Art. VI. — F/oruh Lixinciljniinsii'j secundum ftorendi atntcm di- 

 ge:>'ta; or a dc^cn'pliir Ciilnlognc of fhr Phaiiogajnous plants in- 

 digenous to this jwrtion of /Kentucky; (irnmgrd in the order of 

 ihrir periods of flo7C('n'n<r. Hv Chaulks VViij<ivs Short, M. D. 

 Professor of Materia lM(Mlir.i .umI Mnln .il Iw.l.mv in Transyl- 

 vania Uuivcrsity. 



VONTINUEI) MiOM V XGL. J«)J. NO. II, 



FASCICULUS H. 

 l\>r April. 



■23. Gt.Nu>. ACEIl L. Maple. 



(Derlr. Latin: «rrr. sluvrj)- pikes and lances having Ibmierly been 



fiiftde of tiie wootl.) 



Class 8M. OCTAXDRLl— Order, MOXOGYMA. 



Gen, Ch. F/or(Tr5mostl\ poh ganioiis 0//ya: about 5 — clclL 

 Petals 5, or none. Simant^ 2, united at base, 1 seeded, 

 winged. 



Spfcirs l.f/. AcKR S \t c H\KiM M. Sugar Maple. 



Sp, Ch. Leairs palniatoly 6 — lobcd, subcordate at base, acu- 

 minate, glaucous beneath: ;;cr/7;/jc/c* corymbose, nodding. 



Obs. The Sugar tree, as it is here universally called, is one 

 of the most common of our forest trees, and perhaps in this 

 particular locality, it attains its greatest altitude. As it does 

 not materially interfere with the growth of grasses beneath it, 

 it is often reserved in clearing ccround, particularly in ^ituations 

 intended for pasture or meadows. It lu re forms the densest 

 >hade, and in autunm constitutes a prominent feature in the 

 landscape, by the bright orange and red colours assumed by its 

 leaves, lis wood is preferred to almost any other for fuel, and 

 large quantities of sugar are annually niade from the sap. 

 Flowers about the first of April: seed ripen in midsummer. 



Species 2d. Ac£r Nlci ndo. Bo.i Elder. 



Sp. Ch. Iaqtcs pinnate and toriiate, unequally serrate: JUmers 

 dioicous. 



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