SAPIXDACE.E. ('SOAP-BERET FAMILY.) 85 



Synopsis. 



TRIBE I. DGDONEJE. Ovules 2-3 in each cell Embryo spirally coiled. Cotyle 



dons distinct. Leaves alternate. 

 1. DODON-EA. Ovules 2 in each celL Petals none. Capsule 2 - 4- winged. 



TRIBE II. SAPrXDEJE. O rules usually solitary. Embryo curved or straight. Coty- 

 ledons distinct. Leaves alternate. 

 .'. HYPELATE. Ovules 2 - 3 in each cell. Petals 4 - 5, regular. Fruit drupaceous. 



3. SAPINDUS. Ovules solitary. Petal= .'. regular. Fruit baccate. 



4. CARDIOSPER1TTM Ovules solitary. Petals 4. irregular. Fruit a bladder-like capsule. 

 TRIBE LTI. HIPPOCAsTANE.E. Ovules '_' in each celL Embryo roundish. - 



ledons very thick and partly unite 1. Leaves opposite. 



5. -ESCULUS. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 4 - 5. unequal. Leaves digitate. 



TRIBE IV. ACERIXEJE. Ov .; - . hcelL Embryo coiled or folded. Cotyledons 



distinct. Styles 2, separate. Fruit a double samara. Leaves opposite, 



6. ACER. Flowers polygamous. Leaves simple, palmately nerved. 



7. XEGUXDO. Flowers dioecious. Leaves pinnate. 



L DODON^IA, L. 



Flowers perfect or polygamous. Calyx 3 - 5-parted. Petals none. Sta- 

 mens 5 - S : anther? thick, on short filaments. < 'vary 3 - 4-cel!ed. with 2 ovules 

 in each cell ; the upper one ascending, the lower pendulous Styles united. 

 Capsule membranaceons, 2-4-winged. septicidally 2-4-valved. the cells 1-2- 

 seede 1. Embryo spirally coiled. Trees "r shrubs, with chiefly simple 

 leaves, an 1 axillarv ur terminal whitish or greenish flowers. 



1. D. viscosa, L. Leaves visci 1. obovate-oblong, entire, parallel-veined: 

 racemes axillary and terminal, shorter than the leaves ; capsule 3-winged, 3- 

 .ed. South Florida. Shrubs 6 3 - 10- hi^h Flowers greenish. 



2. HYPELATE, P. Browne. 



Calyx 3 -5-parted. Petals 4-5. regular. Stamens 6- 10. inserted on the 

 inner face of the cup-shaped disk which fills the base of the calyx. < >varv 

 2-celled. with 2-3 pendulous ovules in each cell. Styles united. Stigma 

 2-lobed. Drupe globose, I -2 - Embryo erect. Trees with alrernate 



trifoli' >late or abruptly pinnate leave*, and clustered or panicled polygamous 

 flowers 



1. H. trifoliata, P. Browne. Leaves trifoliolate : leaflets olx^vate. C"ri:v 

 ceous. glabrous, entire ; panicles corymbose, slend'r, axillary, longer than 

 the leaves, few-flowered: calyx 3-4-parted, pubescent within: petals 4, 

 ciliate : drupe black. 1 seeded. South Florida. A small tree, with brittle 

 branches. Leaflets 1 ' long, with fine oblique parallel reins. Flowers small, 

 white. Stamens 6-S. 



2. H. paniculata, Don. Leaves abruptly pinnate ; leaflets 2 or 4, ob- 

 long, obtuse, entire, smooth, opposite ; panicles axillary and terminal, with 

 compressed branches ; flowers hoary-tomeutose ; calvx lobes and petals 4. 

 rounded ; cells of the ovary- 2-ovuled. South Florida. Branches purplish, 

 dotted with white. Leaflets 2' -3' long. 



