. Selected western flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta . Botany; Botany; Botany. ACERACE^ 83 inserted on a disk lining the bottom of the calyx; pod 3-eelIed and 3-valved, berry-like, a deep orange color when ripe, the coat soon splitting and disclosing the scarlet pulpy aril enclosing the seeds, making the fruit very showy. 1. C. scandens, L. Climbing Bitter-sweet. Leaves ovate-oblong and finely serrate. A twining shrub often growing very tall and twining around the stems of treesl Moist woods, Man. XLVIII. ACERACEiE (Maple Family). Trees or shrubs with a sweet watery sap, dioecious flower
. Selected western flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta . Botany; Botany; Botany. ACERACE^ 83 inserted on a disk lining the bottom of the calyx; pod 3-eelIed and 3-valved, berry-like, a deep orange color when ripe, the coat soon splitting and disclosing the scarlet pulpy aril enclosing the seeds, making the fruit very showy. 1. C. scandens, L. Climbing Bitter-sweet. Leaves ovate-oblong and finely serrate. A twining shrub often growing very tall and twining around the stems of treesl Moist woods, Man. XLVIII. ACERACEiE (Maple Family). Trees or shrubs with a sweet watery sap, dioecious flowers, and simple, opposite palmately lobed or pinnately compound leaves. Calj^ 6-parted; petals 5 or wanting; stamens 4-12, filaments long; ovary 2-lobed with 2 styles inserted between the lobes; fruit a double samara. 1. ACER. Maple. The only genus, and having generally the characteristics of the family. 1. A. saccharlnum, L. Silver Maple ; Soft Maple. A lofty tree with gray flaky bark; leaves large, deeply 5-lobed, the lobes narrow and irregularlj' toothed; white-pubescent beneath; flowers greenish, preceding the leaves; petals wanting ; samara large, pubescent when young. Introduced for ornamental purposes and becoming some- what common about Winnipeg and Port&,ge la Prairie. It thrives well in the Red River Valley. 2. A. spicatum, Lam. Mountain Maple. A shrub or very small tree with somewhat greenish bark. Leaves 3-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hales, B. J. (Benjamin Jones), 1868-1945. Toronto : Macmillan Company of Canada
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