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campejire 2," ACER foliis lobatis obcufis emarginatis. Sp. pL 

 1497. (Ger. em. 1484.. f. 2.J 

 '^ •" Common Maple. Angiis. 

 -*"' In woods, but not very common. We fav/ It at 

 .'•i''^; '^ Jrdmaddy^ \n Nether-Lorn^ and Sibbald^ at Rin- 

 faivnSy near Perth, h . V. VI. 



'•; It grows up to a low tree, about twelve or fifteen 

 ■'■' feet high. The bark is rough, and full of deep 

 fiflures. The leaves grow in pairs, on long foot- 

 ftalks. They are divided about half-way down 

 -'■'' ^ into three lobes, the latter ones again lubdivided 



■'■ ^^" into two lefi'er ones, and the middle one into 

 y.-.p-i'j. (hree, all of them obtufe. The flowers arc 

 ■"'■"'•' greenifli, and grow at the fummits of the 

 branches in thin loofe clufters. The young pe- 

 duncles, when broken off, are laftefcent. The 

 receptacle of the flower is fpongy, and divided 

 into eight rays, between each of which is placed 

 njiamefi' The feeds are like thofe of the pre- 

 ceding. 

 The wood is ufed by turners for the fame purpofes 

 as the foregoing, and fometimes for making 

 gun-docks. 



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?r:^id FRAXINUS. Gen. pi. 1160. '' 



HERMAPHROD. Cal. o-s. 4.partitus. Cor. o-s. 

 4-petala. Stam. 2. Pijl. i. 

 Ssnu I. lanccolatum. 



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