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Leaf-blades narrowly spatulate : fruits less than 2 cm. wide : seeds 2-2.5 mm. in 

 diameter. 1 . D. jamaicensis. 



Leaf-blades broadly spatulate to oblong : fruits over 2 cm. wide : 



seeds 3-3.5 mm. in diameter. 2. D. viscosa. 



1. D. jamaicensis DC. Shrub 1-4 m. tall: leaves 3-11 cm. long; blades nar- 

 rowly spatulate, gradually narrowed to the base: sepals oblong or oval, 

 2.5-3 mm. long, ciliolate: anthers about as long as the sepals: fruits 10-16 

 mm. long, deeply notched at the apex: seeds orbicular-lenticular, 2-2.5 mm. 

 in diameter. 



Hammocks and pinelands, E. Keys and F. Keys. (W. I.) 



2. D. viscosa L. Shrub 2-5 m. tall: leaves 8-15 cm. long; blades broadly 

 spatulate to oblong, gradually or abruptly narrowed at the base: sepals ovate 

 or oval, 2.5-3 mm. long: anthers rather shorter than the sepals: fruits 23-30 

 mm. long, deeply notched at the apex: seeds orbicular-reniform, 3-3.5 mm. in 

 diameter. 



Woods and thickets, m. pen. Fla. (W. I.) 



FAMILY 8. AESCULACEAE. BUCKEYE FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite : blades palmately compound. 

 Flowers polygamous, in terminal racemes or panicles. Calyx of 5 partially 

 united sepals. Corolla of 4 or 5 unequal clawed petals. Androecium of 

 5-8 stamens. Gynoecium of 3 united carpels. Fruit a leathery locu- 

 licidal capsule. 



1. AESCUIiUS L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades palmately 5-9-foliolate. 

 Petals with their claws mostly in the calyx-tube. Filaments slender. Capsule 

 smooth or echinate. BUCKEYE. HOBSE-CHESTNUT. 



Corolla red ; claws of the lateral petals about as long as the calyx : stamens slightly 

 exceeding the corolla. 1. Ae. Pavia. 



Corolla white ; claws of the lateral petals exserted : stamens 



greatly exserted. 2. Ae. parviflora. 



1. Ae. Pavia L. Shrub or small tree: leaflets 5-7; blades oblanceolate or 

 elliptic-oblanceolate: calyx 15-17 mm. long: corolla red; lateral petals 2-3 cm. 

 long, with suborbicular blades: capsules 3-5 em. in diameter. BED-BUCKEYE. 



Rich woods, n. Fla. (Cont.) Spr. 



2. Ae. parviflora Walt. Shrub: leaflets 5-7; blades elliptic-oblanceolate to 

 obovate, 5-18 cm. long: calyx 5-7 mm. long: corolla white: lateral petals 

 16-20 mm. long: capsules globular, 2.5-3 cm. in diameter. 



Woods, w. Fla. (Cont.) Spr. 



FAMILY 9. SAPINDACEAE. SOAPBERRY FAMILY. 



Shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaves opposite or alternate: blades simple 

 or pinnate, sometimes 1-foliolate. Flowers dioecious, polygamous, or 

 polygamo-dioecious, or rarely perfect, borne in racemes, panicles, or 

 corymbs. Calyx of 4 or 5 sepals. Corolla of 4 or 5 petals or wanting. 

 Disk sometimes gland-bearing. Androecium mostly of 5 or more stamens. 

 Gynoecium of 2-4 more or less united carpels. Fruit capsular or baccate. 



1. SAPINDUS [Tourn.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate: blades 

 pinnate. Flowers polygamous, regular. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5, ap- 

 pendaged. Stamens 8-10. Baccate fruit not elongate, lobed. Winter & spr. 



