smaller, fj . H. Na- 

 tive of France. A. aflfine and A. macrocarpum, Opiz. 



Var. y, Austriacum (Tratt. arch. 1. no. 6. with a figure) fruit 

 smooth ; lobes of leaves somewhat acuminated ; flowers larger. 

 1y . H. Native of Austria, Podolia, and Tauria. 



Common or Field Maple. Fl. May, July. Brit. Tr. 20 ft. 



2. Flowers corymbose or in fascicles. 

 * Leaves 3-lobed. 



13 A. OBTUSIFOLIUM (Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 361.) leaves 

 rounded, bluntly 3-lobed, crenately toothletted, about the length 

 of the petioles ; fruit smooth, with the wings parallel and con- 

 nivent. Tj . H. Native of Crete on the Sphaciotic mountains. 

 A. Cretica, Tourn. cor. 43. Flowers greenish-yellow, drooping. 



Obtuse-leaved Maple. Fl. May, June. CH. ? Tree 15 ft. 



14 A. CRE'TICUM (Lin. spec. 1497.) leaves permanent, cu- 

 neated at the base, acutely 3-lobed at the top; lobes entire or 

 toothletted, lateral ones shortest ; corymbs few-flowered, erect ; 

 fruit smooth, with the wings hardly diverging. Tj . H. Native 

 of Candia on the mountains, as well as in the islands of the 

 Grecian Archipelago. Tratt. arch. 1. no. 19. with a figure. 

 Duh. arb. 1, p. 28. t. 10. f. 9. Alp. exot. 9. t. 8. Pocock. 

 orient. 197. t. 85. An evergreen shrub, with small, dark-green 

 leaves shaped like those of the ivy. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Cretan Maple. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1752. Shrub 4 feet. 



15 A. MONSPESSULA NUM (Lin. spec. 1497.) leaves cordate, 

 3-lobed ; lobes almost quite entire, equal ; corymbs few-flowered, 

 erect ; fruit smooth, with the wings hardly diverging. Tj . H. 

 Native of south and middle Europe in exposed stony places, 

 particularly in France and Italy. Tratt. arch. 1. no. 20. with a 

 figure. A. trifolium, Duh. arb. 1. t. 10. f. 8. Pluk. aim. t. 

 251. f. 3. The leaves much resemble those of the common 

 maple, but differ in being 3-lobed, and they are retained on the 

 tree much longer in the autumn. Flowers greenish-yellow. It 

 is sometimes seen only in the shape of a shrub about 10 feet 

 high, sometimes a tree of 20 feet high, but at last attains a 

 great height. 



Montpelier Maple. Fl. May. Clt. 1 739. Tree 20 feet. 



16 A. IBE'RICUM (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 447.) leaves shining, 

 glaucous beneath, bluntly 3-lobed ; lobes furnished with 1 or 2 

 teeth, lateral ones marked with the middle nerve to the insertion 

 of the petiole ; petioles a little' shorter than the leaves. P? . H. 

 Native of Iberia. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Iberian Maple. Tree 20 feet. 



17 A. HETEROPHY'LLUM (Willd. arb. 10. t. 1. f. 1.) leaves 



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evergreen, ovate, entire, and 3-lobed, obsoletely serrated, smooth. 

 Jj . H. Native of the Levant. A. sempervirens, Lin. mant. 

 128. Leaves small, dark-green. Flowers greenish-yellow. 

 Variable-leaved Maple. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1759. Sh.4ft. 



1 8 A. BARBA'TUM (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 252.) leaves 

 ovate, somewhat cordate, with 3 short, unequal, serrated lobes, 

 glaucous beneath ; corymbs sessile, those of the female flowers 

 with simple pedicels, those of the male flowers with branched 

 pedicels ; calyxes bearded on the inside ; fruit smooth, with the 

 wings hardly diverging. Tj . H. Native of North America 

 from New York to Carolina in humid pine-barrens. A. Caro- 

 linianum, Walt. fl. car. 251. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Bearded-calyxed Maple. Tree 20 feet. 



19 A. PARVIIOLIUM (Tauch. in flora. 1829. p. 545.) leaves 

 somewhat 5-lobed and 3-lobed, obtusely toothed, same colour 

 on both sides ; corymbs many-flowered, nodding ; wings of 

 fruit erectly diverging. Tj . S. Native of the south of Europe. 

 A. Creticum, Hort. vind. Usually confounded with A. Mons- 

 pessuldnum. 



Small-leaved Maple. Tree 20 feet. 



* * Leaves 5, rarely 7, lobed. 



20 A. O'PALUS (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 436.) leaves cordate, 

 roundish, 5-lobed ; lobes obtuse, bluntly and coarsely toothed ; 

 corymbs stalked, erect ; ovaries hairy ; fruit smooth, with the 

 wings rather diverging. Tj . H. Nati ve of Italy ; plentiful about 

 Rome. A. I'talum, Lauth. ac. no. 8. A. rotundifolium, Lam. 

 diet. 3. p. 382. A. villosum, Presl. A beautiful tree with 

 large leaves, deserving the attention of ornamental planters. 

 Flowers yellowish. 



Opulus or Italian Maple. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1752. Tree 

 20 to 50 feet. 



21 A. OPULIFOLIUM (Vill. dauph. 4. p. 802.) leaves cordate, 

 roundish, 5-lobed ; lobes obtuse, bluntly and coarsely toothed ; 

 corymbs almost sessile ; ovaries and fruit smooth, with the wings 

 rather diverging. ^ . H. Native of Valais, Dauphiny, Pied- 

 mont, and Catalonia in stony places. Tratt. arch. 1. no. 13. with 

 a figure. A. Hispanicum, Pourr. act. toul. 3. p. 305. A. ver- 

 num, Reyn. A. montanum, C. Bauh. pin. 431. Flowers 

 greenish-yellow. 



Guelder-rose-leaved Maple. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1823. Sh. 8 ft. 



22 A. OBTUSA'TUM (Kit. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 984.) leaves 

 cordate, roundish, 5-lobed ; lobes bluntish, repandly-toothed, 

 velvety beneath ; corymbs pendulous ; pedicels hairy ; fruit 

 rather hairy, with the wings somewhat diverging. Tj . H. Na- 

 tive of Hungary and Croatia. Tratt. arch. 1. no. 14. with a 

 figure. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Var. ft, Neapolitanum (Ten. att. act. neap. 1819, p. 121. with 

 a figure). Tj . H. Native about Naples. 



^wn<-lobed-leaved Maple. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1825. Sh. 10ft. 



23 A. CORIA'CEUM (Bosc. ex Tauch. in bot. zeit. flora, p. 

 545.) leaves coriaceous, the same length as breadth, 3-5-lobed, 

 denticulated, smooth ; corymbs loose ; wings of fruit erectly di- 

 verging. Tj . H. Native of? 



Coriaceous-leaved Maple. Tree 20 feet. 



24 A. PLATANOIDES (Lin. spec. 1496.) leaves cordate, smooth, 

 5-lobed ; lobes acuminated, with a few coarse acute teeth ; 

 corymbs stalked, erectish, and are as well as the fruit smooth, 

 with divaricated wings. T? . H. Native of Europe in woods, 

 particularly inGermany, Switzerland, Carniolia, Styria, and Savoy. 

 Duh. arb. 1. t. 10. f. 1. Tratt. arch. 1. t. 4. Mill. ill. t. 8. 

 f. 1. Trew. sel. t. 81. A. Lobelii, Tenore. The scales of the 

 leaf-bud are spreading and reflexed. This tree grows to a large 

 size. The leaves are of a shining green, and are even larger 

 than those of the Sycamore, they are seldom eaten or defaced 

 by insects, because the tree abounds in a sharp milky juice dis- 



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