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Staminate and pistillate in separate clusters. Fruit on long 

 drooping pedicels, ripening in the spring. AVings divergent 

 at maturity. 



Most abundant on low wet ground, but sometimes found 



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Fig. 44. Acer rubrum. 



growing on hillsides. Quebec, Ontaria, Florida and w^-st to 

 Iowa and Texas. 



The wood is used for furniture, flooring and finishing. 



6. Acer Drummondi Hooker and Arnot. Drummond's 

 Maple. A medium sized tree with whitish scaly bark. Leaves 

 long stalked, deep green above, whitish and wooly below, 

 3-lobed, the lobes sharp pointed, and coarsely toothed. Flow- 

 ers red, in clusters, staminate and pistillate on different trees. 

 Fruit a two-winged samara with slender pedicel and large 

 convergent wings. 



In river swamps, Georgia, Florida and Texas. 



RULAC Adams. Box Elders. 



Twigs and petioles smooth. . . . R. Negundo. 



Twigs and petioles hairy R. Texana. 



1. Rulac Negundo (L.) A. S. Hitchcock. Box Elder. A 

 medium sized tree with short trunk, widespreading branches, 



