ORDER 38. CELASTRACEJ3: 75 



cor. irregular, 4 oj 5-petalled ; sta. 7 (6 to 8), distinct, unequal. Style fili- 

 form, ov. 3-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Fruit coriaceous, 2-3-valved, 

 containing but one or very few large, smooth seeds. Cotyledons thick, 

 bulky, inseparable. 5 b With opposite, digitate, 5-7-foliate leaves. Fls. 

 paniculate, terminal. Fig. 100. 



PA VIA. Fruit smooth. Petals 4, erect, the two upper clawed. Buckeye..~Nos. 1 3 

 ^ESCULUS proper. Fruit prickly. Petals 4 or 5, spreading NOB. 4, 5 



1 JE. Pa. via L. Lfts. 57, shining, oblong-lanceolate ; cnneate at base, short-acumi- 



nate, finely serrate ; fls. red, very irregular in a lax, thyrsoid raceme ; pet. as long aa 

 stamens ; cal. half as long as the two shorter petals. S. 3 lOf. Mar. April. 



2 JE. parviflora Walt. Lfts. 57, obovate, acuminate, serrate, velvety canescent be- 



neath ; petals 4 white, somewhat similar and spreading, thrice shorter than the capil- 

 lary stamens. S. 2 9f. Fls. very numerous. 



3 JE. flava Ait. Sweet Buckeye. Lfts. 57, obftng or elliptic-ovate, acuminate, ser- 



rulate, pubescent beneath ; fls. in thyrsoid, pubescent panicles ; pet. very unequal, 

 longer than the stamens. W. and S. 6 70f. Yellowish. April, May. 



4 JE. glabra Willd. Ohio Buckeye. Lfts. 5, oval or oblong, acuminate, serrate or ser 



rulate ; fla. in lax thyrsoid panicles ; pet. 4, half as long as the stamens. River banks, 

 W. Tree 20-^iOf, ill-scented, with small, yellowish flowers. June. 



5 JE. HIPPOCASTANUM L. Horse Chestnut. Lvs. of 7 obovate Ifts. ; pet. 5, spreading; 



fruit prickly. Tartary. A noble tree, in parks, &c. June. 



5. SAPINDUS, L. SOAP-BERRY. (That is, by syncope, Sapo Indicus, 

 Indian soap.) Sep. 4 or 5. Pet. as many, or one less by abortion, append- 

 aged inside with a gland, scale, or beard. Sta. 8 10. Stig. 3. Fruit 3, 

 connate, globular, fleshy carpels, often by abortion 2 or 1. Seed large, 

 solitary. ^ Lvs. alternate, pinnate, exstipulate. 



S. margiiiatus Willd. Common petioles wingless ; Ifts. 918, ovate-lanceolate, long- 

 pointed, very inequilateral, short-stalked, entire, glabrous, shining above; flowera in 

 white, dense panicles. Ga. to Ark. 20^0f. Fruit globular. 



6. CARDIOSFEKMUM, L. HEART-SEED. (KapSia, heart, dxep/ua, 

 seed.) Sep. 4, two of them smaller. Pet. unequal, each with a scale at base. 

 Sta. 8. Style 3-fid. Caps, membranous, inflated. ^ Leaves biternate. 

 Pedicels changed to tendrils. 



C. Halicacabum L. Lfts. ovate-lanceolate, incisely lobed and dentate ; fr. pyriform- 

 globous, large, bladder-like. Banks of streams, S. and W. 4 6f. July. 



7. KCELREUTERIA, Lam.. (To J. G. Kolilreut&r, a Kussian botanist 

 and author, 1755.) Sep. 5. Pet. 4, irregular. Sta. 8. Sty. exserted. Caps, 

 inflated, 3-celled, cells 2-seeded. 5 Lvs. alternate, pinnate, Ifts. about 13, 

 cut-serrate. Flowers yellow, in large panicles. 



K. PANICULATA. China. 20 30f. Odd leaflet cut-lobed. A curious tree. 



ORDER XXXVIII. CELASTRACE^E. STAFF TREES, 

 Shrubs with simple leaves alternate or opposite, "with flowers small, regu- 

 lar, 4 or 5-merous, perigynous, sepals and petals both imbricated in sestiva- 

 tion, stamens alternate with the petals, and inserted on a disk which fills 

 the bottom of the calyx. Carpels 2 5, styles united. Fruit free from the 

 calyx, with 2 5 cells. Seeds arilled, few, albuminous. 



