80 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
*% 2. A. rava’ricum L. The Tartarian Maple. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1495. ; Dec. Prod., }. p. 593.; Hayne Dend., p.209.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 648. 
Synonymes. E‘rable de Tartarie, Fr.; Tartarische Ahorn, Ger.; Zarza-modon, or Locust Tree, 
USS, 
avings. Pall. Fl. Ros., t.3.; Tratt. Arch., 1. No.1.; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 160. ; the plate of 
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this species in Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol.v.; our fig.123.; and the figure of the leaves, of the natu- 
ral size, in the plate forming p. 96. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves cordate, undivided, serrated, with obsolete lobes. 
Racemes compound, crowded, erect; wings of fruit parallel, young ones 
puberulous. (Don’s Mill.) A low deciduous tree, native of Tartary. 
Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1759. Flowers pale greenish yellow, 
sometimes slightly tinged with red ; May and June. Keys brown; ripe in 
August. Decaying leaves reddish yellow, or brown. Naked young wood 
brown. ‘ 
When raised from seed, the plant will come into flower in 5 or 6 years ; 
and, in good soil, it will attain the height of 15 ft. in 10 years. According to 
125. A'cer tataricum. 
some, it will thrive in a moister soil than most others. In ornamental planta- 
tions, it is valuable on account of the early expansion of its leaves, which 
appear before those of almost every other kind of A'cer. 
B. Leaves 3-lobed, or trifid ; rarely 5-lobed. 
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¥ 3, A. spica‘tum Lam. The spiked-flowered Maple. 
Adentifcation: Lam. Dict., 2. p.381.; Dec. Prod., 1. p.593.; Don’s Mill., 1. p.648.; Tor. and Gray, 
1. p. 246. 
Synonymes. A.montanum Ait. Hort. Kew.,3. p.435.; A. pennsylvanicum Du Rot Harbk. t.2.3 A. 
parviflorum Ehrk.; Mountain Maple, E’rable de Montagne, F7.; Berg Ahorn, Ger.; Acero di Mon- 
Feat Trat. Arch., No. 13. ; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., Ist. edit., vol. v- ; our 
Jig. 124; and the figure of the leaves, of the natural size, in the plate forming p. 97. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves cordate, 3- or slightly 5-lobed, acuminated, pubescent 
beneath, unequally and coarsely serrated. Racemes compound, erect. 
Petals linear. Fruit smooth, with the wings rather diverging. (Don’s 
Mill.) A deciduous shrub, or small tree. Canada to Georgia. Height 
6 ft. to 10 ft. in America; 18 ft. to 20 ft. ia England. Introduced in 1750. 
Flowers small, greenish, raceme many-flowered ; May and June. Keys 
often reddish; ripe in August. Decaying leaves yellowish red. Naked young 
wood brown. 
