CHAP, r.] AMPELIDEiE. 329 



ORDE^ XLVIII*.— CEDRELE^.— THE MAHOGANY 

 TRIBE. 



This order was at first united to Meliacese by 

 De Candolle, but it has been separated on 

 account of its winged seeds. It contains, among 

 other genera, the Mahogany tree (Sivietenia 

 Mahagom), and the West Indian Cedar (Ce- 

 drela). The leaves of these trees are alternate 

 and pinnate, with unequal-sided leaflets ; and 

 the flowers are in large spreading panicles com- 

 posed of numerous little cymes. The fruit is 

 capsular, and the seeds are winged. The genera 

 contained in this order, all require a stove in 

 Great Britain. 



ORDER XLIX.— AMPELTDE^.— THE VINE TRIBE. 



The natural order Ampelidese contains seve- 

 ral genera, but of these only the Vine and the 

 five-leaved Ivy are common in British gardens. 

 It seems almost ridiculous to talk of the flowers 

 of the Vine, as the bunches, even when they 

 first appear, seem to consist of only very small 

 grapes, which gradually become large ones. 

 The flowers, however, though small and insigni- 

 ficant, are perfect, and they havq each a distinct 

 and regularly formed calyx and corolla. The 

 calyx of the common Grape {Vitis viniferd) is 

 very small, and remains on till the fruit is 



