PLATE CVIII. RED MAPLE. 



1. Flowering branch, x 1. 



2. Branch with mature leaves and mature fruit, 



x J. 



3. A maple key with exposed seeds, x $. 



4. A winter branch, x J. 



5. Section of winter twig showing lenticels, a 



leaf-scar and a gaping lateral bud, natural 

 size. 



6. Section of twig showing conspicuous lenticels 



and a cluster of accessory buds, natural 

 size. 



