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cor. irregular, 4 o; 5-pctallcd ; sta. 7 (G to 8), distinct, unequal. Style fili- 

 form, ov. 3-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Fruit coriaceous, 2-3-valved, 

 containing but one or very few large, smooth seeds. Cotyledons thick, 

 bulky, inseparable. J> *> With opposite, digitate, 3-7-foliate leaves. Fls. 

 paniculate, terminal. Fig. 100. 



PA VIA. Fruit smooth. Petals 4, erect, the two upper clawed. 1> uckeye . , Nos. 13 

 /ESCULUS proper. Fruit prickly. Petals 4 or 5. spreading Nos. 4, 5 



1 JE. Pa, via L. Lfts. 5 7, shining, oblong-lanceolate: cuneate at base, short-acumi- 



nate, finely serrate; fls. red, very irregular in a lax, thyrsoid raceme ; pet. as long as 

 stamens ; cal. half as long as the two shorter petals. S. 31 Of. Mar. April. 



2 JE parviflora Walt. Lfts. 5 7, obovate. acuminate, serrate, velvety canescent be- 



neath ; petals 4 white, somewhat similar and spreading, thrice shorter than the capil- 

 lary stamens. 8. 2 9f. Fls. very numerous. 



3 JE. flava Ait. Sweet Buckeye. Lfts. 57, oblong or elliptic-ovate, acuminate, ser- 



rulate, pubescent beneath; fls. in thyreoid, pubescent panicles; pet. very unequal, 

 longer than the stamens. W. aud S. G 70f. Yellowish. April, May. 



4 JE jjjlafora Willd. Ohio Buckeye. Lfts. 5, oval or oblong, acuminate, serrate or ser 



rulate ; fls. in lax thyrsoid panicles ; pet, 4, half as long as the stamens. River banks, 

 W. Tree 20 40f, ill-scented, with small, yellowish flowers. June. 



5 -3E. HIPPOCASTANUM L. Horse C/iestmrt. Lvs. of 7 obovate Ifts. ; pet. 5, spreading ; 



fruit prickly. Tartary. A noble tree, in parks, &c. June. 



5. SAPINDUS, L. SOAP-BERRY. (That is, by syncope, 8apo Indicus, 

 Indian soap.) Sep. 4 or 5. Pet. as many, or one less by abortion, append- 

 aged inside with a gland, scale, or beard. Sta. 8 10. Stig. 3. Fruit 8, 

 connate, globular, fleshy carpels, often by abortion 2 or 1. Seed large, 

 solitary. 5 Lvs. alternate, pinnate, exstipulate. 



S. margiiiatns Willd. Common petioles wingless ; ll'ts. fl 18, ovate-lanceolate, long- 

 pointed, very inequilateral, short-stalked, entire, glabrous, shining above; flowers in 

 white, dense panicles. Ga. to Ark. 20401'. Fruit globular. 



6. CARDIOSPERMUM, L. HEART-SEED. (Kapdia, heart, tixepua, 

 seed.) Sep. 4, two of them smaller. Pet. unequal, each with a scale at base. 

 Sta. 8. Style 8-fid. Caps, membranous, inflated. [> Leaves biternate. 

 Pedicels changed to tendrils. 



r. Elulivacabum L. Lfts. ovate-lanceolate, incisely lobed and dentate ; fr. pyriform- 

 globous. large, bladder-like. Banks of streams, 8. and W. 4 6f. July. 



7. KCELREUTERIA, Lam. (To /. G. Kohlreuter, a Russian botanist 

 and author, 1755.) Sep. 5. Pet. 4, irregular. Sta. 8. Sty. exserted. Caps 

 inflated, 3-celled, cells 2-seeded. J> Lvs. alternate, pinnate, Ifts. about 13, 

 cut-serrate. Flowers yellow, in large panicles. 



K. PAXICULATA. China. 20 30f. Odd leaflet cut-lobcd. A curious tree. 



ORDER XXXVIII. CELATRACE,E. STAFF TREES. 

 Shrubs with simple leaves alternate or opposite, vfiik floicers small, regu- 

 lar, 4 or 5-merous, perigynous, sepals and petals both imbricated in aestiva- 

 tion, stamens alternate with the petals, and inserted on a disk which fills 

 the bottom of the calyx. Carpels 2 5, styles united. Fruit free ft om the 

 calyx, with 2 5 cells. Seeds arilled, few, albuminous. 



