XV. ^SCULA^CE^. XVI. VlTA'CEJE. 



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Gen. Char., S^c. Cah/x of 5 sepals. Petals 4, each with 2 scales at the base. 

 Capsule 3-cellecI, inflated. Seeds ovate-globose, the seed-coat penetrating 

 into the seed, and occupying in the place of an axis the centre of the em- 

 brvo, which is spirally convoluted. {Dec. Prod.) 



Leaves inipari-piniiate, of many pairs of leaflets, that are ovate and 

 coarsely toothed. Flowers yellow, in panicles. A deciduous tree. 



t 1. K. panicula'ta Laxm. The \>ar\\c\ed-Jloivering Kolreuteria. 



Identification. Laxm. Acad. Petr., 16. p. 561. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 616. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 672. 

 Synu7iynies. Sapindus chinensis Lin. fil. Supp. p. 221. ; K. pauUiniOirfci L'Herit. Sert. ; Savonnier 



panicule, Fr. ; rispentragende KiJlreuterie, Ger. 

 Engravings. N. Du Ham., 1. t. 36. ; Bot. Reg., t. 320. ; and the plate of the tree in Arb. Brit., 



1st edit, vol. V. ; and out Jig. 180. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves impari-pinnate, with ovate leaflets, coarsely toothed. 

 Flowers polygamous. A deciduous tree of the middle size. North of 

 China Height 20 ft. to 40 ft. in the climate of London. Introduced in 

 1763. Flowers yellow, in terminal, racemose, spreading panicles ; July 

 and August. Fruit a bladdery capsule, whitish brown ; ripe in October. 

 Decaying leaves deep yellow. Naked young M'ood brown. 



It is very hardy ; the hermaphrodite plants not unfrequently ripening seeds 

 in the neighbourhood of London. It has not only a very fine appearance 



180. Kulreut^nii panicQl&ta. 



when in flower, but also in autumn, when the tree is covered with its large 

 bladdery capsules, and the leaves change to a deep yellow, which they do 

 before they fall off". It is of the easiest culture in any common soil, and is 

 readily propagated either by seeds or cuttings of the root or branches. In the 

 London nurseries it is generally propagated by seed. 



Order XVI. VYTA'C^M. 



Ord. Char. Calyx small. Petals 4 or 5. Stamens equal in number to the 

 petals ; filaments distinct, or slightly cohering at the base. Anthers versa- 

 tile. Ovarium 2-ceUed. Fruit a pulpy berry. Seeds 4 or 5, fewer by 



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