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Title: An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Stevens, George T. (George Thomas), 1832-1921
Subjects: Plants
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and company
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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rs in May. 7. A. Negundo, L. (Fig. G, pi. 92.) Box Elder. Small tree, withcompound leaves of from 3 to 5 leaflets. These latter are from 2 to 4 in.long, oval or egg-shaped, sharply pointed^at apex and generally roundedat base. They are irreg\ilarly and coarsely toothed, the terminal oneoften 3-lobed. The keys are similar to those of other maples, but thewings are less diverging. Occasional in most of our area. The XoRWAY Maple, Acer platinoides, with leaves more rounded thanthe native sugar maples and with sinuses more shallow and color ofdarker green, is common as a planted tree in parks and along streets ofcities and villages; and the Sycamore Maple, A. pseudo-plataniis, withsmaller leaves, with more rounded lobes is also extensively planted asan ornamental tree. Neither are native species. Family VIII.—HIPPOCASTANACEAE. Buckeye Family Trees and shru))S, ^vit)l opposite compound leaves and conspicu-ous flowers in large clusters. Flowers irregular. Stamens 5 to 8. IMAPLE FAMILY 391
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Plate 921. Acer rubrimi. 2. A. saccharum. 3. A. pennsylvauicum. 4. A. sacchari-num. 5. A. spicatum. 6. A. Kegundo. 392 SAPINDACEAE Ovary 3-celled. Fruit a leathery capsule studded with spines en-closing 1 to 3 smooth roundish seeds. AESCULUS. L. Characters as above. 1. A. Hippocastanum, L. Horse Chestnut. A large tree, ex-tensively planted as an ornamental tree. Leaves opposite, compound, of7 leaflets all springing from a common center. Each leaflet wedge-shapedand notched along the borders. The two outer leaflets smaller than theothers. The showy, erect clusters of white (sometimes purple) flowersare conspicuous in parks and along roadsides in May and June. 2. A. glabra, Willd. (Fig. 3, pi. 89.) Ohio Buckeye. Leaflets 5.Otherwise much resembling No. 1, but with yellow flowers. Found insouthern Pennsylvania of our region. Family IX.—SAPINDACEAE. Soapberry Family Trees, shrubs or herbaceous vines, with alternate leaves, whichare usually compound. Flowers regular or slightly irregular

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