1 12 ACERINE.-If 



a point, maple-wood having been used for spears or other pointed 

 instruments.) 



I.* .-4. Psci'idii-pldtaiiiii (Cirealer Alaple or Sycamore). — A large 

 and handsome tree, introduced into England before the fourteenth 

 century, and no\Y completely natuialised ; leaves 4 — S in. across, 5- 



lobud, unei|ually serrate ; ratei/ies penduloirs ; ('iw-]' hairy ; u'/ngs 

 of samara scimitar-shaped, divergent, each i], in. long. The name 

 Sycamore is due to an erroneous identification of this tree with 

 Ficiis Sycombrus, the Mulberry- or Sycamore-Fig of Palestine. — 

 Woods. — Fl. May, June. 



2. A. cainplstri- (Common or HedgeiMaple), a small tree, with 



