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Leaves nearly 1 ft. broad. Carpels sometimes 3. Sap as abundant as in 

 any species, except in A. saccharinum ; the wood soft, whitish, but beautifully 

 veined. (Tor. and Gray.) This species is quite hardy in the climate of Lon- 

 don, and promises to form a most valuable addition to our ornamental, and, 

 possibly, to our timber, trees. The tree in the Hort. Soc. Garden is between 

 40 ft. and 50 ft. high, after having been thirteen years planted ; and it has 

 flowered, and ripened some seeds. 



$ 6. A. .PLATANoVDES L. The Platanus-like, or Norway, Maple. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1496. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 649. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 649. 



Synonymes. E'rable plane, or E'rable de Norvege, Fr. ; spitz Ahorn, or spitzblattriger Ahorn, 



Ger. ; Acero riccio, Ital. 



Engravings. Duh, Arb , 1. t. 10. f. 1. ; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit, vol.v. ; our 

 fig. 129. ; and Jig. 149. of the leaves, of the natural size, forming p. 104, 105. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves cordate, smooth, 5-lobed. Lobes acuminated, with a 

 few coarse acute teeth. Corymbs stalked, erectish, and, as well as the fruit, 

 smooth. Fruit with divaricated wings (Don's Mill.) A deciduous tree, 

 above the middle size. Norway to Switzerland, but not in Britain. Height 

 30ft. to 60ft, Introduced in 1683. Flowers rich yellow; April and 

 May. Keys brown ; ripe in September and October. Opening foliage and 

 flowers, in spring, of a bright yellow ; when decaying, also, of a fine yellow. 

 Naked young wood smooth, brown. 



Varieties. 



If A. p. 2 Lobelii. A. Lo- 



behz Tenore ; A. plata- 



noides Don's Mill. i. 



p. 649. (Our fig. 127. ; 



and fig. 150. of the 



leaves, of the natural 



size, in the plate forming 



p. 106.) The leaves are 



very slightly heart-shaped, 



irregularly toothed, 5- 



lobed, with the lobes 



more or less abruptly 



pointed. The bark of 



the young wood striped, 



somewhat in the manner 



of that of A. striatum ; 



by which circumstance 



the plant, in a young 



state, is readily distin- 

 guished from A. /?lata-, 



noides. A large tree, 



native of the kingdom of 



Naples, and found on 



mountains. One of the 



most beautiful acers in 



cultivation ; but very 



little known, though it 



was introduced about 



1683. There is a tree of it at Croome, above 20 ft. high, which has 



ripened seeds. 



t A. p. 3 variegdtum Hort. A. p. albo variegatum Hayne. Leaves va- 

 riegated with white. 



* A. p. 4 aureo variegdtum Hort. Leaves variegated with yellow. 



* A. p. 5 latinidtum Dec. A. p. c ispum Lauth ; Eagle's Claw, or 



Hawk's Foot Maple. (The plate of this variety in Arb. Brit., 1st 

 edit., vol. v. ; our fig. 128. ; and fig. 151 . of the leaves, of the natural 

 size, in the plate forming p. 107.) Leaves deeply and variously cut. 

 G 2 



127. ^4'cer pUtanBides Ix>bfel. 



