SATINDACKvE. (SOAPBICKUY FAIMILV.) 1 1 'J 



♦ J-'lotfi'is ill tinniiKil ranini's, greenish, appearing after the leaves: stamens 6-8. 



1. A. Pennsylv^nicum, L. (Stru'kd Mai-i.k.) Ix-avcs 3-Iohe<l at 

 the ajjcx, finely iiiul sliurply doubly serrate; the short lohes taper-pointed and 

 also serrate; racmus ihoopiiKj, fixise ; pitnls olionite ; Cniit with larye divcrj^in;^ 

 win-s. (A. striatum, Loin) — Rich woixls, Maine to Wiseonsin, and south- 

 ward aloii;,' the Aile;,^hanii's to X'iri^iiiia and KcntiRky. June. — A .small and 

 slendir truu, with li;;ht-j;reeii barli stri|jed with dark lines, and ■,-reeiiish flowers 

 and Iruit. Also railed Striped IkKjinmil and Moosi- Wood. 



2. A. spicitum, Lam. (Molntain M.) Leaves downy underneath, 

 3- (or slightly .')-) lohed, coarsely serrate, the lobes taper-j)ointed ; racemes vp- 

 riijht, dense, .somewhat eonipound ; petals liiiear-sjHitiilate ; fruit with small very 

 divergent wings. (A. montanum, yl<7.) — Moist woods, with the same range 

 as No. I. June. — A tall shrui), forming clumps. 



* * F/otrrrs iiiiiJx Hiite-coripiilied, greenish-ijeUow, appearing with the leaves. 



3. A. saccharinum, Wang, j; Sugar or Rock M.) Tx-avcs 3 - S-lobed, 

 witii rounded siiiiivcs and ]ii)inted sparingly sinuate-toothed lobes, either heart- 

 sliapid or nearly truncate at the base, whitish and smooth or a little downy on 

 the veins bi'neath ; flowers from terminal leaf-bearing and lateral leafless buils, 

 'irooping on very slender hairy pedicels ; calyx hairy at the apex ; petals none ; 

 wings of the fiuit broad, slightly diverging. — Hieh woods, esjieeially north- 

 ward and along the mountains southward. April, May. — A large and hand- 

 some tree. 



Var. nigrum. (Black Sugar-M.) Leaves scarcely paler beneath, but 

 often minutely downy, the lobes wider, the sinus at the base often closed. (A. 

 nigrum, Michx.) — With the ordinary form 



# * * Flowers in umbel-lilr clusters arisiiig from separate lateral Inids, and much 

 }irccediiig tlie leaves : stamens 3-0 



4. A. dasye^rpum, Ehrhart. (White or Sii.vi.u INI.) Lmres rcrij 

 difjili/ r^-loJxd with the sinuses rather acute, silvery-white (and when young 

 downy) underneath, the divisions narrow, cut-Iobed and toothed ; flowers 

 (greenish-yellow) on short ])edieels ; petak none ; fruit ivoolli/ trhen young, with 

 large divergent wings. — Hiver-banks ; most common southward and westward. 

 March- April. — A fine ornamental tree. 



5. A. rtlbrum, L. (Ri;n or Swamp M.) Z^i'fs 3-5 /o6c</, with acute 

 sinuses, whitish underneath ; the lobes irregularly serrate and notched, lu-iite, 

 the middle one usually longest ; petals linear-ohlong ; flowers (scarlet, crimson, 

 or .sometimes yellowish) on very short ))edicels ; but the smooth fruit on pro- 

 longed drooping pedicels. — Swamps and wet woods. Ajiril. — A small tree, 

 with reddish twigs; the leaves varying greatly in shape, turning bright crini- 

 .son in early autumn. 



4. NEGUNDO, Mandi. Asn-Li:AVF.n Maplk. Box-Eldkr. 



Flowers dia'cious. Calyx minute, 4 -.5Hdeft. 'Petals none. Stamens 4 -.5. 

 Disk none. — Sterile flowers in clusters on ca))illary )>ediecls, the fertile la 

 drooping racemes, from lateral buds. Leaves pinnate, with 3 or 5 leaflets*. 

 (Name unmeaning.) 



