. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Narrow Fruited Maple 647. coarsely toothed. The red, scarlet or rarely yellow flowers appear in dense clus- ters before the leaves at the axils of leaves of the preceding season, some of the clusters composed of staminate and some of pistillate flowers, either on the same or on different trees; the flowers are stalked, and the stalks of the pistillate ones greatly elongate as the fruit matures; the sepals are oblong, blun
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Narrow Fruited Maple 647. coarsely toothed. The red, scarlet or rarely yellow flowers appear in dense clus- ters before the leaves at the axils of leaves of the preceding season, some of the clusters composed of staminate and some of pistillate flowers, either on the same or on different trees; the flowers are stalked, and the stalks of the pistillate ones greatly elongate as the fruit matures; the sepals are oblong, blunt, wavy-margined or nearly entire, and about as long as the similar narrower petals; the stami- nate flowers have from 3 to 8 stamens with filaments two or three times as long as the se- pals; the pistillate flowers have a smooth ovary and 2 long styles, which are united at the base, and stamens shorter than the sepals. The red or scarlet samaras vary from 2 to cm. long and from 6 to 10 mm. wide, the wing broadest at or above the middle, the seed- bearing part sUghtly striate and about 6 mm. long. The tree is of rapid growth, and is a great ^^°- S97- —Red Maple, favorite for road and park planting, but is not usually adapted to city streets; it is little attacked by either insects or fungi. The foliage turns red or scarlet in late autumn and contributes much to the autumn coloration of the forest of eastern North America. The wood is Ught brown or reddish brown, not strong, with a specific gravity of about , and is largely used for furniture and wooden-ware. Among local common names for this tree are Swamp maple. Shoe-peg maple, Soft maple. Scarlet maple, Water maple, and White maple. 10. NARROW FRUITED MAPLE Acer stenocaipum Britton, new species This name is given to small trees grow- ing in flinty soil at Allenton, St. Louis county, Missouri, from which specimens were col- lected by Mr. G. W. Letterman in 1884, in- asmuch as the fruit seems to be quite differ- ent
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