CHAPTER XII. 
DESCRIPTION OF INDIVIDUAL DECIDUOUS TREES, 
Acer—Maple. Natural Order, Aceracee. 
Flowers, polygamous; calyx, five-lobed, colored ; 
petals, five or none; stamens, four to twelve; ovary, 
two-celled, with a pair of ovules in each; styles, two. 
Leaves pulmately lobed and toothed. Seeds in pairs, 
each furnished with a wing. 
The Maples generally belong to northern latitudes, 
and are capable of enduring an intense degree-of cold. 
Some of the species are lofty trees and all are beautiful. 
The wood is useful in the arts and in domestic 
economy. Its quality, however, differs so widely in 
the different species, that it cannot be characterized 
by general remarks. 
1. Acer dasycarpum—Silver Maple, White Maple, 
Soft Maple. i 
Leaves deeply five-lobed, the sinuses rather acute ; 
silvery-white underneath ; lobes unequally and deeply 
toothed. Flowers, greenish or reddish-yellow, without 
petals, appearing before the leaves. Seeds downy 
while young, with large divergent wings. 
