18 PL^VNTS 0^ BERMtJDA; 



five smooth leaflets, the latter oblong, pointed, and coarsely 

 toothed ; llower.s in compound panicles ; calyx minute, entire ; 

 petals iive, at length distinct ; stamens live, with large anthers ; 

 beny small. Distribution, North America ; habitat, sides of 

 houses, fences, etc., to which its crimson leaves and stems give a 

 handsome appearance ; cultivated, and also as an escape. Flowers 

 iusignihcant, pale green ; June and July. 



SuiJ-DlVISION II. — CALYCIFLORiE. 



Stamens cUlur inserted into the calyx fperifjynousj , xvhieh is asHalhj 

 inferior- to the ovanj, or arising from a disc superior to the ovary 

 (epigynotisj. 



Nat : Ord : 20 Anacardiacecc. 



Shrubby plants or trees with a milky or acrid juice; leaves 

 simple or compound, alternate without stipules ; flowers in pani- 

 cles, usually dioecious or polygamous ; sepals four to five ; petals 

 four to five ; stamens four to five, inserted into a disc at base of 

 calj'x ; styles and stigmas usually three ; ovary superior, one to 

 several celled, ovules single in each cell ; fruit a one -seeded drupe. 



The Mango {JIanyifera Indica), wliich is now cultivated in all 

 tropical countries for its fruit, belongs to this order. 



1. JR. toxicodendron (Poison Oak or Poison Ivy). A perennial, 

 climbing vine, stem attaching itself by means of ivy-like rootlets 

 to trees, rocks, etc., up which it rises to a cou'^idcrable height] 

 leaves trifoliate, petiole red and velvety, leaflets three, broadly 

 ovate, entire, pointed, velvety beneath, the end leaflet stalked and 

 distant ; flowers in axillary branched panicles ; calyx five partite ; 

 petals five ; stamens five, inserted into disc ; styles three, short ; 

 fruit a nearly dry drupe, size of a pea. Distribution, North 

 America; habitat, thickets, hedges, old walls, etc. Flowers green- 

 ish-yellow ; May and June. 



The juice of this plant is very acrid and irritating when applied 

 to eyes and tender skin, but probably is not so dangerous as is 

 supj)osed by many of the natives, some of whom regard it vdth 

 almost superstitious fear. 



jS'at : Ord : 21 Zeyi(minos(C. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees, with alternate, usually compound leaves 

 and leafy stipules ; sepals five, more or less united, and irregular ; 

 petals five, sometimes regular, usually irregular and papilionaceous 

 (■/.«"., the upper petal large, broad, erect or bent back, fcn-ming the 

 standard ; two parallel, side petals called the wings, overlapiDing 

 the two inferior ones, Avhich arc usually united by their lower mar- 

 gin, called the keel, and enclosing the stamens: the garden pea is 

 a good example of this form of ^floicer) ; stamens ten, perigjaious, 

 sometimes distinct, usually united by their filaments into a tube, 

 the upper one frecxuently distinct ; ovary one- celled, superior, 



