Class VJI— HEPTANDRIA 



Order I.— MONOGYNIA. 



357. TRIENTALIS. L. Tournf. (Cliickwced 

 Wintergreen.) 



Calix 7-lcaved. Corolla r-parted, equal, flat. 

 i?erri/ I -cellcdjjuicelcss. Seeds nisiuy, (^8iamina 

 5, 6, 7 and 8.) 



Flower varyins^ in the number of its parts. Stem simple, 

 low; leaves collected at tlie summit of ll»e stem; pedun- 

 cles terminal, a,q:gregated, l-flowered. 



Species. \. 'Y . europcea, ^. omeiicana. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, acuminate. Obs. The leaves of the Americin plants 

 on comparison, are long-er, the flowers more frequenily 

 8-parted with 8 stamens than less, it consequently ap- 

 proaches to the genus Chlora. 



A genus of a single species, indigenous to Europe and 

 North America. 



358. ^SCULUS. X. (Ilorse-chesnut. Buck- 

 eye.) 



Calix 1 -leaved, vcntricosc. Corolla of 4 or 5 

 unequal pubescent, petals inserted upon the ca- 

 iix. Capsule S-ceiled. Seeds large, resembling 

 chesnuts. 



Trees or rarely shrubs with digitate leaves; flowers 

 racemose and terminal, articulated upon the rachis. 



Species. 1. M Pavia. Indigenous also to Brazil. 2. 

 discolor. Ph. S.Jlava. 4. glabra, 5. pallida. 6. macrosta- 

 rhya. The smallest and most ornamental of the American 

 species. 



A North American genus with the exception of ►^. IIlp- 

 t^ociistanum of northern Asia. 



