. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XIII. ^CERA'cEiE : ^YeR 8!) A. u. 4. lobatum, A. lobatun) Fisch., has the leaves 7-lobed, accord- ing to Don's Miller, but the young plants bearing this name in the Hort. Soc. Garden, which was raised from seeds received from Dr. Fischei- of Petersburg, appears obviously to belong to A.
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XIII. ^CERA'cEiE : ^YeR 8!) A. u. 4. lobatum, A. lobatun) Fisch., has the leaves 7-lobed, accord- ing to Don's Miller, but the young plants bearing this name in the Hort. Soc. Garden, which was raised from seeds received from Dr. Fischei- of Petersburg, appears obviously to belong to A. obtusatum. D. Leaves 5-, rarely 7-lobed. O'PALUS Aif. The Opal, or Italian, Maple. 1. p. 649. i Webb Her ? 10. A Kew., Dec. Prod., 1. p. 594.; Don's MiU Identification, Hispan., 60. Synonymes. A. rotundifblium Zam. Diet. 3. p. 382.; A. Stalum Lauth Ac. No. 8.; A. villbsum Presl; I'E'rable Opale, E'rable it Feuilles rondes, or E'rable d' Italie, F7-.; Loppo, Ital. Derivation. The specific appellation of O'palns h.^s been given to tiiis species, probably from the thiclt opjil-like aspect of the leaves. Engravings. Baudril. Traite, &c., vol. 5. p. 13. ; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., voL V.; our Jig. 135.; and Jig. 156., of the leaves, of the natural size, in the plate forming p. 115. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves more or less heart-shaped, roundish, 5-lobed, smooth beneath ; the lobes generally obtuse, and coarsely serrated. Flowers in drooping corymbs. Keys smooth. {Pen. Cyc.) A low deciduous tree. Corsica. Height 8 ft. to 12 ft. Introd. 1752. Flowers whitish ; May to June. Keys small, brown ; ripe Sept. Decaying leaves yellowish brown. A branchy tufted tree, covered with smooth leaves, somewhat coriaceous, roundish, indented, with five blunt lobes, deep green on the upper surface, and. .d^cer O'palus. somewhat glaucous underneath, with long red Its flowers are whitish, in short racemes; and the small fruits, or keys, which
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