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CATALOGUE 
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TREES and SHRUBS. 
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THE MAPLE TREE. 
Clafs 23, Order 1. Polyandria Monoecia. 
I T hath Hermaphrodite and Male flowers upon the fame 
tree. 
In the Hermaphrodite , 
The Empalement is of one leaf, five cleft, acute, coloured, plain 
and entire at the bafe, and permanent. 
The Corolla confifts of five petals, which are ovate, broader 
outward, obtufe, fearce larger than the calyx, and fpreading. 
The Filaments are eight, awl-fliaped and fiiort. The Anther & 
Ample. 
The Germen is comprefled and funk in the Receptacle, Which is 
large, convex and perforated. The Style is thread-form, en- 
creafing in length. The Stigmas two, fharp-pointed^ flender^ 
and reflexed. 
The Seed-vejjels are two capfules joined at the bafe, roundish,, 
comprefled, and each terminating in a large membranaceous 
wing. 
The Seeds are folitary and roundifh. 
The Male are the fame in all parts except wanting the germen 
and flyle. 
Obf. The Afii-Ieaved Maple has male and female flowers on 
feparate trees. 
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