DoDON^EA. SAPINDACE^. 255 



the ultimate pair of leaflets. Flowers racemose or paaiclcd. Berries sapo- 

 naceous. 



1. S. mnrscinnlus (Willd.) : unarmed ; petioles windless, or slightly mar- 

 gined towards the summit; leaflets 9-18, very inequilateral and somewhat 

 falcate, ovate-lanceolate, with a slender acumination; flowers in dense vrry 

 compound terminal and axillary panicles. — Willd. e?n«??. p. 432 ; MuliL! 

 cat. p. 41 ; DC. prodr. 1. p. 607. S. Saponaria, Lam. ill. t. 307 ; Mich.r. ! 

 Jl. 1. p. 242; Pursh, /?. 1. ;;. 274; Nutt. > gen. 1. j>. 257 ; Ell. sic. 1. p. 

 460. S. inoequalis, fJC.l.c.l 



Coast of Georgia and Florida (Tjoldwin! Nnttall!) to Arkansas, Nuil- 

 all ! Dr. Pitcher ! Dr. Ledvemrorl/i ! — Tree 10-40 feet hii;h,Avith smooth 

 branches. Leaves glabrous cr sli:;htly puliescent beneath : leaflets mostly 

 altiTuate, somewhat pctiolulate, ratlier shining and strongly veined above. 

 Panicles large. Flowers dioecious or polygamous. Fruit globose, as large 

 as a small bullet, of one carpel, with the rudiments of two abortive ones at 

 the base. — Huap-berry. 



Trire II. DODONEACE^. Camb. 



Ovary containing 2-3 (rarely more) ovules in each cell. Embryo 

 spirally convolute. 



3. DODON.EA. Linn.; DC. prodr. 1. p. 616. 



Sepals 4, deciduous. Petals none. Stamens 8 : filaments very short : an- 

 thers oblong or linear. Style filiform, distinct irom the wings of the capsule, 

 slightly 3-cleft at the apex. Capsule 2-8-valved, 2-3--v\inged. Seeds 2 in 

 each cell, subglobose. DC. — Shrubs, with simple oblong entire leaves. 



1. D. viscosa (JJinn.): leaves viscous, obovate-oblong, cuneiform at the 

 base; flowers racemose; fruit 2-3-winged, longer than the pedicels. DC. — • 

 Plwn. e.d. Burm. t. 247; Sloane, hist. 2. t. 162; DC. I. c. 



Near St. Augustine, Florida, Mr. Read (in herb. acad. Philad. !) Dr. 

 Hassler ! — We have only seen imperfect specimens of this plant. 



Order XLVI. CELASTRACE^. R.'Br. 



Sepals 4-5, united at the base, imbricated in aBstivation, usually 

 persistent. Petals as many as the sepals and alternate with them, 

 plane, inserted by a broad base under the margin of the disk : estiva- 

 tion imbricated. Stamens as many as the petals and alternate with 

 them, inserted on the margin or upper surface of the large flat and 

 fleshy disk which covers the bottom of the calyx : anthers introrse. 

 Ovary more or less immersed in and adhering to the disk, 2-5 (rarely 

 by abortion 1-) celled, with 1, 2, or several erect or ascending ovules 

 in each cell : styles and stigmas 2-5, distinct or combined into one. 

 Fruit free from the calyx, 2-5- (or by abortion 1-) celled, either drupa- 

 ceous, baccate, samaroid, membranaceous, or capsular with loculici- 



