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VIII. MAPLE SEEIES. 



The Maples ^ (fig, 418-426), with many authors constituting a dis- 

 tinot family, have regular and polygamous flowers. The calyx has 

 generally five sepals arranged in quincuncial prsefloration in the bud, 



A eer pmsylvanioum. 



Fig. 419. Flower (f). 



Fig. 420. Longitudinal section of flower. 



and the alternate petals are also imbricate, destitute of appendage. 

 The stamens, sterile in the female flower, are rarely five in 

 number, superposed to the petals, or ten, arranged on two ver- 

 ticels. Generally eight are observed, six superposed in pairs to 



^Acer. T. Inst. 616, t. 386.— L. Qen. n. 1155. 

 — Adans. Fcm. des Fl. ii. 383.— J. Oen. 261.— 

 G^BTN. Frmt. ii. 166, t. 116. — ^Lamk. Diet. ii. 

 378; Suppl. ii. 672; M. t. 844.— M(Bnoh, 

 Meth. 384.— DC. Prodr. i. 593.— Tdep. Diet. 

 Se. Nat. Atl. t. 163.— Spaoh, Am, 8e. Nat. a&x. 



2, ii. 160 ; Suit, d Buffon, iii. 84.— Endl. Gen. n. 

 6558. — Payer, Orgmpg. 124, t. 27.— A. Gkay, 

 &m. III. t. 174.— B. H. Gm. 409, n. 60.— H. 

 Bn. in Paym; Fam, Nat. 313. — Lem. et Done. 

 2V. G4n. 324. 



