Acer] 



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wings erect or divergent. Nuts large, more oi' leo^ pubebceutj the 2 together 

 forming a semicircle J-^ in across. 



North-Weht Himala^^a, 7-9,000 ft. from Kashmu to Kiiinaou. Fl. Feb -March. 

 10. A. Tliomsoni, Miq Sikkim. Bhutan, Manipiir, Burma. Closely allied, differb b3' 

 l. 34obed, lateial lubes geneially small Fruit caipels led, 2l-d\ in. long, v.mg 

 nan owed at the base. 



11. A. csesium, Wall.; Brandis F. EL tab. 81 Tern. Manclar, Trt'khan^ 

 Bodal^ Pimj. ; Kainjit, ¥. W. 



A large deciduous tree, trunk tall, straight, buds glabrous, the inner longer 

 bud scales densely silky outside, petioles red. L. pale beneath, cordate, 5-lobed, 

 lobes broadly triangular, the two outer lobes smaller, serratures large obtuse, 

 basal nerves 5, numerous secondary nerves on the B inner nerves, blade 4-8, 

 petiole 3-4 in. EL appearing soon after the leaves, in terminal corymbose 

 panicles, Nuts unevenly gibbous, wings slightly divergent. 



Korth-West Himalaya, Indus to Nepal 4~ 10,000 ft. Fl. April May 



Fi<r. 88. — Acer pittmn, Thuiil). 



12. A* caudatum, AVall. PL As. Ear. t. 132; Collet t Simla EL %. 32. 

 Vern. Jarlma^ Mahasu; A7n"i?j7/, Jauns. : Kababh[,^eix 



A large deciduous tree. L. 5-lobed, lobes long-acuminate, the two outer small, 

 blade 3-4, petiole 2-4 in. long. EL in lateral and terminal short glabrous 

 corymbs or racemes. Eruiting racemes long, pendulous, carpels 1-1 i in., bright 

 red, wings divergent or divaricate. 



North- West Himalaya, Kashmir to Kepal, 8-11,000 ft. FL March, April. Bikkim, 

 and the Chumhi valley adjoining it, 8-11,000 ft. The Sikkini tree often has divari- 

 cate wmgs. This is A, pectinatim^ Wall. Pax m Engl Jahib. vli. 249. 13. 

 A. Papilio, Eling, Journ, As Soc. vol. G5 (1897), 115 ; Annals Bot. Garden Calo. IX. tab. 

 24 Sikkim, 11-12,500 ft. A small tiee. L. similar to A, eawlaimn, in£orescence a 

 long erect lacemifomi panicle. Carpels l-lj in. lono, ^\ing obliquely and broadly 

 rhomboid-triangulai . 



14. A. pictum, Thunb. ; Brandin E. EL 112.— Syn. .1. cultmtnm^ Wall. ; 



Coliett Simla EL 99. Wan, Kashm. : Kanzal, BubS : KaincMl, Kabcthl, K W. 



A large^ glabrous, deciduous tree, inner bud-bcales oblong, bright brown-sxlky 



