86 TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 
Fruit often reddish, small, with the wings at about a right angle 
A rather small, somewhat spreading tree with reddish branches, 
wild in wet places and often cultivated. 
5. Acer Pseudoplatanus, L. (Syca- 
MORE-MAPLE.) Leaves thickish, cordate. 
downy beneath, with 5 rather crenately 
toothed Icbes, on long, often reddish 
petioles. Flowers in long pendulous 
racemes, appearing after the leaves. 
Fruit hanging on the tree till after the 
leaves fall-in the autumn, the wings. 
forming about a right angle. A rather 
large, spreading tree, 30 to 80 ft. high, 
with reddish-brown twigs. Cultivated; 
from Europe. Many varieties of this 
species are sold by the nurserymen; 
A. Pseidoplétenus. among them may be mentioned the Pur- 
ple-leaved, Golden-leaved, Silver-leaved, Tricolored, ete. 
6. Acer saccharinum, Wang. (€v- 
GAR OR Rock MapLe.) Leaves deeply 
.3- to 5-lobed, with rounded notches; 
lobes acute, few-toothed ; base heart- 
shaped, smooth above, glaucous be- 
neath. Flowers hanging in umbel-like 
elusters at the time the leaves are ex- 
panding in the spring. Fruit with wings 
not quite forming a right angle. A 
large (50 to 100 ft. high), very symmet- 
rieal tree, ovate in form ,with whitish- 
brown twigs. Wild throughout, and 
extensively cultivated in the streets of 
cities. A. saccharinum. 
Var. nigrum, Torr. and Gray. (Black Sugar-maple.) Leaves scarcely 
paler beneath, but often minutely downy; lobes wider. often shorter 
and entire; notch at the base often closed (the under leaf in the 
figure). Found with the-other Sugar-maple, and quite variable. 
7. Acer macrophyllum, Ph. (LARGE-LEAVED OR CALIFORNIA 
Mapte.) Leaves very large, 8 to 10 in. broad ; 5-, sometimes 7-lobed, 
with deep, rounded notches ; lobes themselves somewhat 3-lobed and 
repand-notched; pubescent beneath. Flowers yellow, inerect panicles, 
fragrant, blooming after the leaves are expanded. Fruit large, with 
