260 DRDEK XL. SAPINDACE^. 



4 — 5, unequal and irregular, hypogynous, unguiculate. Sta- 

 mens 7 — 8, distinct, unequal. Anthers versatile. Ovary com- 

 posed of 3 united carpels, 3-cornered, 3-celled. Styles united, 

 filiform. Ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit coriaceous, sub-globose, 

 1 — 2 — 3-celled, with 1 seed in each cell, dehiscence loculicidal. 

 Seeds large, with a smooth shining testa and pale hilum. JEm- 

 hryo curved, inverted, without albumen. Cotyledons very thick, 

 leshy, cohering, not rising in germination. 



Genus L— ^S'CULUS. L. 7—1. 

 (From esca, nourishment.) 



Sepals united, forming a 4 — 5-toothed, tubular calyx, more 

 or less unequal. Petals 5, or by the abortion of the anterior 

 one but 4, more or less unequal and often dissimilar. Stamens 

 6 — 8, usually 7. Capsules 2 or 3 celled. Seeds large, solitary. 



1. jE. pa'via, (L.) a shrub or small tree, jvitli irregular, tliick, ob 

 tuse branches. Leaves by fives. Leajlets ob^i^-lanceolate, unequally 

 tootlied, glabrous, or minutely pubescent hJ'cfiig t-be veins. Floicf^rs in 

 terminal racemes. Calyx tubular, purplish;- Pelals 4, unequ:'.l, cowni- 

 vent, the claws of the lateral ones about as long as the calyx, upper 

 ones the longest. Stamens 6 — 8. Capsides nearly round, S-celled, co- 

 riaceous. — Red. "^ . April — May. Common. 3 — 5 feet. Buck eye. 



2. M. fla'va, (Ait.) A small slirub or tree, branches flexuous, gla- 

 brous. Leaves by fives, pubescent along the midrib on. the undtr sur- 

 face. I^eajlets lanceolate, ribbed, iicuniinate, serrate. Petiole long, with 

 a pubescent line along the upper side. Flowers in a terminal condensed 

 panicle. Calyx pubescent, 5-elei't, with obtuse segments. Petals ir- 

 regular, very unequal, claws pubescent within, limb of the upper ones 

 minute, of the lateral ones larger, roundish. Stamens usually 7. Fil- 

 aments villous. Fruit large, 2 inches in diameter, ]^ubescent. — Yellow. 

 ^i . March — April. Mountains, a tree 30 — 80 feet, and in Middle Qeor- 



gia a small shrub, 4 — 6 feet. . -- 



3. J2. pauviflo'ra, (Walt.) A small shrub. Zeaye*. by fives or ||Vi- 

 ens, tomentose underneath. Leajlets petiolate, ovabobOvate, serjiate,. 

 acuminate. Flowers in long racemes. Calyx ob-cpnicab \ Petals 4, ex- 

 panding, spatulate, nearly equal, longer than ^^j..^cii\yx. ^^tamena 

 much longer than the petals, 6 — 7. — White. ^ . April — May. Upper 

 districts of Geo. and S. Car. S — 4 feet. 



Order XL.— SAPINDA'CE^. 



Sepals 4, unequal, aestivation imbricate, 2 of them outer and 

 larger. Petals equal in number to the sepals, and alternate with 

 them, with a tuft of hair at the base of each. Stamens 6 — 8, 

 filaments hairy near the base, anthers introrse. Ovary com- 

 posed of 3 united carpels, surrounded by a glandular disk. 

 Styles united. Stigmas obtuse. Ovules generally solitary. 

 Fruit capsular, 3-celled, 2 obliterated, 1 — 2-secded. 



