POLYGAMIA MONOECIA; 6^g 



3, m- nofpermae, ala ter- v 

 minatje, 



MASC. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 5-petala. Stamina 8. 

 yftudo-pla- ACER foliis quinquelobis insqualiter ferratis, fio- 

 tanus I. ribus racemofis. Sp.pl. 1495. fGer^em. 1484./. 

 I. Du HameU arb. j. /. 36. /. i.) 



The Great Maple, or Baftard Sycomore. Ar,glis. 



Plinntrinn. Gaulis. The Plane-Tree. Scotis. 



Near houfes, and in gentlemen's plantations fre- 

 quent, but fcarcely indigenous, b • V. VI. 



This grows up to a large and lofty tree. The 

 wood is white and vein'd, the leaves divided in- 

 to five lobes, the middle one largefl: j the edges 

 notched with {harp ferratures, alternately greater 

 and fmaller; the under fides nervous, of a pale 

 green, and fometimes a little downy. The flowers 

 are of a pale green, and grow in thick clufter'd 

 pendulous fplkes. The capfules grow in pairs, 

 united at their bafe, and terminated each with z 

 broad membranaceous wing. 



The wood is fott, and ufed by turners for making 

 bowls, trenchers, and other utenfils. The knots 

 are beautifully vein'd, and defycd by the cabinec 

 maker. 



The tree itfelf is very ornamental in avenues, af- 

 fordino; an agreeable Ihade. 



By tapping it yields a liquor not unlike that of the 

 birch tree, from which the Americans make a fu- 

 gar, and the Highlanders fometimes an agreeable 

 and wholefomc wine. 



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