SAPINDACE^E 



ROUND-LEAVED MAPLE, Acer circinatum. 



Gardens. Needs a sheltered situation. April, May. 



Floxvers greenish-white, monoecious, in a terminal, stalked corymb, nodding, 

 10-20 flowers ; Sepals purple or red, oblong to obovate, acute, villous, longer 

 than petals ; Petals- cordate ; Stamens 6-8, filaments slender, exserted in males ; 

 Ovary glabrous, style divided nearly to base, stigmas exserted ; Fruit a 

 samara, smooth, carpels thick, oblong, wings widely extended, bright red when 

 young, purplish-brown when ripe. 



Leaves orbicular, cordate at base, 7-9-lobed, lobes nearly all one size, 

 sinuses not deep, but acute, serrated, glabrous, pale reddish-green at first, 

 bright green later; 3.V ins. by 3^ ins., petioles stout, grooved, clasping stem. 

 Autumn tint scarlet. 



A deciduous shrub, 5-6 ft. ; or a small tree, 20-40 ft. ; round headed ; 

 Branches spreading, contorted ; young shoots slender, frequently tinged with 

 red ; Bark thin, smooth, red-brown ; Buds obtuse, scales bright red ; Wood 

 hard, heavy, fine-grained, not strong, light brown, sometimes nearly white. 



A native of N.W. America; introduced 1826. Also known as the Vine 

 Maple. 



SILVER-LEAVED MAPLE, Acer dasycarpum. 



Parks, gardens. Soil must not be too dry. A fine handsome tree, with 

 foliage having a bluish-white or silvery bloom on the under surface. April. 



Floivers greenish, appearing before leaves, in a lateral corymb with short 

 pedicels ; Petals ; Ovary tomentose ; Fruit a samara, large, broad-winged, 

 pubescent, dropping when leaves are fully developed ; wings divaricating, 

 sometimes -l in. wide. 



Leaves palmately 5-lobed, truncate at base, recesses blunt, unequally and 

 deeply serrated, pale bluish-white underneath, rich green above, 4-0 ins. 

 long, petioles and veins on upper side crimson. Autumn tints scarlet and 



orange. 



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