XIII. ACERA‘CEER: A‘CER. 83 
Leaves nearly I ft. broad. Carpels sometimes 3. Sap as abundant as in 
any species, except in A. saccharinum; the wood soft, whitish, but beautifully 
veined. (Tor. and Gray.) This species is quite hardy in the climate of Lon- 
don, and promises to form a most valuable addition to our ornamental, und, 
possibly, to our timber, trees. The tree in the Hort. Soc. Garden is between 
40 ft. and 50 ft. high, after having been thirteen years planted; and it has 
flowered, and ripened some seeds. 
£ 6. A. PLaTANGI‘DEs Z. The Platanus-like, or Norway, Maple. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1496. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p.649.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 649. 
Synonymes. E’rable plane, or E’rable de Norvége, Fr.; spitz Ahorn, or spitzblattriger Ahorn, 
Ger.; Acero riccio, Ital. 
Engravings. Duh. Arb., 1. t.10.f.1.; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol.v.; our 
Jig. 129. ; and fig. 149. of the leaves, of the natural size, forming p. 104, 105. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves cordate, smooth, 5-lobed. Lobes acuminated, with a 
few coarse acute teeth. Corymbs stalked, erectish, and, as well as the fruit, 
smooth. Fruit with divaricated wings (Don’s Mill.) A deciduous tree, 
above the middle size. Norway to Switzerland, but not in Britain. Height 
30 ft. to 60ft. Introduced in 1683. Flowers rich yellow; April and 
May. Keys brown; ripe in September and October. Opening foliage and 
flowers, in spring, of a bright yellow ; when decaying, also, of a fine yellow. 
Naked young wood smooth, brown. 
Varieties. 
¥ A. p. 2 Lobelii, A. Lo- 
bél Tenore; A. plata- 
noldes Don's Mill. i. SS 
p- 649. (Our jig. 127. ; 
and fig. 150. of the =f 
leaves, of the natural NY 
size, in the plate forming ESS 
p- 106.) — The leaves are SAL, iF} 
very slightly heart-shaped, | 
irregularly toothed, 5- 
lobed, with the lobes % 
more or less abruptly \y/ 
pointed. The bark of EN 
the young wood striped, 
soniewhst in the manner ER 
of that of A. striatum; meet ah 
by which circumstance we 
the plant, in a young ( 
state, is readily distin- 
guished from A. plata- Wr, 
ndides. A large tree, Se 7] WS 
native of the kingdom of = we \ SE 
Naples, and found on ff Sa) aff 
mountains. One of the Lely Se 
most beautiful acers in 
cultivation ; but very 
little known, though it 127. A'cer platand\des Lobblii. 
was introduced about 
1683. There is a tree of it at Croome, above 20 ft. high, which has 
ripened seeds. 
¥ A. p. 3 variegdtum Hort. A.p. albo variegatum Hayne. — Leaves va- 
Tiegated with white. 
¥ A. p. 4 atreo variegatum Hort.— Leaves variegated with yellow. 
¥ A. p. 5 lacinidtum Dec. A. p. c ispum Lauth; Eagle’s Claw, or 
Hawk’s Foot Maple. (The plate of this variety in Arb. Brit., Ist 
edit., vol. v.; our fig. 128.; and jig. 15]. of the leaves, of the natural 
size, in the plate forming p. 107.) — Leaves deeply and variously cut. 
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