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Leaves nearly 1 ft. broad. Carpels sometimes 3. Sap as abundant as in 

 any species, except in A. saccharinum ; the wood soft, whitish, but beautifully 

 veined. (^Tor. and Grai/.) This species is quite hardy in the climate of Lon- 

 don, and promises to form a most valuable addition to our ornamental, and, 

 possibly, to our timber, trees. The tree in the Hort. Soc. Garden is between 

 40 ft. and 50 it. high, after having been thirteen years planted ; and it has 

 flowered, and ripened some seeds. 



3f 6. A. PLATANOi^DES L. The Platanus-like, or Norway, Maple. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1496. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 649. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 649. 



Synoiiy7nes. E'rable plane, or E'rable de Norvege, Fr. ; spitz Ahorn, or spitzblattriger Aliorn, 



Ger. ; Acero riccio, Ital. 

 Engravings. Duh. Arb., 1. t. 10. f. 1. ; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v. ; our 

 fig. 129. ; and^^. 149. of tlie leaves, of the natural size, forming p. 104, 105. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves cordate, smooth, 5-lobed. Lobes acuminated, with a 

 few coarse acute teeth. Corymbs stalked, erectish, and, as well as the fruit, 

 smooth. Fruit with divaricated wings (Don's MUl.) A deciduous tree, 

 above the middle size. Norway to Switzerland, but not in Britain. Height 

 30ft. to 60ft. Introduced in 1683. Flowers rich yellow; April and 

 May. Keys brown ; ripe in September and October. Opening foliage and 

 flowers, in spring, of a bright yellow ; when decaying, also, of a fine yellow. 

 Naked young wood smooth, brown. 



Varieties. 



1: A. p. 2 Lobeln. A. Lo- 

 belij Tenore ; A. /)lata- 

 noides Don's Jlli/l. i. 

 p. 649. (Our/g. 127. ; 

 and Jig. 150. of the 

 leaves, of the natural 

 size, in the plate forming 

 p. 106.) The leaves are 

 very slightly heart-shajied, 

 irregularly toothed, 5- 

 lobed, with the lobes 

 more or less abruptly 

 pointed. The bark of 

 the young wood striped, 

 somewhat in the mamier 

 of that of A. striatum ; 

 by which circumstance 

 the plant, in a young 

 state, is readily distin- 

 guished from A. plata- 

 noides. A large tree, 

 native of the kingdom of 

 Naples, and found on 

 mountains. One of the 

 most beautiful acers in 

 cultivation ; but very 

 little known, though it 

 was introduced about 

 1683. There is a tree of it at Croome, above 20 ft. high, which has 

 ripened seeds. 



i A. p. 3 vai'iegdtum Kort. yJ.p. albo variegatum Hayne. Leaves va- 

 riegated with white. 



t A. p. 4 aureo variegdtum Hort. Leaves variegated with yellow. 



* A. p. 5 laciniatum Dec. A. p. c Ispum Lauth ; Eagle's Claw, or 

 Hawk's Foot Maple. (The plate of this variety in Arb. Brit., 1st 

 edit.,_vol. V. ; onrfg. 128. ; and fg. 151 . of the leaves, of the natural 

 size, in the plate forming p. 107.) Leaves deeply and variously cut. 



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127. A'cei platanflides Lobilii. 



