PLATE CIV. STRIPED MAPLE. 



1. Branch with drooping raceme of staminate flowers, x 1. 



2. Branch with drooping raceme of pistillate flowers, x |. 



3. Branch with mature leaves and drooping raceme of fruit, x 1. 



4. A maple key with exposed seeds, x |. 



5. Section of winter branch showing striped bark, buds, and leaf-scars, x i. 



6. Terminal section of winter twig showing evidently stalked buds with outer pair of bud scales 



separated, exposing the pubescent inner scales, natural size. 



7. Section of winter twig showing opposite and stalked buds, and leaf-scars with bundle-scars, x 1. 



