230 



PLANE 



Platanus orientalis, L. Plane (Fig. 81). Large spread- 

 ing tree. Leaves plane or cordate at the base, deeply cut 

 into 3 5 lobes, each triangular or long and nearly lanceo- 

 late, and somewhat cut and dentate in the same way ; the 

 incisions extending about half-way in. Glabrous, but 

 densely covered with stellate hairs when young, especially 

 on the venation beneath. Petiole green, shorter than the 

 limb. Stipules connate into a leafy ring round the shoot 

 and often hanging on it. Autumn leaves leather yellow 

 to orange-brown. 



Fig. 81. Plane, Platanus orientalis , p. 230 (Ett). 



Venation pseudo-palmate, with 3 5 primaries, of 

 which the midrib is the strongest, the basals, when present, 

 being weakest : all running to the tips of the lobes. Mid- 



