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2. H. paniculata, Don. Leaves abruptly pinnate; leaflets 2 or 4, ob- 
long, obtuse, entire, smooth, opposite ; panicles axillary and terminal, with com- 
pressed branches; flowers hoary-tomentose ; calyx-lobes and petals 4, rounded ; 
cells of the ovary 2-ovuled. (Melicocca paniculata, Juss.?) — South Florida. — 
Branches purplish, dotted with white. Leaflets 2' — 3' long. 
3. SAPINDUS, L. Soap-zerry. 
Calyx 5-parted, deciduous. Petals 5, regular, with a scale at the base of each 
within. Stamens 8-10, inserted on the hypogynous disk. Styles united. Stig- 
mas 3. Ovary 3-celled, the cells l-ovuled. Fruit baccate, globose or 2--3- 
lobed, 1—3-seeded. Seeds bony. Embryo incurved. — Trees, with abruptly 
pinnate leaves, and small polygamous flowers in axillary or terminal racemes or 
panicles, 
1. S. marginatus, Wild. Petioles wingless ; leaflets 9-18, opposite or 
alternate, ovate-lanceolate, unequal-sided, strongly veined above; panicles large, 
dense-flowered ; fruit globose. — Georgia and Florida, near the coast, - west- 
ward. — A tree 20° —409 high. Flowers white. 
4. CARDIOSPERMUM, L. 
Sepals 4, the 2 outer ones much shorter. Petals 4, irregular, each with a 
petal-like scale at the base within ; those of the 2 outer petals entire, the others 
with a crested appendage on the inner edge. Stamens 8. Disk 2-glandular. 
Cells of the ovary l-ovuled. Style 3-cleft. Capsule 3-angled, 3-celled, locu- 
licidally 3-valved, inflated. Seed furnished with a cordate aril.— Herbs, climb- 
ing by tendrils. Leaves biternate. 
. 1. C. Halicacabum, L. — South Florida, apparently native, and not un- 
common in cultivation. — Annual. Stem slender. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 
incisely lobed and toothed. Capsule pear-shaped, 1' in diameter. ` 
5. ASSCULUS, L. Horsecuestyut. BUCKEYE. 
Calyx 5-lobed, unequal. Petals 4-5, unequal, clawed. Stamens 5- 8, usu- 
ally 7, inserted on the annular hypogynous disk. Style slender. Ovary 3-celled, 
the cells 2-ovuled. Capsule coriaceous, 1 — 3-celled, loculicidally 2~3-valved, 
l-3-seeded. Cotyledons very large and thick, partly united. — Trees or shrubs, 
with opposite long-petioled digitate leaves, and showy polygamous flowers, in 
terminal panicles, 
* Ei Arcum quopen, Fruit prickly. — 
am. glabra, Willd. Stamens almost twice the length of the erect nearly - 
equal pale yellow petals; panicle oblong-ovate, loosely flowered ; leaflets 5, oval 
aa Willd.) — Banks of rivers, Tennessee and northward. May an 
Be (e vh Iu eric E 1 Hee 
Tas Pavia. Fruit smooth. 
or » acuminate, unequally serrulate, smooth or slightly pubescent beneath. - x i 
