A. Pistillate flowers 



B. Staminate flowers 



C. I-Jiiit of previous jear 



THE SYCAMORE (Platanus occidentalis) 



The broad leaf is strongly veined and toothed, yellow green with a pale lining. Its petiole has a conical hollow base whic 

 protects and conceals the growing bud. Winter shows the hud and its encircling leaf scar. The flowers are in heads, staminatj 

 dark red, lateral ; pistillate greenish red and terminal. They open in May with the new leaves. The stipules form a sheat 

 with a leaf-like frill around the top. The seed balls dangle on flexible stems. A central, bony cone is covered with dart-lil 

 seeds, each flying away on a hairy parachute. Sycamore bark is reddish brown on the lower part of the trunk, and brokei 



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