too RUE FAMILY. 



early summer, later than the leaves, petals and sepals both present, 3 or 2 

 short-styled pistils ; pods not stalked. Sandy coast S. 



4. PHELLODENDRON, CORK TREE. (Greek: corktree.) 



P. Amurense, Hupr. A spreading, hardy tree with ash-gray, deeply 

 furrowed corky bark, llie inner bark lemon-yellow; leaflets '2-G pairs; 

 general aspect of Ailantluis. Amur region. 



5. PTELEA, HOP THEE. (The ancient Greek name for the Elm, 

 from the resemblance in the wiiiged fruit.) 



P. trifoliata, Linn. Three-lkavkd H. A tall shrub, with ovate 

 pointed leaflets, and a ternunal cyme of small, greenish-white, unpleasantly 

 scented flowers, in early summer ; the orbicular winged fruit bitter. Rocky 

 woods from L. I. to Minn, and S. Also planted, as vars., with variegated 



or yellow leaves. 



6. SKIMMIA. (Japanese : skimmi, the local name of the first-known 

 species.) ^'ot fully hardy in the Northern States. 



S. Fortune!, jNLasters. (S. Japoxica of gardens.) A low, quite hardy shrub, 

 smooth, with oblong and entire, dark green, evergreen leaves, crowded on 

 the end of the branches, which in spring are terminated with a close panicle 

 or cluster of small and white sweet-scented, perfect flowers, of no beauty, 

 butfollowed by dull crimson, obovoid berries which last overwinter. China. 



5. Japdnica, Thunb. (S. oblXta and S. fragraxs of gardens). Taller ; 

 flowers polygamous; leaves pale yellowish-green; berries bright red, 

 truncate or depressed, but rarely produced. Japan. 



7. CITRUS, CITRON, ORANGE, LEMON, etc. (Ancient name for 

 citron.) Small trees, native to eastern Asia, grown in conservatories 

 in the north for ornament, and in Florida and California extensively 

 planted for fruit. (Lessons, Fig. 303.) 



fk Lemons, etc. GlahrouK. Flowers {ami yonng .shoots) usually tinc/ed 



with red; fruit mostly elongated and rough, vnth a nipple or projection 



at the tip, the rind closely adherent to the flesh, xohich is usually acid. 



C. Medico, Linn. Citron. Leaves oblong or oval, acute, the petiole short, 



winged or not ; fruit large, the rind very aromatic and covered with humps ; 



the juice not abundant nor very acid. Named for the country Media. 



Yax. Umon, Linn. Le.mox. Petiole narrowly winged ; fruit distinctly 

 elongated, the rind not lumpy, with an abniidant and acid juice. 



Var. acris, Martyn. Souk LiiMe. Flowers smaller ; fruit small, vari- 

 able in shape, the juice very acid. 



* * Oranges. Glabrous. Floicers white ; fruit mostly roundish, without a 



nipple, the .vZ/» much thinner and smoother, and separating from the 



flesh, which is n.'^ually sweetish. 



C. Aurdntium, Linn. Orange. Tree, with ovate, large leaves, and 

 petiole either winged or naked ; fruit globose, usually 3'-4' in diameter, 

 golden-yellow, with a sweet edible flesh. China. 



Var. vulgaris, Wight & Arn. Bitter or Seville Orange. Petiole 

 usually broadly winged; fruit small, with a thin roughish rind and bitter 

 pulp, linn wild in Florida and other parts of the world ; a deteriorated 

 form of the Orange. 



C. nbbilis. Lour. Mandarin, Tangerine, Kid-glove Orange, Oon- 

 siiiu. Tree small or bushy and much spreading ; leaves smaller and 

 narrower, the petioles not winged ; fruit small, flattened, the very thin 

 golden-russet rind parting readily from the loosely cohering, dryish, and 

 sweet carpels. Hardier than the'Orange. Japan and China. 



