XVI. riTACEyE. XVII. XANTHOXYLA'CE^E. 



GENUS III. 



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CTSSUS L. THE Cissus. Lin. Syst. Tetrandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 147. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 627. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 689. 



Synonymes. Ampelopsis, and Fltis in part. 



Derivation. Kissos is the Greek name of the ivy, which these plants in some manner resemble. 



Gen. Char. Calyx almost entire. Petals 4, falling off separately. Ovary 

 4-celled. Berry 1 4-seeded. (Dec. Prod.) 



Leaves compound, alternate, exsti- 

 pulate, deciduous ; trifoliate. Flowers 

 axillary, small, greenish. Fruit a berry. 

 Climbing shrubs, only one of which 

 is hardy in British gardens. 



1 1. C. ORIENTALS. The oriental 

 Cissus, or Ivy Vine. 



Identification. Lam. 111. p. 332. Don's Mill., 1. 



p. 694. 

 Engravings. Lam. 111., t. 84. fig. 2. ; and our 



fig. 190. 



Spec.Char.,Sfc. Leaves bipinnate, smooth ; 

 leaflets ovate, serrated. (Don's Mill.) 

 A deciduous climber. Levant. Stem 

 5ft. to 10 ft. Introd. in 1818. Flow- 

 ers yellowish green ; June and July. 

 Berry, ?. 



We have only seen the plant bearing 

 this name in the collection of Messrs. 

 Loddiges, from which our figure is taken, 

 and which, as it does not agree very well 

 with the specific character, is perhaps 

 not the true plant. At all events, the 

 plant figured is handsome, and as vigo- 

 rous and hardy as Ampelopsis bipinnata. 190 . 



ORDER XVII. XANTHOXYLA V CE^E. 



QRD. CHAR. Flowers unisexual, regular. Calyx in 3 5 divisions. Petals 

 the same number, longer than the calyx ; aestivation generally twisted. 

 Stamens equal in number to the petals ; in the female flowers wanting or 

 imperfect. Ovary with as many carpels as there are petals. Fruit either 

 berried or membranous. Trees or shrubs, chiefly natives of warm climates. 

 (Lindl.) 



Leaves compound, alternate or opposite, without stipules ; abruptly or 

 unequally pinnate ; with pellucid dots. Flowers axillary or terminal ; 

 grey, green, or pink. The species in British gardens are comprised in 

 three genera, which are thus contradistinguished : 



XANTHO'XYLUM L. Flowers bisexual. Carpels 1 5, 2-valved. Leaves 



abruptly and impari-pinnate. 

 PTE'LEA L. Flowers bisexual. Fruit compressed, 2 3-celled j cells winged. 



Leaves of 3 leaflets, rarely of 5 leaflets. 

 AILA'NTUS Desf. Flowers polygamous. Carpels 3 5, membranous. Leave* 



abruptly or impari-pinnate. 



