SAPINDACE^ 



long as petals, giving a fringed appearance ; Fruit a capsule, small, smooth, 

 without prickles, seldom ripening in England. 



Leaves opposite, palmate, petioles long, reddish-brown, leaflets 5 7, 

 oblong-lanceolate, bright green above, downy beneath, minutely serrated, 

 acuminate. 



A deciduous shrub, 3-9 ft. ; or small tree, 10-15 ft. ; several stems and 

 stoloniferous shoots ; Branches slender, spreading, turning upwards at ex- 

 tremities, or rooting if touching the ground. 



A native of N. America; introduced 1820. Known in America as Buckeye; 

 often called Pavia alba or P. macrostachya ; genus Pavia, in honour of Peter 

 Paiv, Professor at Leyden, seventeenth century. 



YELLOW HORN, Xanthoceras sorbij 



Gardens. A fine shrub or small tree, in it's foliage resembling the 

 Mountain Ash. It does well in light garden soil, but best against a wall. 

 It is propagated by seeds sown in light soil outdoors in spring or autumn. 

 April, May. 



Flowers ivory-white, large, regular, polygamous, in a terminal raceme, 

 8 ins. long ; pedicels long, bracteate at base ; Sepals 5, equal, boat-shaped, 

 imbricate ; Petals 5, elongated, clawed, without scales, reddish streaks at 

 base, slightly deflected when expanded ; Disk cup-like ; Stamens 8 ; Ovary 

 superior, 3-celled ; Fruit a 3-valved capsule, resembling a Peach in shape 

 and texture, 2 ins. long, 1-i- in. diam. ; ripe in July. 



Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, stipulate, leaflets 7, ovate-lanceolate, 

 sharply serrated, acuminate. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree, 5-15 ft. ; Branches erect ; Twigs brown ; 

 Buds green. 



Native of Mongolia; introduced about 1870. Generic name from xanthos, 



yellow, and keras, a horn, in allusion to the yellow, horn-like glands or 



nectaries between the petals ; specific name from resemblance of leaves to 



those of the True Service Tree (Pyrus Sorbus). 



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