Han])booi<; of Tkeks of tiik jSTortii ehn States and Canada. 331 



Tlio Stripod Maplo, althniiijh a Inri^er trpe 

 than the Mountain Maple, with which it is 

 generally associatcil. only occasionally attains 

 the height of 30 or 40 ft. with a tniiik 8 or 10 

 in. in thickness, ami i^ i ftcn a hirge shnili. 

 This also is a shade lovinj; tree, being found 

 scattered through forests of the Sugar Maple, 

 Yellow Birch, Beech, Hemlock, Red Spr\ice, 

 Butternut, etc., but is occasionally found iso- 

 lated, having then a rather wide or rounded 

 top of upright anil spreading branches. Its 

 handsome large leaves and gracefully drooping 

 stems of yellow (lowers, borne on smooth 

 striped branches of rare coloration, overhang 

 the waters of nearly every forest-covered 

 mountain stream within its range, and in 

 northern regions are eagerly devoured by 

 tniiiisc ;iiid dec)-, for which reason it is some- 

 times called the Mooxe-icood. 



Its wood is of a rich pinkish brown color 

 with abundant lighter sap-wood usually dotted 

 and streaked with pitli-llccks. A cubic foot 

 when dry weighs 32.0-> ll)s.i 



Lrnrcs palmatel.? n-lohed ,Tt apex with Klinrt 

 acuminate loliea, sharply doiilil.y serrate, ccirdMlc 

 or rounded nt i>ase, pubescent at first tint finally 

 Elabrous, yellowish groen aliove, paler beneath, 

 thin, prominently veined turniuK pale yellow in 

 autumn; petioles stout. Flnircrx, in late sprins; 

 wlien the leaves are nearly full frrown, bright 

 yellow, about V3 in. across in slender drnopin'; 

 racemes 4-() in. long : sepals shorter and narrnwer 

 than the oboyate petals: stamens 7-H, shorter 

 than the petals: ovary Klabrous : styles cnlnmnar 

 and stiRmas recurved. Fruit droopins, KlabrcMis, 

 widely dlverKent, wins:s atiout % in. long, the 

 seed bearing portion pitted one side : seed about 

 Vi in. Ions. 



1. .\. \Y., 1\', 70. 



