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THE FLORA. 



Fruit a pod of 5 strong 

 elastic valves which break 

 and coil at the slightest 

 touch when ripe, scatter- 

 ing the seeds. Stem ten- 

 der, thickened at the 

 nodes. Leaves alternate. 



1 I. pal'lida. Pale Jewel-ioeed. 



Lvs. oblong-ovate. Fls. 

 pale yellow, sparingly 

 dotted, with a very short, 

 recurved spur. 



2 I. fulva. Tawny Jewel-tveed. 



Leaves rhombic-ovate. 

 Flowers deep orange, 



thickly spotted, with a long clor^e-reflexed spur. 

 8 I. Balsami'na. Balsamive. Leaves lanceolate. Flowers 

 white, crimson, scarlet, flesh-colored, &c. t 



Fig. 42S. Flower of the Pale Jewel-weed. Fig. 429. Its 

 parts displayed : s, s, s, y, the four sepals, the latter spur- 

 red ; j9, ^, the 2 petals, each double. 



,-ery large and showy, 



Order XL. ACERACEJE. The Maples. 



Trees or shriibs with opposite, usually simple palmate-veined leaves ; the 

 flowers often imperfect, with the 5 sepals imbricated in the bud, and the 

 petals 5, hjpogynous, sometimes ; the stamens mostly 8, and the 

 fruit a double samara, with two opposite wings, 2-seeded. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



Leaves simple, palmate-veined. Very common. 

 Leaves compound, odd-pinnate. Leaflets 3-5, toothed. 



1. ACER. Maple. 

 Calyx of 5 united sepals, 5-lobed. Petals 5 or 0, 



Maple. Acer. 1 

 Box-Elder. Negundo. 



6-8. Leaves simple, palmate-lobed. 



Styles 2. Stamens 

 Flowers mostly polygamous. 



§ Pedicels short, in side clusters, flowering before the leaves. Trees. . . .1, 2 



§ Pedicels long, slender, drooping, flowering with the lvs. Large trees 3,4 



§ Pedicels in racemes, flowering after the leaves 5-7 



I A. dasycar'pum. White M. Leaves deeply lobed, square at base, silver-whito 

 beneath. Ovaries downy. Fruit very large. Petals 0. Tree 50f. 



