PLANTS OF BEEMUDA. 13 



many-flowered ; sepals lance -shaped, acute, united at base ; petals 

 five, unequal- sided, dotted ; stamens united at base into three 

 bundles; styles three; ovary three-celled; capsule many-seeded. 

 Distribution, Europe and United States ; habitat, waste ground, 

 rare. Flowers yellow, one inch in diameter ; July. 



11. ASCYRUM. 



Sepals six; petals four ; stamens almost distinct. 



1. A. Hypericoides (St. Andrew's Cross). A small brandling 

 shrub two to four feet high ; stems brittle, scaly, and somewhat 

 winged between the nodes ; leaves one -third to one -half inch long, 

 one-twelfth of an inch wide, reversely lance-shaped, sessile, with 

 two small glands at base ; flowers terminal ; sepals six, two outer 

 very small, awl-shaped, next pair large, one-third to one-half inch, 

 oval, pointed, inner pair smaller, lance -shaped ; pefcais four, con- 

 torted ; capsule one-celled, seeds numerous. Distribution, West 

 Indies ; habitat, marshes, common, apj)ears to be indigenous. 

 Flowers yellow, one-half to three-quarters of an inch ; September 

 to December. 



Nat: Ord : 13 Sapindacece. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves alternate, without stipules ; 

 flowers small ; sepals four ; jpetals four or more, separated from 

 stamens by a disc ; stamens eight ; style one ; capsule usually 

 three-celled, few-seeded. The Soai^berry fSapindus SaponariaJ, 

 Horse Chestnut (JEscidus hippocastanumj , and the Lichie (Dimo 

 carpus LitchiJ , belong to this order. 



I. CARDIOSPERMUM. 



Sepals four, irregular; petals four ; stamens interior to gland; cells of 

 capsule one-seeded. 

 1. G. halicacabum (Balloon Vine). A delicate climbing annual. 

 Stem two to three feet long, slender, smooth, deeply four-grooved ; 

 leaves alternate, leaf- stalk one and a half inches long, leaflets 

 biternate, the divisions deeply and irregularly few -toothed, hairs 

 few, simple ; flowers in axillary corymbs with two crosier-like ten- 

 drils near top of stalk ; sepals four, two inner larger ; petals four, 

 with a scale at base ; stamens eight ; capsule three-celled, inflated, 

 bladder-like, three-quarters of an inch in diameter ; seeds solitary, 

 globose, marked with a heart-shaped spot. Distribution, West 

 Indies and other tropical countries ; habitat, waysides ; lower 

 parishes, frequent. Flowers white, one-third of an inch ; June. 



II. DODONOiA. 



Sepals four ; petals none ; stamens eight, inso'ted in disc; cells of eap' 

 sule tivo- seeded. 

 1. D. Burmanniana, B.C. An erect, branching shrub, four to six 

 feet high ; leaves sessile, gummy, reversely lance-shaped, entire, 

 two and a half to three inches long, one-half to three-quarters of 

 an inch wide ; capsule winged, roundish, three-quarters of an inch 

 in diameter, wings broader above than near the base, terminal 



