SAPINDACEi^ 



A deciduous shrub or small tree, 15-20 ft. ; slow in growth. 

 Introduced from Japan, 1820. Many varieties of different colours, often 

 divided into three groups : 5-lobed, 7-lobed, and much dissected. 



STRIPED MAPLE, Acer pennsylvanicum. 



Parks. The peculiarly striped bark makes this a very distinctive tree. 

 May, June. 



Flowers canary-yellow, monoecious, appearing when leaves are nearly 

 full grown ; Inflorescence a slender, drooping, terminal raceme, 4-6 ins. long ; 

 pedicels \-l in. long; Sepals linear-lanceolate to obovate, ] in. long; Petals 

 smaller, obovate ; Stamens 7-8, shorter than petals ; Ovary purplish-brown, 

 glabrous ; style stout ; stigmas spreading, recurved ; Fruit a samara, glabrous ; 

 wings thin, spreading. 



Leaxics opposite, rounded or cordate at base, 3-lobed at apex, finely 

 serrated or serratulate, acuminate, thin, membranous, ferruginous pubescence 

 when young, glabrous when old, except in axils of principal veins, pale 

 below, 5-6 ins. x 4-5 ins.; petioles stout, grooved, H-2 in. Autumn tint 

 light yellow. 



A deciduous tree, 20-30 ft. ; Branches erect ; branchlets pale greenish- 

 yellow to bright red-brown ; Trunk, and branches after 2-3 years, striped 

 with broad, pale longitudinal lines ; Bark rough ; Buds stalked, scales red ; 

 Wood light, soft, close-grained, satiny, light brown. 



Introduced from U.S.A., 1755. Known also as Moose Wood and Snake- 

 barked Maple. 



NORWAY MAPLE, Acer platanoides. 



Parks, gardens, avenues. A rapid-growing and very handsome tree, with 

 foliage resembling the Plane. April, May. 



F/ozvcrs bright yellow, appearing just before leaves, smooth ; early 



flowers mostly female, later ones males by abortion ; Inflorescence a nearly 



erect-stalked corymb-like panicle of cymes ; Stamens in males as long as 



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