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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



t 2. A. tata'ricum L. The Tartarian Maple. 



Jaentification. Lin. Sp., 1495. ; Dec. Prod., I. p. 593. ; Hayne Dend.,p.209. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 648. 



Synoiiymes. E'rable de Tartarie, Pr. ; Tartarische Ahorn, Ger. ; Zarza-modon, or Locust Tree, 

 Riisi . 



Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ros., t.3. ; Tratt. Arch., 1. No. 1. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 160. ; the plate of 

 this species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v. ; our j5g-.123. ; and the figure of the leaves, of tlie natu- 

 ral size, in the plate forming p. 96. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Leaves cordate, undivided, serrated, with obsolete lobes. 

 Racemes coinpoiind, crowded, erect ; wings of fruit parallel, young ones 

 puberulous. (Don's Mill.) A low deciduous tree, native of Tartary. 

 Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1759. Flowers pale greenish yellow, 

 sometimes slightly tinged with red ; May and June. Keys brown ; ripe in 

 August. Decaying leaves reddish yellow, or brown. Naked young wood 

 brown. 



When raised from seed, the plant will come into flower in 5 or 6 years ; 

 and, in good soil, it will attain the height of 15 ft. in 10 years. According to 



125. yl*cer t.ntariciun. 



some, it will thrive in a moister soil than most others. In ornamental planta- 

 tions, it is valuable on account of the early expansion of its leaves, which 

 appear before those of almost every other kind of J^cer. 



B. Leaves S-lobcd, or trifid ; rarely 5-lobed. 

 5f 3. A. spicaVum Lam. The s\>ikeA-Jloiuered Maple. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 2. p. 381. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 593. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 648. ; Tor. and Gray, 



1. p. 246. 

 Synonymes. A. montanum Ail. JJort. Kew., 3. p. 435. ; A. pennsylvanicum Dit Hoi Harbk. t. 2. ; A. 



parviflnrura Ehrh. ; Mountain Maple, E'rable de Montagne, Fr. ; Berg Ahorn, Ger.; Acero di Mon- 



tagna, I/al. 

 E7it>ravings. Trat. Arch., No. 13. ; the plate of this species in Arb Brit., 1st. edit., vol. v. ; our 



Jig. 124. ; and the figure of the leaves, of the natural size, in the plate forming p. 9?. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves cordate, 3- or slightly 5-lobed, acuminated, pubescent 

 beneath, unequallj' and coarsely serrated. Racemes compound, erect. 

 Petals linear. Fruit smooth, with the wings rather diverging. (Don's 

 Mill.) A deciduous shrub, or small tree. Canada to Georgia. Height 

 6 ft. to 10 ft. in America; 18 ft. to 20 ft. in England. Introduced in 1750. 

 Flowers small, greenish, raceme many-flowered ; May and June. Keys 

 often reddish ; ripe in August. Decaying leaves yellowish red. Naked young 

 wood brown. 



