THE SYCAMORES 



GENUS PLATANUS, LINN. 



LARGE, ornamental, deciduous trees, with smooth limbs 

 from which whitish bark peels in irregular flakes. Leaves 

 simple, alternate, palmately lobed. Flowers monoecious in 

 pendant heads. Fruits swinging, many-seeded balls, hanging 

 all winter. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES 



A. 



Fruits solitary, rarely 2; leaves with shallow sinuses, 

 broader than long; seeds blunt. 



(P. occidentalis) SYCAMORE 



A. A. Fruits 2 to 4 on each stem; seeds pointed; leaves deeply 

 lobed, broader than long. (Exotic.) 



(P. orientalis] ORIENTAL 



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