Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . ly so long, truncate orslightly heart-shaped at the base ; the lobes ovate, long-pointed, minutely,regularly and sharply toothed ; smooth except for down along the veins and intheir axils. Flowers borne at the end of a slender-stalked corymb, 2 ins. smooth ; keys i in. long ; wings 5 in. wide, spreading nearly horizontally. Native of Central China ; discovered by Henry, and introduced by Wilsonfor Messrs Veitch in 1901, and now succeeding well in their Coombe Woodnursery. It is allied to the A. sinense described below, but differs in th
Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . ly so long, truncate orslightly heart-shaped at the base ; the lobes ovate, long-pointed, minutely,regularly and sharply toothed ; smooth except for down along the veins and intheir axils. Flowers borne at the end of a slender-stalked corymb, 2 ins. smooth ; keys i in. long ; wings 5 in. wide, spreading nearly horizontally. Native of Central China ; discovered by Henry, and introduced by Wilsonfor Messrs Veitch in 1901, and now succeeding well in their Coombe Woodnursery. It is allied to the A. sinense described below, but differs in thesmaller more finely and evenly toothed leaves, and in the short corymboseinflorescence. The flowers develop at the same time as the leaves. A. Opalus, Miller. ITALIAN Maple. (Garden, 1872, p. 443 ; A, opulifolium, Villars.) A tree 30 to 50 ft. high, of rounded habit, sometimes much smaller or evenbushy ; branchlets smooth. Leaves i\ to 4^; ins. wide, somewhat less inlength, shallowly five-lobed, heart-shaped at the base, irregularly toothed;. AfEU OlALlS. dark green, glossy and smooth above, paler and more or less downy beneath,especially along the chief veins and in their axils, occasionally quite smooth ;lobes angular. Flowers yellow, appearing in ^iarch, numerously crowdedin short-stalked corymbs ; each flower on a slender, smooth, pendent stalk,I to i^ ins. long. Fruit smooth ; keys i to \\ ins. long ; wings i in. wide,varying considerably in divergence. Native of S. and Central Europe ; introduced in 1752. It is one of the 152 ACER most ornamental of early-flowering trees, producing its blossoms regularly andin great abundance in March and April ; they are of a clearer and morepronounced yellow that in most maples. There are several good specimens atKew, the largest nearly 50 ft. high and 5 ft. in girth of trunk. There is muchconfusion in the nomenclature of this maple. It is very variable, and someauthorities separate the two following varieties from it as distinct speci
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