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A smaller tree than the two last, and less beautiful, but of far 
greater economic utility, furnishing an abundance of sugar 
from its sap, and also a very handsome wood, much prized for 
interior work and cabinet making. The leaves are 3- or 5- 
lobed; lobes with rounded sinuses and remote teeth, slightly 
hairy beneath. Flowers appearing with the leaves. Wings of 
the fruit nearly erect. A. nigruwmisaslightly different variety. 
North America. 
7. A. Pennsyluvdnicum, syn. A. striatum. Snake Maple.— 
A very distinct small tree with 3-lobed finely-toothed leaves, 
lobes narrowly acuminate. Flowers greenish, in long drooping 
racemes, appearing after the leaves. Fruit large, with spread- 
ing wings. The stem of this small tree is prettily striped 
with light or dark lines. North America. 
8. A. circindtum.—aA shrubby species with roundish cordate 
7- to 9-lobed serrulated leaves, reddish umbellate flowers 
and fruits. A native of North-western America. 
9. A. polymérphum, syn. A. palmatum, A. disséctum, and 
A. septemlobum.—This handsome Japanese species includes 
some of the most elegant varieties in cultivation. They vary 
in foliage from palmately 5-lobed leaves with toothed undi- 
vided lobes to deeply 7- or 9-lobed, with more or less finely 
cut divisions. There are also some extremely fine variegated 
and purple-leaved forms. In all its forms this is a tree of 
small stature and regular outline, having slender branches 
and numerous purplish flowers followed by spreading oblong 
samaras. 
10. A. Colchicum riubrum.—tThis is the A. Mono or létum. 
The leaves are from 5- to 7-lobed and quite glabrous; lobes 
triangular or oblong, entire, acuminate; petioles long and 
slender. Flowers appearing with the leaves. Fruit-lobes large, 
spreading. A. pictum is a variety variegated with white. 
The name ritbrum refers to the colour of the young twigs. 
11. A. platanoides. Norway Maple.—This is one of the 
handsomest and hardiest species, resembling the Plane in its 
noble foliage. Leaves 5-lobed, lobes more or less toothed or 
laciniate. Flower-corymbs erect. There are several varieties 
of this in cultivation, including the Eagle’s or Kite’s Claw, 
A. cucullatum and lacinidtum, Lobélit, variegatum, &c. 
12. A. Tatéricum, syn. cordifoliwm.—A shrub or small 
tree with oblong-cordate leaves irregularly sharply toothed or 
rarely lobed. Flowers small, paniculate, appearing with the 
