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THE STUDY OF TREES. 



Maple (Acer campestre). Flowers greenish in erect 

 racemes. Fruit in pairs broadly winged. Leaves five- 

 lobed, bluntly toothed. Bark brownish, scaly. 



Pig. 143. The Beech, showing Fruit. 



CUPULE 



Fig. 144. Beech. A, male inflorescence 

 B, male flower; C, female inflorescence 

 D, cupule with nuts. 



Sycamore (Acer pseudo-platanus) . Flowers greenish in 

 pendulous racemes. Fruit in pairs broadly winged. 



Leaves more finely toothed 

 than in Maple and larger. 

 Bark scaly, brownish grey. 



Horse - chestnut (Aesculus 

 liippocastanum) . Flowers bi- 

 sexual complete, petals white 

 with crimson markings, in 

 conspicuous erect racemes. 

 Fruit globular, splitting into 

 three valves, thick and spiny. 

 Leaves aDpear first. Leaves 

 compound, long - stalked, 

 large; leaflets of different 



sizes, five or seven usually. Bark smooth at first, becoming 



scaly. 



Pig. 145. The Sycamore. 



