. 
168 ON A CHINESE MAPLE. 
inarw a. r 
angustioribus magis glanduloso-punctatis, staminibus altius connatis. 
ON A CHINESE MAPLE. 
By H. F. Hayce, Pu.D., &e. 
_ Iva small collection of eee gathered in the ens region ane 
Mr. R. Sw e d 1872 
berg’s cer trifidum, yet differs su ufficiently from the Japanese plant 
to render it desirable to characterise it as a distinct variety. 
Aver trifidum, Thunb., var. ningpoense, : innovationibus 
(etiam fructu jam maturo) densissime cinereo-pannosis, foliis adultis 
subtus glaucissimis secus nervos pilosis, samaris angulo circiter 55° 
divergentibus nucularum marginibus inferiori ll 
Jbs.—In forma typica japonensi innovationes prima evens 
tantum i folia matura ucedinis fere omnino expertia; 
Samar erect, angulum 8°—10° ad summum cp sana ee 
margines ad tnieeloree inter se angulo circiter 120° divaricati; ale 
oblonge, a basi 5 scilicet apicem coe cag eine seth satiaeen, 
marginibus arcte se invicem obtege 
The dense felting of the branchlets, the extreme glaucescenceof 
ry 
e and .4. truncatum, Bge., I do not think 
they are spe oe sopapable, According to C. ‘Koch, * Siebold 
ing near Canton o r Macao; 
: b ith the 
Boiss, & Gaill. ; a relationship not ny ht to by the distinguished 
botanist who established ed that species,t nor, 
any other writer. Except the firmer and more coriaceous leaves, and 
the somewhat t larger fruit, with a less prominent and — heh 
. t Bot. pee cee Yor. 173. Can Liquidambar ba e been. shinies en for 
this? The Chinese name for that tree is rendered Pees in Medhurst’s 
Dictionary ? 
} Boissier Diagn. pl. orient., ser. 2, v., 72; Fl. orient. i., 952. 
