MAPLE FAMILY. 89 
Shrub or small tree. Leaflets somewhat doubly serrate, shining aboye, smooth or spme- 
what phils beneath. Flowers hn in a loose thyrsus, calyx and corolla bright red, 
Virginia, Kentucky and southw: May. 
Obs. The bruised branches of this are bee cic ry to be on wt 
to stupify fish. Several other species of the w 
s, known by 
southern State: e name of ‘Backey, ; From, tee 
of t to the eye of tha animal. These native trees, by reason 
thelr abundance, have become the popular deer of Ohio—which is 
known throughout the Nar by the cca of the Buckeye State. 
The wood of the various species is of little value. ihe seeds pine 
aitid's and narcotic ‘panes and abo in hich has been man- 
ufactured from the common Horse-chestnut in ee The roots 
yield a mucilaginous matter which is sometimes used as a substitute for 
soap in washing woollens. 
Orper XXIII. ern ee (Marie Fammty.) 
Trees d polygamo-dicecious, regular but 
often tis ilts pier # Cuapunnaetie cal poten Stamens nid ‘pelle inserted on a sae lobed 
Fruit a pair of more or less diverging. sepertble l-seeded winged keys (sa! ) 
with the outer margin thicker and obtu: Soaks w without albumen ; embryo coiled or folded 5 
cotyledons long and thin. 
1. A’CER, L. Mapte. 
[The ancient classical name of the Mapl 
Flowers polygamous. Calyx colored, 5-lobed. Petals 5 or often none. 
car oa 12. Styles 2, long and slender, united below. Ovary 2- 
celled-with 2 ovules in each cell. Fruit 2 1-seeded w inged keys. 
‘ ~lnt in pendulous racemes or pree appearing with the leaves. 
Petals 5 
1. A. Pseupo-pia’ranus, L. Leaves heertahaped dt base, 5-lobed, un- 
equally toothed ; flowers in terminal pendulous racemes ; fruit diverging. 
ap 
I yt tree = — oie acer 6 inches long, on petioles about the same 
rachis and filaments hairy ; ewe yoluniian Wrest; 
“cara and robo piers perio ‘ oy fr smooth, 
vated. Native of Europe. April. 
es Hiatal Bega, tatroinees a = an omamntal shade nip tree; butI 
der our pres gy ape. 508 e Norway Maple, decidedly 
hci notwithstanding Cowper's lines : 
$f noted pass 
mont treed we caprici attire, 
Now now tawn y, and, ere autumn yet 
Have lpasibed the woods, te eae scarlet honors bright.” 
bie this and the Plane Tree Re eS ee Sycamore ' 
ae but why, is « Sycamore ”— 
{peraps the ree which Zacomen ld) sei ef Pie 
