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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



i 2. A. TATA'RICUM L. The Tartarian Maple. 



Identification . Lin. Sp., 1495. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 593. ; Hayne Dend.,p.209. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 648. 



Synonymes. E'rable de Tartarie, Fr. ; Tartarische Ahorn. Ger. ; Zarza-modon, or Locust Tree, 

 Rus&. 



Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ros., t.3. ; Tratt. Arch., 1. No. 1.; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 160. ; the plate of 

 this species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol.v. ; our Jig. 123. ; and the figure of the leaves, of the natu- 

 ral size, in the plate forming p. 96. 



Spec. Char.y $c. Leaves cordate, undivided, serrated, with obsolete lobes. 

 Racemes compound, crowded, erect ; wings of fruit parallel, young ones 

 puberulous. (Don's Mil/.) A low deciduous tree, native of Tartary. 

 Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1759. Flowers pale greenish yellow, 

 sometimes slightly tinged with red ; May and June. Keys brown ; ripe in 

 August. Decaying leaves reddish yellow, or brown. Naked young wood 

 brown. 

 When raised from seed, the plant will come into flower in 5 or 6 years ; 



and, in good soil, it will attain the height of 15 ft. in 10 years. According to 



125. .4Ver tataricum. 



some, it will thrive in a moister soil than most others. In ornamental planta- 

 tions, it is valuable on account of the early expansion of its leaves, which 

 appear before those of almost every other kind of A^cer. 



B. Leaves 3-lobed, or trifid ; rarely 5-lobed. 

 * 3. A. SPICA V TUM Lam. The spiked-flowered Maple. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 2. p. 381. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 593. ; Don's Mill., 1. p.648. : Tor. and Gray, 



1. p. 246. 

 Synonymes. A. montanum Ait. Hort. Kew.,3. p. 435. ; A. pennsylvanicum Du Roi Harbk. t. 2. ; A. 



parvifldrum Ehrh. ; Mountain Maple, E'rable de Montagne, Fr. ; Berg Ahorn, Ger.; Acerodi Mon- 



tagna, Hal. 



Engravings. Trat. Arch., No. 13. ; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st. edit., vol. v. ; our 

 fig. 124. ; and the figure of the leaves, of the natural size, in the plate forming p. 97. 



Spec. Char. t fyc. Leaves cordate, 3- or slightly 5-lobed, acuminated, pubescent 

 beneath, unequally and coarsely serrated. Racemes compound, erect. 

 Petals linear. Fruit smooth, with the wings rather diverging. (Don's 

 Mill.) A deciduous shrub, or small tree. Canada to Georgia. Height 

 6ft. to 10ft. in America ; 18ft. to 20ft. in England. Introduced in 1750. 

 Flowers small, greenish, raceme many-flowered ; May and June. Keys 

 often reddish ; ripe in August. Decaying leaves yellowish red. Naked young 

 wood brown. 



