XIII. y/CERA^CEiE: -r^'CEll. 



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I"?! .-J^cer spicatuii 



Very ornamental in autumn, from its small keys, which are fixed upon 

 slender pendulous spikes, and have their membranous wings beautifull}'^ tinged 

 with red when ripe. Michaux states that this species, grafted upon the syca- 

 more, is, like the A^cer striatum, augmented to twice its natural dimensions : 

 a fact which we have never had an opportunity of seeing verified. 



4. A. sTRiA^TUM L. The strlped-bca-ked Maple. 



125. A*cm- stviatuin. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 2. p. 3H1. ; Dec. Prod., I. p.593. ; Don's Mill.. 1. p. 648. 



Synont/iues. A. pennsylvanicura Lin. Sp. HOC, and Tor. ^ Gray, 1. p. 246. ; A canadcnse Martfi, 



