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broad, but grow rapidly and become about twice that size. As 

 they grow older they become broader in proportion to the length. 

 The petiole is finally about 5 mm. long. The hypocotyl tapers 

 gradually to the root so that its exact limit is not easily recog- 

 nized. It reaches a length of 40 or 50 mm. 



The epicotyl is about 15 mm. long. Leaves are all alternate. 

 The first leaves are not different from those formed later. 



ACERACE^. 

 Acer negundo Linn. 



Seeds of the "box-elder" germinate in from one to two 

 weeks after sowing. The large winged pericarp is brought 

 above ground. 



The hypocotyl is 25-35 i^ini- long when the cotyledons first 

 open and does not grow longer. The cotyledons are strap- 

 shaped, sessile, entire, tri-veined ; about 30 mm. long and 5 mm. 

 broad. 



The epicotyl becomes 5-8 mm. long. Leaves are opposite. 

 The first two are ovate, acute, serrate, petiolate. Later ones 

 are tri-cleft. Usually the sixth or seventh pair and all later 

 ones are pinnately compound. 



Acer glabrum Torr. 



The seedling of the " Rocky mountain maple " resembles that 

 of A. negundo. The hypocotyl is shorter, 20 mm. long, and 

 the cotyledons about 20 mm. long, 5 mm. broad. Leaves are 

 opposite, long-petioled, ovate-cordate, the second pair somewhat 

 lobed. Later leaves are three- or five-lobed, the lobes more or 

 less acute and sharply serrate. 



Acer saccharinum Linn. 



The seeds of the " soft maple" germinate in about ten days 

 after planting. The first leaves are well developed when the 

 plant appears above ground. The cotvledons remain in the 

 soil for a time enclosed in the pericarp which eventually decays. 

 Sometimes they do not appear above ground * at all. 



The hypocotyl is stout, about 20 mm. long. The cotyledons 

 are somewhat fleshy, asymmetrical, short-petioled, bent around 



* Winkler. Kleinere morph. Mittheilungen, in Verhandl. d. Bot. Ver. d. 

 Provinz Brandenburg, 18 : 99. 1877. 



