ORDER XIJ. CELASTKACE.E. 267 



Genus L— CARDIOSPER'MUM. L. 8—3. 

 (From the Greek cardia, a heart, and sperma, a seed, from the form of the seed.) 



Calyx 4-]eaved, leaves concave, the two exterior ones smallest. 

 Corolla 4-petalecl, the lateral ones usually cohering to the sep- 

 als, each with a scale, above the base within. Disk with two 

 glands opposite the inferior petals. Stamens 8. Stf/le trifid. 

 Capsule membranous, 3-valved. Seeds globose, solitary. Her- 

 baceous climbing plants. Jjeav.es biternate. 



1. C. iialicac'abum, (L.) Stem nearly glabrous. Leaflets ovate- 

 lanceolate, incisely lobed and toothed. Flowers in axillary, racemose 

 panicles. — White. %. July. On the Ocniulgee, above Macyn. 



Genus II.— SAPIN'DUS. L. 8—3. 

 (From sapo, soap, and indicus, Indian.) 



Sepals 4 — 5, tNyo/e^'t^'ior ones largest. Petals 4 — 5, lance- 

 olate, bearded wit^^, orwith a scale above the claw. Sta7)iens 

 8 — 10. Stigmas k^Z^.^. Fruit of 1 carpel, 2 suppressed. 



1. S. sapona'ria, (L.)' 'Small tree with smooth branches, somewhat 

 geniculate. Leaves pinnate, generally 4 or 6 pairs. Leaflets falcatg 

 very oblique, not opposite, entire. Petioles 6 — 10 inches long, slight^ 

 furrowed. Flowers'An dense, compound terminal and axillary panicles, 

 dioecious or polygattio.us. — White. ''3 . On the coast of S. Cur. and 

 Geo. 20 — 50 feet. ^ Soap-berry. 



Genus III.— DODON^'A. L. 6—1. 

 (In honor of Dodoens, a physician of Germany.) 



Sepals 4. Petals none. Stamens 8. Style filiform, 3 -v]e(t 

 at tlbfifiipex. Capsule winged, 2 or 3 valved. Seeds 2 in each 



•>IV' D. visco'sA,"'(li^-\ A shrub with simple leaves. I^cavcs ovate-ob- 

 lotig, cuuoiforra, vl§?^i§. i'Vowers in racemes. — If. East Florida. 



Order XLL— CELASTRA'CE^. 



SepcSt^ 4 — 5, persistent, united at the base, aestivation imbri- 

 cate. Petals equal in number to the sepals and alternate with 

 them, with the same oestivation. Staincns usually 5, alternate 

 with the petals, inserted on a broad fleshy disk at the bottom 

 of the calyx. Ovary more or less surrounded by the disk, 

 2 — 5-celled, each with 1 or 2 or several ascending ovules. 

 Styles 2 — 5, distinct or combined. Fruit capsular, 2 — 5-ct'IIcd, 

 with a loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds anatropous. Embryo 

 straiedit. Shrubs. 



