I 12 ACERINE.-E 



a point, maple-wood having been used for spears or other pointed 

 instruments.) 



i.* A. PseMo-pldtanus (Greater Maple or Sycamore). — A large 

 and handsome tree, introduced into England before the fourteenth 

 century, and now completely naturalised ; leaves 4 — 8 in. across, 5- 



acer pseudo-plAtanus (Greater Maple or Sycamore). 



lobed, unequally serrate ; racemes pendulous ; ovary hairy ; wings 

 of samara scimitar-shaped, divergent, each \\ in. long. The name 

 Sycamore is due to an erroneous identification of this tree with 

 Fiats Sycombrus, the Mulberry- or Sycamore-Fig of Palestine. — 

 Woods. — Fl. May, June. 



2. A. camptetre (Common or Hedge-Maple), a small tree, with 



