98 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



XXIX. SAPESTDACB^. Soapberry Family. 

 124. STAPHYLEA, Linn. (BLADDER-NUT.) 



(412.) S. trifolia, Linn. American J31adder-Nut. 



Moist or rich thickets, and river banks. St. Martin's, Quebec. 

 (^Holmes.) Frequent, from Ottawa to the Geoi-giau Bay. A beautiful 

 shrub and worthy of cultivation. 



125. OESCULUS, Linn. (HORSE-CHESTNUT,) 



(413.) (E. Hippocastanum, Linn. Horse-chestnut. 



This tree is extensively cultivated from the Atlantic to Lake Hui-on. 

 The native species have been inti-oducod in a number of places and 

 succeed well. CE. glabra, Willd. (Ohio Buckeye) is seen at Trenton 

 and Toronto, and the Eed Buckeye in Toronto and London. 



125. ACER, Tourn. (MAPLE.) 



(414.) A. Pennsylvanicum, Linn. Striped Maple. 



A. striatum, DuRoi. Pursh, 267. 



Cool, rocky, or sandy woods. Not scarce in Nova Scotia. {McKay.) 

 Eich woods, N.B. Common. {Fowler's Gat.) Very common in Quebec 

 and northern Ontario, and west to Lake Superior. 



(415.) A. spicatum, Lam. Mountain Maple. 



A. montanwm. Ait. Hook. Fl. I., 111. , 



Newfoundland. {Morrison.) Very common in damp or wet woods, 

 from Nova Scotia to the western part of Lake Winnipegosis and Eed 

 Deer Eiver and Porcupine Mountain, Man., Lat. 53°. {Macoun.) 

 James's Bay and north-westward to Island Lake, above York Factory. 

 {R. Bell.) 



(416.) A. macrophyllum, Pursh. Broad-leaved Maple. 



This species grows to a large size on Vancouver Island and in the 

 valley of the Fraser, below Yale, B.C. It is a magnificent tree and must 

 be very beautiful in cultivation. 



(417.) A. circinatum, Pursh. Vine Maple. 



Very common in the lower valley of the Fraser and on Vancouver 



