A STUDY OF LEAVES. 49 



MODEL FOR LEAF-ANALYSIS. 



Name. . . .Sugar Maple. No 1. 



Arrangement Opposite. 



Venation. . . .Net-veined (Palmate). 



Base. . . .Cordate. Apex. . . .Acuminate* 



Margin. . . .Coarsely Dentate. 



Surface. . . .Smooth above, silky beneath. 



Petiole . . . Long and round. Stipules. . . . None. 



Simple or Compound Simple. 



No. of Lobes or Leaflets. . Three to five Lobes. 



Shape. . . .Palmisected. 



Color. . . .Reddish Green above, lighter boieath. 



Surface. . . . Glabrous. Duration .... Deciduous. 



Date July 8, 1887. Place. . . Chautauqua, N. Y. 



Special Observations. — The Sugar Maple is a handsome 

 shade- tree. Lts sap yields sugar. 



