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A C E R campeftre.
Common Maple,
P O L T G A M I A Monoecia.
G e n . Char. Hermaphr. Cal. 5 -cleft. Pet. 3. Stam. 8.
P iß . 1. Cap/. 2 or 3 , fingle-feeded, terminating
in a wing.
Male. Cal. 5 -cleft. Pet. 3. Stam. 8.
Spec. Char. Lobes of the leaves obtufe, notched.
Flowers in upright clutters.
S y n . Acer campeftre^. Linn. Sp. P I. 1 4 9 7 - Hudf.
F I. A n. 4 4 5 . With. Bot. A r r . 1 14 8 . Relh.
Cant. 380. Sibth. Ox. 12 7 ;
A . minus. R a il Syn. 470.
O T ra re in hedges and thickens in the fouthern counties,
th ou gh feldom fo u n d in the no rthern ones o r in S co tland.
I t is a fm all tre e , w ith fp re adin g div aricated round oppofite
b ranche s, th e ir bark fm ooth, though that o f the ftem is fu ll o f
co rk y fifiures. F o o tfta lk s dow n y as w e ll as the le a v e s , w h ich
a re fm a lle r than in 0 10 ft o f o u r trees, oppofite, 5 -lo b e d , each
lobe h av ing one o r two no tche s. Stipuhe none. C lu tte rs o f
flow e rs ap pe arin g in M a y o r Ju n e , e re £ t, te rm in al, branched.
F low e r s g re en , m u ch like thofe o f the p receding. T h e i r an-
therse (as in that) are h a iry be tw e en the lobes. C ap fu le s d ow n y ,
e x t rem e ly divaricated ; w in g s fmooth.
T h e w o o d is v e ry u fe fu l fo r turners,- being com p ac t, o f a
fin e g ra in , and often b e au tifu lly v e in ed. T h e ancient R om ans
a re fa id to have fe t an e xo rb itan t v a lu e upon th e ir tables o f
m ap le -w o od , ac co rding to th e ir fize and the be au ty o f their
v e in s . S e e E v e ly n ’s Sy/va.