OCCIDENTAL PLANE. 

 Platanus occidentalis. 



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The Occidental 

 or American Plane^ 

 closely resembles 

 the preceding, but 

 it may be distin- 

 guished by its leaves 

 being larger and less 

 deeply lobed, and 

 in winter by its 

 larger seed-balls. 

 These remain at- 

 tached to the tree 

 till the leaves ex- 

 pand in the follow- 

 ing spring, and pre- 

 sent a very singular 

 combination of de- 

 caying stems with 

 the delicate green 

 of the expanding 

 leaves. Its stem 

 is very picturesque. 

 It is smooth, and of 



