XMALPIGHIACEJE. (MALPIGHIA FAMILY.) 81 
neath ; flowers umbellate-corymbed, appearing with the leaves ; calyx bell-shaped, 
fringed on the margin, nearly as long as the stamens ; petals none. — Rich soil, 
chiefly in the upper districts, and northward. April and May. — A large tree. 
Leaves 3'—-5!' wide. / 
Var. Floridanum. Leaves truncate or slightly cordate at the base, with 
3-5 obtuse and obscurely 3-toothed lobes ; flowers umbellate, appearing before 
the leaves ; calyx short, cup-shaped, hairy, one third as long as the stamens. — 
Upland woods, Middle Florida. March and April. — A small tree. Leaves, 
flowers, and fruit scarcely half as large as in the ordinary form. 
* * * Flowers on short and erect clustered pedicels, developed from lateral buds, and 
appearing before the leaves: fruiting pedicels long and drooping. 
4. A. dasycarpum, Ehrh. (Sitver Marte.) Leaves cordate, 3-5- 
lobed, sharply toothed and serrate, white beneath; petals none; samara large, 
woolly when young. — Banks of rivers, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. 
Febraary and March.— A tree 30°-50° high, with soft wood. Flowers yel- 
lowish. t . 
5. A. rubrum, L. (Rep or Swamp Marre.) Leaves 3-5-lobed, or 
undivided, smooth or pubescent, either cordate or rounded, or sometimes acute 
at the base, toothed and serrate, white beneath ; petals oblong or linear ; samara 
small, smooth. — Swamps, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. February and 
March. — A small tree. Flowers and fruit red. — 
2. NEGUNDO, Mench. Asu-reaven Marte. 
Flowers dicecious. Calyx minute. Petals none. Stamens 4-5, hypogynous. 
—A small tree, with smooth green bark. Leaves pinnately 3 —5-foliolate, the leaf- 
lets ovate or oblong, lobed or toothed. Flowers small, greenish ; the sterile ones 
on long and drooping clustered pedicels, the fertile ones racemose, both from 
lateral buds appearing with or before the leaves. 
1. N. aceroides, Mcnch. (Acer Negundo, Z.) River-banks, Florida 
and northward. March and April. 
ORDER 44. MALPIGHIACEJE. (Matricma FAMILY) 
Trees or shrubs, with opposite simple dotless and mostly stipulate leaves, 
- regular racemose or corymbose flowers on usually jointed pedicels. — 
