44 Oxal Idacese — Celastraceae — Rhamnaceae. 



ll.—ERODIUM. 



Fruit beaked, separating into 5 carpels each with a long spiral awn bearded 

 on the inside. 



ERO'DIUMCICUTA'RIUM (99). Hemlock Stork's-bill. 6—9. Hairy. 



(305) peduncles many-flowered, leaves pinnate, leaflets pinnatifid, stipules 

 lanceolate. Waste places, 



Ero'dium moscha'tum (11). Musky Stork's-bill. 6 — 7. Stipules ovate, 



(306) leaflets less deeply cut than E. cicutarium, peduncles 2 — 5 flowered, 

 plant smelling of musk. [G. (Gargrave), CI. 



lU.-^IMFAT/ENS, 



Flowers irregular, sepals 3 coloured — the third large hood-shaped and 

 spurred, petals 3 smaller, stamens 5, stigmas 5 minute sessile, capsule burst- 

 ing into 5 valves rolling inwards scattering the seed. 



IMPATIENS NOLI-ME-TANGERE (24). Balsam. 7—9. Succulent, 

 (311) leaves ovate dentate, flowers large and showy yellow spotted with 

 orange. [C. 



ORDER 19. — Oxalidacese. 



Sepals and petals 5. Stamens 10, hypogynous. Pistil syncarpous superior. 

 Ovary 5-celled. Styles 5 separate. 



l.—OXAL/S. 



OX'ALIS ACETOSEL'LA (109). Wood-sorrel, Shamrock. 4—6. 

 (308) Pe'iuncles, i-flowered radical, leaves ternate, leaflets obcordate hairy, 

 flowers white with purple veins. Fig. p. 50. 



ORDER 20. — Celastraceae. 



Calyx gamosepalous inferior. Corolla polypetalous. Stamens perigynous 

 inserted into the large flat disk, alternate with the petals. Sepals petals and 

 stamens usually 4. Ovary buried in the disk usually 4-celled. 



l.—EC/ONVAJCrS. 



EUON'YMUS EUROP/E'US (71). Spindle-tree. 5—6. Branches 



(315) 4-angled glabrous, leaves opposite ovato-lanceolate serrate, flowers 

 small, peduncles axillary few-flowered, disk large peltate, fruit a crimson 

 berry, seeds I — 4 with an orange arillus. Copses and hedges. 



E. lalifoliusy E. atropurpureus^ and other exotic species, are planted 

 in shrubberies. 



ORDER 21. — Rhamnacese. 



Calyx gamosepalous 4 — 5-cleft inferior. Petals hooded, sometimes wanting. 

 Stamens 4 or 5 opposite petals, hypogynous. Disk large. Ovary 3-celled. 

 Fruit a berry with 3 — 4 stones. 



l.-RHAMNUS. 



RHAM'NUS CATHAR'TICUS (55). Buckthorn. 5—7. Leaves ovate 



(316) serrate, branches thorny, flowers 4-cleft dioecious, berries black. 

 Woods and thickets. 



