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2. H. paniculata, Don. Leaves abruptly pinnate ; leaflets 2 or 4, ob- 

 long, obtuse, entire, smooth, opposite ; panicles axillary and terminal, with com- 

 pressed branches ; flowers hoary-tomentose ; calyx-lobes and petals 4, rounded; 



cells of the ovary 2-ovuled. (Melicocca paniculata, Juss. ?) South Florida. 



Branches purplish, dotted with white. Leaflets 2' - 3' long. 



3. SAPINDUS, L. SOAP-BERRY. 



Calyx 5-parted, deciduous. Petals 5, regular, with a scale at the base of each 

 within. Stamens 8-10, inserted on the hypogynous disk. Styles united. Stig- 

 mas 3. Ovary 3-celled, the cells 1-ovuled. Fruit baccate, globose or 2-3- 

 lobed, 1-3-seeded. Seeds bony. Embryo incurved. Trees, with abruptly 

 pinnate leaves, and small polygamous flowers in axillary or terminal racemes or 

 panicles. 



1. S. marginatus, Wild. Petioles wingless; leaflets 9-18, opposite or 

 Alternate, ovate-lanceolate, unequal-sided, strongly veined above ; panicles large, 

 dense-flowered ; fruit globose. Georgia and Florida, near the coast, and west- 

 ward. A tree 20 - 40 high. Flowers white. 



4. CARDIOSPERMUM, L. 



Sepals 4, the 2 outer ones much shorter. Petals 4, irregular, each with a 

 petal-like scale at the base within ; those of the 2 outer petals entire, the others 

 with a crested appendage on the inner edge. Stamens 8. Disk 2-glandular. 

 Cells of the ovary 1-ovuled. Style 3-cleft. Capsule 3-angled, 3-celled, locu- 

 licidally 3-valved, inflated. Seed furnished with a cordate aril. Herbs, climb- 

 ing by tendrils. Leaves biternate. 



1. C. Halicacabum, L. South Florida, apparently native, and not un- 

 common in cultivation. Annual. Stem slender. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 

 incisely lobed and toothed. Capsule pear-shaped, 1' in diameter. 



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 5. JESCULUS, L. ' HORSECHESTNTJT. BUCKEYE. 



Calyx 5-lobed, unequal. Petals 4- 5, unequal, clawed. Stamens 5-8, usu- 

 ally 7, inserted on the annular hypogynous disk. Style slender. Ovary 3-celled, 

 the cells 2-ovuled. Capsule coriaceous, 1 - 3-celled, loculicidally 2 - 3-valved, 

 1 - 3-seeded. Cotyledons very large and thick, partly united. Trees or shrubs, 

 with opposite long-petioled digitate leaves, and showy polygamous flowers, in 

 terminal panicles. 



1. JEscuLUS proper. Fruit prickly. 



1. JR. glabra, Willd. Stamens almost twice the length of the erect nearly 

 equal pale yellow petals ; panicle oblong-ovate, loosely flowered ; leaflets 5, oval 

 or oblong, acuminate, unequally serrulate, smooth or slightly pubescent beneath. 

 (IE. pallida, Willd.) Banks of rivers, Tennessee and northward. May and 

 June. A small tree with rough strong-scented bark. Flowers small. 



2. PA vi A. Fruit smooth. 



2. JE. Pavia, L. Stamens slightly exserted; claws of the two upper 



