| 1379045 |
Norway maple |
Acer platanoides |
1. Branchlet with corymb, terminating developing young shoots (a - e) with deciduous (typically green) transitional leaves at their base (k). - 2. Branchlet with mature leaves and ripe fruits (double samaras). Stalk exuding a milky sap when broken. Wings of the samaras spread perpendicular to the pedicels (»horizontally spreading«), with conspicuously flat nutlets. - 3. Seedling with cotyledons (c) and first pair of ordinary leaves. - 4. Winter-branchlet; buds are reddish-brown, glossy, terminal bud is larger. Leaf-scars are opposite, horseshoe- or heart-shaped and connected extreme laterally. After Hempel & Wilhelm, 1889. Photos and explanations from the book: Zelimir Borzan. "Tree and Shrub Names in Latin, Croatian, English, and German, with synonyms", University of Zagreb, 2001. |
| 1379046 |
hedge maple |
Acer campestre |
1. Branchlet with upright corymbs (a - d) are terminating leafy shoot. At the base of the shoots there are deciduous sheeth-like transitional leaves. - 2. Branchlet with ripe fruits - double samaras (a, b). Wings of samaras are spreading perpendicular to the pedicels (»horizontally spreading«). Nutlets are conspicuously flat. - 3. Seedling with cotyledons (c) and first pair of ordinary leaves. - 4. Winter-branchlet; buds are reddish-brown, leaf-scars opposite and connected extreme laterally. - 5. Older winter-branchlet with suberous ridges (»wings«). After Hempel & Wilhelm, 1889. Photos and explanations from the book: Zelimir Borzan. "Tree and Shrub Names in Latin, Croatian, English, and German, with synonyms", University of Zagreb, 2001. |
| 1379047 |
common horse chestnut |
Aesculus hippocastanum |
1. Inflorescence is a terminal upright panicle. The flowers are bisexual; the upper ones functionally male, those below protogynous. - 2. The leafs are compound, consisting of 5 to 7 leaflets of which the medial is the largest. - 3. Ripe, three-valved leathery, prickly capsules: one is closed (a) the another one is just opening (b). - 4. Ripe seed (conker) in dorsal (c) and basal (d) sides, the latter with large, light-colored hilum. - 5. Winter-branchlet; buds are large, the terminal ones the largest, viscid, resinous, reddish-brown to nearly black. Leaf-scars are large, shield-shaped or irregular. After Hempel & Wilhelm, 1889. Photos and explanations from the book: Zelimir Borzan. "Tree and Shrub Names in Latin, Croatian, English, and German, with synonyms", University of Zagreb, 2001. |
| 1379044 |
Sycamore maple |
Acer pseudoplatanus |
1. Branchlet with young shoots terminated by pendulous racemes. - 2. Mature shoot with ripe double samaras. Wings of the samaras diverge at a right angle - typically about 60°, nutlets are ovoid, conspicuously convex. - 3. Seedling with cotyledons (k) and first pair of ordinary leaves. - 4. Winter-branchlet; buds are yellowish-green, terminal buds larger. Leaf-scar is elongated, heart-shaped, vascular bundles are in compound groups of three. Leaf-scars are opposite, not connected extreme laterally. After Hempel & Wilhelm, 1889. Photos and explanations from the book: Zelimir Borzan. "Tree and Shrub Names in Latin, Croatian, English, and German, with synonyms", University of Zagreb, 2001. |
