88 POLYGALACEiK. (miLKWOKT FAMILY.) 



C. A. rubrum, L. (Ki;i» or Swami- Mai'lk.) Leaves 3-5-lol)C(l, or 

 Uiulividinl, .siiiootli or puliesieiit, eilliur lurdatc ur rounded, or soiiieliiiies acute 

 at the lijisc, toothed and serrate, white heneatli ; petals ohloiijj or linear; sa- 

 mara small, smooth. — Swaiiiiis. I'eli. - .March. — A small tiee. Flowers 

 aud fruit red. 



7. NEGUNDO, Mauch. Ash-leaved Maple. 



Flowers diaeious. Caly.\ minute. Petas uone. Stamens 4-5, hypogynous, 

 — A small tree, with smooth green bark. Leaves ])innately 3 - .'j-foliohite, the 

 leaflets ovate or ohloug, lohed or toothed. Flowers small, greenish; the 

 sterile ones on long and drooping clustered jjedicels, the fertile ones racemose, 

 both from lateral l)uds appearing witii or before the leaves. 



1. N. aceroides, Moench. — Uiver banks. March -April. 



Order 41. MALPIGHIACE.S:. (Malpigiiia Family.) 



Trees or shrubs, with opposite simple dotless and inostly stipulate 

 leaves, and regular racemose or corymbose flowers on usually jointed 

 pedicels. — Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, alternate with the calyx lobes, 

 unguiculate, sometimes wanting. Stamens 10, alternate with tlie 

 petals, and inserted with them on a hypogynous disk : anthers round- 

 ish. Ovary solitary, mostly 3-lobed, consisting of three more or less 

 united carpels. Styles 3, distinct or united. Fruit composed of one 

 to three l-seeded cells or carpels. Seeds pendulous, without albumen. 

 Cotyledons thick or leafy. 



1. BYRSONIMA, Kich. 



Calyx with 10 glands at the base without. Petals 5. Stamens monadel- 

 phous at tlie base. Styles 3. Fruit drupaceous, 3 celled, 3-seeded. — Racemes 

 terminal, simple or branched. 



I. B. lucida, Rich. Smooth; stem much-branched ; leaves coriaceous, 

 wedge-obovate, obtuse, entire, short-petioled, shining above, paler beneath, 

 veinless ; racemes erect, bracted, simple, twice the length of the leaves ; pedi- 

 cels slender, spreading- petals yellow, orbicular-cordate, wavy, long-clawed ; 

 drupe smooth, globose. — South Florida. — A small shrub. Leaves 1' long. 

 Drupe as large as a grain of pepper. 



Order 45. POL<YGALACE.^. (Milkwort Family.) 



Herbs or shrubs, with entire exstipulate leaves, and irregular hy- 

 pogynous monadelphous or diadelphous flowers. — Anthers 1-celled, 

 opening by a terminal pore. Ovary 2-celled, with a single anatropous 

 pendulous ovule in each cell. Seeds often carunculate. Embryo 

 straight in scanty albumen. Radicle superior. 



