A U B O R E T U M E T F R U T IC E T U M B R I T A N N I C U M .
grows more rapidly,
attains a larger size,
anil may be propagated
much more
readily by cuttings.
B o th species ripen
seeds in Britain , in
fine seasons. P. occidentàlis
is readily
known from P. orientàlis,
in th e winte r
season, by its bark
scaling off much less p. occidentfills. nsa. 1\ orientili^,
freely, or, in young
o r middle-sized tre es, scarcely a t a ll; and, in th e summer season, by its
leaves having red petioles, and being b u t slightly lobed {fig, 1732. a), instead
o f being palmate like th o se o f P. o rientàlis {fig. 1732. h), which have
green petioles, and by its globular catkins being nearly smooth, while those
o f P. orientàlis are rough.
¥ I . P . o r i e n t a ' l i s L . T h e Oriental Plane.
Identification. Lin. Hort. Cliff., 447- ; Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 473 ; N Du Hum 2, p. 1.
Svnonvmes. iiftta n u s orientàlis véra Park. Theatr. 1427., Du Ham. Arb. 2. t. 33. ; Piatane de
I’Orient, Fr. ; Morgenlandischer Platanus, Gcr. ; Doolb, Arabic; Chinar. Persian.
Engravings. Du H.am. Arb., t. 33. ; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 1. ; Dend. B n t., t. 101. ; the plates of this
species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. viii. and var. ; and our 173(i. I n ^ . 173.). « shows the
femle catkins transversely cut, so as to display the position of the flowers on the orbicular re-
ceptacle ; b shows a section of the female catkin in seed ; c, a scale and pistil ; d, stamen and scale ;
e, the longitudinal section of a seed ; a n d /, an entire seed.
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves 5-Iobed, palmate, wedge-sbaped a t th e base , the
divisions lanceolate, sinuated. Stipules nearly entire. (Willd.) Alarge,
deciduous tree. T h e Levant. H eig h t 60 ft. to 80 ft. ; with a wide-spreading
head. In British gardens before 1548. Flowers greenish yellow ; April,
May. F ru it brown ; ripe in O c to b e r; p ersistent g reat p a rt o f th e winter.
Varieties. . 0^1- m
¥ P . 0. 2 acerifòlia Ait. H o rt. Kew. iii. p. 364. P. o A ceris folio Tourn.
Cor. 4L, Arb. 2. ; P. acerifòlia Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p. 4 7 4 .: P. inter-
mèdia Horf. ; tb e Maple-Ieavcd P lan e Tree. (T h e pla te o f this tree
1733. p . 0. acerifòlia.
in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. viii. ; and our Jig. 1733.) — Leaves -oor-
date, 5-lobed, remotely dentate, truncate at the base. In general
appearance, habit of growth, &c., it closely resembles the species.
LXXI I . p l a t a n a ' c e ^ ; p l a ' t a n u s . 9 2 9
t p. o. 3 hispánica. P . hispánica Lodd. Cat. ed. 18.36 ; P . macrophylla
Cree in Don. Cat. ; tbe Spanish Maple. — Leaves rather longer than
those of the species, but it is in other respects the same.
Í P. o. 4 cuneàta. P. o. undulata Ait. Hort. Kew. iii. p. 364. ; P . cu-
neàta fViild. Sp. P l. iv. p. 473. (The plate of this tree in Arb. B rit.,
1st edit., vol. V I I ) .; ami oiiry%. 1 7 3 4 . ) - - Leaves 3 — 5-lobed. dentate
and wedge-shaped at the base ; somewhat glabrous. This is a
stunted-looking low tree or bush, seldom seen above 2 0 ft. in height
with small deeply cut leaves. “ ’
The oriental plane is one of the noblest trees of the East, where it grows
to the height of 70 ft. and upwards, with widely spreading branches and a
massive trunk ; forming altogether a majestic tree. The wood may be com'-
pared to that of the rf'cer
Pseudo-Platanus; but very A . 1 Vjk I 1 b
little use is made of it in the
Westof Europe. Pliny affirms
that there Is no tree whatsoever
that defends US so well
from the heat of the sun in
summer, or that admits it
more kindly in winter. Both
properties result from the
large size of its leaves ; in
summer, these present horizontal
imbricated masses,
which, while they are favourable
to the passage of the
breeze, yel exclude both thc
sun and the rain ; while, as
the distance at which thc branches and twigs of trees are from one another is
always proportionate to the size of the leaves, hence the tree in winter is
more than usually open to the sun’s rays. As an ornamental tree, no one
3 o
1735. ;>. orientàlis.