90 SOAPBERRY FAMILY. 



1. STAPHYLEA, BLADDKK-NTT. (Name from a Greek word for a 



luiiK-li of grapes, little applicable.) 



S. trifolia, AMI.KK AN 15. Shrub 8-10 high, with greenish striped 

 branches, '{ ovate pointed serrate leaflets, d.cidiiou.- >npule-, and lianvJie.; 

 raceme-like clusters of white flower- at tin- end of tli- braii'-hlct.- oft; 

 in -prill;:, followed by the large bladdery pud-. Low Around, common X. oc \V. 



S. pinnata, EUROPEAN B., occaMomdly planted, is very similar, hut ha-, 

 five leaflets. 



2. CARDIOSPERMUM, BALL< >< >N-YI.\K, HEART-SEED. (The 

 latter is a translation of the (ireek name.) 



C. Halicacabum, the coinmon species, wild in the S. W. State-, is cult, 

 in gardens, lor the curious inflated pods ; it is a delicate' herh. climbing over 

 low plants or spreading on the ground, with small white (lowers, in -ummcr. 



3. KCELREUTERIA. (Named for Kcelreuter, a German botanist.) 



K. paniculata, a small tree from China, planted in ornamental grounds ; 

 has pinnate leaves of numerous thin and coarsely toothed or cut leaflet-, and a 

 t. rminal ample branched panicle of small yellow flowers, in summer, followed 

 by the bladdery pods. 



4. SAPINDUS, SOAPBERRY. (Sapo Indus, i. e. Indian soap, the berries 

 ii-cd as a substitute for soap.) 



S. marginatUS, wild S. & W. : a small tree, with 8-20 broadly lanceolate 

 falcate leallets on a win-le-s but often margined common -taik, and Miiull white 

 (lowers in panicles, in .summer, the whitish berries as large as bullets. 



5. JESCULUS, IIOUSK-CHESTNUT, ]>,C< 'KKYK. (Ancient name 

 of an Oak or other mast-bearing tree, applied to these tree- on account of 

 their large chestnut-like seeds. These, although loaded with farinaceous 

 nouri>hm.'nt, arc usually rendered uneatable, and even poi-onons, by a bitter 

 narcotic principle.) Flowers in a terminal crowded panicle, in late spring or 

 early summer. 



1. TitrK IIoitsr.-CiiKSTNUTS : Hating <>f . l.s/W, with broad ami xpmiding 

 / ln/a n,i nhort i-linrx, iin<l fruit more or A-ss lux. t irit/t jirir/.-lt/ ]x>intx. 



^E. Hippocastanum, COMMON II. Tall fine tree, with 7 leaflets, and 



l:ir_M' (lowers of .") petals, white, and spotted \vith Mime purple and yellowish; 

 stani"iis ;, d clined : of late there is a double-flowered variety. 



JE. rilbiCVinda, Rr.n II. Less tall, (lowering even as a shrub, with 

 brighter trrecn leaves of 5-7 leaflets, flowers with 4 ro-c-ivd petals not so 

 spreading, and mostly 8 stamens less declined. Probably a hybrid between 

 Horse Chestnut and s..me red I'.n.-k. \c. 



'2. < 'iili/'oniinn, m'tlt 4 ormnj xj>rnl/'ni/ /iiiuls <i ruiln r >/. n<l< r i-/,in:t. 

 ^3. California, CALIKOKMAN- II. Low tree, of r, slender-stalked leaf- 

 lets, and a long very compact raceme-like panicle of small white or rosy-tinged 

 llo\\ei-, ; Stamens 5- 7, slender ; fruit large, with some rough points. 



3. MITKIH i:s : H/'. \ilitnt !< f. N., n-iili 4 erect and sjnaller petals on slauL r<'/,?n'.i. 



IE. parvifl6ra, SMALT, BcCKinr.. Wild in th- upper country S., and 

 planted N. ; shrub .3 - 9 high, with ~> - 7 leatlet- >oft downy underneath, slen- 

 der raceme-like panicle 1 long, and capillary stamens very much longer than 

 the narrow white petals; (lowering N. as late as midsummer; fruit smooth ; 

 Is small, almost eatable. 



7E. glbra, FETID or Onto BIM-KKYE. W. of the Alleghanies; tall 

 tree, with ") nearlv -niooth leaflets, a short panicle, stamens moderately lon-cr 

 than the somewhat uniform pale yellow petals, and fruit prickly roughened like 

 that of IIoi-M'-Chcstnut. 



M. flava, YELLOW or SWEET BUCKEYE. W. \ S. ; tree or shrub, with 

 5-7 smooth 'or smoothish leallets, a short dense panicle, oblong calyx, and 



