. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 9. Acer pennsylvanicum L. Striped, Goose-foot or Northern Alaple. Moosewood. Fig. 2812. Acer pennsylvanicum L. Sp. PI. 1055. 1 Acer striatum Du Roi, Diss. Inaug. 58. 753- 1771. A small tree, with maximum height of about 35° and trunk diameter of about 8', the smoothish green bark striped with darker bands. Leaves larger, often 6'-8' long, broadest above the middle, th
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 9. Acer pennsylvanicum L. Striped, Goose-foot or Northern Alaple. Moosewood. Fig. 2812. Acer pennsylvanicum L. Sp. PI. 1055. 1 Acer striatum Du Roi, Diss. Inaug. 58. 753- 1771. A small tree, with maximum height of about 35° and trunk diameter of about 8', the smoothish green bark striped with darker bands. Leaves larger, often 6'-8' long, broadest above the middle, thin, glabrous above, sparingly pubescent beneath when young, slightly cor- date or truncate at the base, finely serrate or serrulate all around, 3-lobed near the apex, the lobes short and acuminate to a long tip; racemes terminal, narrow, drooping, 3-4' long; flowers greenish yellow, 3"-4" unfolding after the leaves; petals obovate; samaras glabrous, 4"-S" wide. long, widely divergent, the wing In rocky woods. Nova Scotia to Lake Superior, south, especially along the mountains to Georgia, and Tennessee. False or striped dogwood. Whistle-wood. Wood soft, satiny, light brown ; weight per cubic foot 33 lbs. Ascends to ^ 5000 ft. in North Carolina. Northern maple. May- .[une. 10. Acer spicatum Lam. Mountain ^laple. Fig. 2813. Acer spicalum Lam. Encycl. 2: 381. 1786. Acer montanum Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 435. 1789. A shrub, or rarely a small tree, with maximum height of about 30° and trunk diameter of 8', the bark green, not striped. Leaves z's' long, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, at least when young, 3-5- lobed. coarsely serrate, lobes acute or acuminate; racemes compound, erect, rather dense; flowers i"- iJ"broad. greenish yellow, unfolding after the leaves; petals linear-spatulate; samaras g'-io" long, some- what divergent, the wing 3"-4" wide. Damp rocky woods, Newfoundland and James' Bay 10 Manitoba, south, especially along the moun
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