. The American entomologist and botanist. d timber. In general appearance these treesresemble each other so closely that many peoplefail to disciirainate between them. In order toaid in their distinction we will give a shortaccount of them. The Maples, in their flowering arrangement,are polygamous; that is, the flowers may beeither perfect, or the staminate or pistillate kindsmay be separated in the same or in dififereut ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 185 trees. Probably, however, the Soft Maples aregenerally dicBcious; that is, all the flowers ofone tree are staminate, and all the flowers ofanoth
. The American entomologist and botanist. d timber. In general appearance these treesresemble each other so closely that many peoplefail to disciirainate between them. In order toaid in their distinction we will give a shortaccount of them. The Maples, in their flowering arrangement,are polygamous; that is, the flowers may beeither perfect, or the staminate or pistillate kindsmay be separated in the same or in dififereut ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 185 trees. Probably, however, the Soft Maples aregenerally dicBcious; that is, all the flowers ofone tree are staminate, and all the flowers ofanother are pistillate. But, how many of our readers will say thatthey never saw maple flowers? Well, then,look about you in tliis month of April, and youmay find new pleasure in these beautiful , however, you are far south, you may be toolate for the flowers this season, and may haveto content yourselves with a view of the fruitonly. First, let us describe the Silver-leaf MapleAcer dasycarpum, Ehrh, Fig. 116.) The flowers [Fig. 116.]. Silver-lcuf Majilu. are in small clusters proceeding from lateralbuds, which are developed before the leaves ap-pear. Each cluster or fascicle contains five or sixyellowish or purple flowers, either perfect—, with stamens and pistils—or containing onlyone kind of organs. The staminate flowers haveeach four or five stamens; the fertile flowershave each two pistils united below, and expand-ing into a pair of long, broad wings or keysCsamara), which are quite downy when young,and when mature are about two inches long. The stalk or pedicel of these keys is very shortat first, but it elongates so as to become an inchor more in length. Each key contains one largeseed. They mature and drop from the tree inMay. The leaves are large, with three to fivelobes, pointed and toothed, or, sometimes againdivided into smaller lobes. They are downywhen young, becoming silvery-white on theunderside. The tree attains a large size, thewood is white, the ba
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