490 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 
glabrous tree ; leaves alternate, imparipinnate ; leaves ovate-lanceo- 
late, oblique at base, entire, much crowded, pellucid-punctulate ; 
flowers small in axillary much ramified compound racemes ; pedicels 
bracteolate below articulation (Hastern and Subtrop. Australia’). 
69. Ptelea L.*—Flowers polygamous ; receptacle more or less con- 
vex. Sepals 3-5, short, imbricated. Petals same in number, alter- 
nate, much longer, imbricated. Stamens same in number, inserted 
with petals and alternate with them; filaments free, more or less 
pilose ; anthers introrse, 2-rimose, effete in female flower. Germen 
(rudimentary in male flower) inserted at summit of receptacle, more 
or less produced and dilated beyond insertion of androceum, 2, 
3-locular; style short, stigmatiferous 2, 3-lobed at apex; ovules in 
each cell 2, descending; micropyle extrorse, superior Fruit dry, 
orbicular, widely 2, 3-winged, 2, 3-locular, indehiscent; seeds in 
each cell solitary from abortion, oblong; testa coriaceous ; albumen 
fleshy; embryo straight; cotyledons flat, ovate-oblong; radicle 
short, superior.—Small trees or shrubs, more or less bitter; leaves 
alternate or more rarely opposite, exstipulate, 3-foliolate or pinnate 
5-foliolate ; folioles ovate, oblong or sublanceolate, entire, crenate or 
serrulate, pellucid-punctuate ; flowers‘ in ramified cymiferous racemes, 
sometimes corymbiform (Northern Temp. America’). 
70. Toddalia J..—Flowers polygamous (nearly of Zanthorylon) ; 
calyx 2—5-merous leaves lobed or dentate subequal. 
longer, valvate or slightly imbricate. 
Petals) 235: 
Stamens same in number 

1 Spec. 1. P. australis Hoox. F., loc. cit.— 
Bentu., Fl. Austral., i. 365.— Cookia Aus- 
tralis F. Muezx., Fragm., i. 25; iii, 27.— 
Ailantus punctata F. MUELL., op. cit., ili. 42. 
2 Gen., n. 152.—Mizx., Icon., t. 211.—J., 
Gen., 375.—Lamx., Jil., t. 84.—Poir., Dict,, 
v. 706; Suppl, iv. 597.—GÆRTN., Fruct., i, 
223, 6. 49.—K., in Ann. Sc. Nat., sér. 1, ii, 
355.—Turp., in Dict. Se. Nat., Atl., t. 128.— 
DC., Prodr., ii, 82.—A. Juss., in Mém. Mus., 
xii. 510, t. 26, fig. 42.—Spacn, Suit. à Buffon, 
ii, 369.—ENDz., Gen., n. 5977.— PAYER, Or- 
ganog., 107, t. 24,—A. Gray, Gen. I. t. 157. 
—J. G. Aa., Theor. Syst. t. 19, figs. 7, 8.— 
B. H., Gen. 301, n. 65.—Belluccia ADANS., 
Fam. des Pl., ii. 344. 
3 Coats double. 
4 Flavo-virescens. 
5 Spec, ad 6. Torr. & Gr., Fl. N.-Amer., i. 
214.—A. Gray, Man., ed. 5, 110.—CHApM., 
Fil. S, Unit. St., 66.—Watv., Rep., i. 523; ii. 
259 ; Ann., vii. 530. 
6 Gen. 371.—Lamx., Il, t. 139.— Porn. 
Dict., vii. 692; Suppl., v. 314.—K., in Ann. Se. 
Nat, sér. 1, ii. 356.—DC., Prodr., ii. 83.— 
A. Juss., in Mém. Mus., xii. 508, t. 26, fig. 40, 
—Spracu, Suit. à Buffon, ii. 368.—ENDL., Gen., 
n. 5975.—B. H., Gen., 300, 991, n. 62 (part.).— 
Boscia Tuuns., Fl. Cap., 159 (nec LAMK.). — 
Asaphes DC, Prodr., ii. 90.— Duncania 
ReicuB., Consp., 197.— Vepris CoMMERS. (ex 
A. Juss., in Mém. Mus., xii, 509, t. 26, fig. 41). 
—Expz., Gen., n. 5976.—Crantzia SCHREB. 
Gen., 143 (nec Scop., nee Sw., nec Laa., nec 
Nurr.).—Scopolia SM., Le, ined., ii, t. 34 (nec 
L., nec Forst., nec Jacg.).—Dipetalum DALz., 
in Hook, Kew Journ., ii. 38. 
