110 SOAPBERRY FAMILY. 



4. -5JSCULUS, HORSE-CHESTNUT, BUCKEYE. (Ancient name 

 of an Oak or other mast-bearing tree, applied to these trees on account 

 of their large, chestnut-like, but unedible oi even poisonous, seeds.) 

 (Lessons, Figs. 38, 39, 159, 170.) 



* Petals 5, shorter than stamens ; fruit prickly. 



/E. Hippocdstanum, Linn. Common H. Tall fine tree, with mostly 

 7 leaflets, and large flowers of 5 petals, white, with yellow spots becoming 

 crimson ; stamens 7, at first declined. There are double, variegated, and 



* * Petals 4, shorter than the stems. 



■*- Petals broad, spreading on slender claws. 



JE. rubicunda, Lois. Red H. Compact, round-headed tree, flower- 

 ing even as a shrub ; leaves rather bright green, of 5-7 leaflets ; petals 

 rose-red; stamens mostly 8. Origin unknown; thoiight to be a hybrid. 



>€". turbinata, Blume. Chinese H. A tree, 30° high ; leaflets 5-7 

 obovate-cuneate ; panicle a span long, pubescent ; flowers whitish, calyx 

 5-lobed ; petals repand-toothed, ciliate ; stamens 6 or 7 ; ovary densely 

 reddish, pubescent. 



yf. Ca/if6rnica, 'Sntt. Californian H. Low tree ; leaflets usually 5, 

 small, oblong-lanceolate, slender-stalked ; small, white or rosy-tinged 

 flowers densely crowded in a long pubescent thyrse ; calyx 2-lobed ; 

 stamens 5-7, slender ; ovary hoary, pubescent. Cal. 



-t- I- Petals erect, and rather narroiv, on slender claws. 



Si. parvifl6ra, Walt. Small Bcckeye. Shrub 3°-9° high ; leaflets 

 5-7, soft downy underneath ; panicle slender, raceme-like, 1° long ; stamens 

 twice as long as the narrow white petals ; flowering N. as late as midsum- 

 mer ; fruit smooth ; seeds small, almost edible. Wild in the upper 

 country S., and planted N. 



Si. glabra, Willd. Fetid or Ohio Bcckeye. Tall tree ; leaflets 5, 

 nearly smooth ; panicle short ; stamens moderately longer than the some- 

 what uniform, pale yellow petals ; fruit prickly roughened like that of 

 Horse-chestnut. W. of the Alleghanies. 



* * * Petals 4, longer than the stamens. 



Si. flava. Ait. Yellow or Sweet Buckeye. Tree or shrub ; leaflets 

 5-7, smooth or smoothish ; panicle, short, dense ; calyx oblong ; petals 

 connivent, light yellow, these of two dissimilar pairs, the longer pair with 

 very small blade ; fruit smooth. W. and S. 



Var. purpur^scens, Gray. Purplish B. Has both calyx and corolla 

 tinged with purple or reddish, and leaflets generally downy underneath. 

 W. Va. . S. and W. 



iE. PJLvia, Linn. Red Buckeye. Shrub or low tree, like the last, 

 but leaves generally smooth ; the longer and tubular calyx and the petals 

 bright red ; the several forms showy in cultivation. S. and W. 



5. ACER, MAPLE. (The classical Latin name from Celtic, hard.) 

 (Lessons. Figs. 11-25, 79, 81, 82, 182, 391.) 



♦ Flower clusters terminating a shoot of the season, appearing after the 



leaves. 



t- Leaves undivided or Z-b-lohed, with as many palmate ribs. 



t-* Flower clusters erect, rarely drooping. 



A. Tartdr/cum, Linn. Tartarian M. A .small tree or shrub ; young 

 branches tomentose ; leaves ovate or oblong, mostly undivided, incised ser- 



