- POLYGAMIA MONOECIA. 639 



g, mi nofpermas, ala ter- 

 minate, 



MASC. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 5-petala. Stamina 8. 



ACER foliis quinquelobis insqualiter fcrratis, flo- 

 ribus racemofis. Sp, pi. 1495. (Ger.em. 1484./. 

 I. Du HameL arh. 1. i. ^. /. i.) 



The Great Maple, or Baftard Sycomore. Jnglis* 



Plinntrinn. Gaulis. The Plane-Tree. Scotis. 



Near houfes, and in gentlemen's plantations fre- 

 quent, but fcarcely indigenous, h . V. VI. 



This grows up to a large and lofty tree. The 

 wood is white and vein'd, the leaves divided in- 

 to five lobes, the middle one largeft ; the edges 

 notched with fiiarp Terratures, alternately greater 

 and fmaller; the under fides nervous, of a pale 

 green, and fometimes a little downy. The flowers 

 are of a pale green, and groW in thick clufter'd 

 pendulous fpikes. The capfules grow in pairs, 

 united at their bafe, and terminated each with 2 

 broad membranaceous wing. 



The wood is foft, and ufed by turners for making 

 bowls, trenchers, and other utenfils. The knots 

 are beautifully vein'd, and defired by the cabincc 

 maker. 



The tree itfelf is very ornamental in avenues, af- 

 fording an agreeable fhade. 



By tapping it yields a liquor not unlike that of the 

 birch- tree, from which the Americans make a fu- 

 gar, and the Highlanders fometimes an agreeable 

 and wholefomc wine, 



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