HYPERICINEiE. 



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20. elegans. Sepals lanceolate. Stem 2- 

 cclged, nearly simple. L. cordato-lanceolate, 

 quite entire. Disc pelluciclo-piinctate. Mar- 

 gin with black dots. Seeds finely dotted, s. 

 6-8. Calc. vineyards. G. rare. 



21. perfoliatuHi. Sepals lanceolate. Stem 

 woody, terete, ascending. L. oblong, some- 

 what obtuse, pellucido-punctate ; upper toothed. 

 Seeds with wavy stripes, w. 5, 6. Coasts. 

 Hyeres. Civ. Vecchia. Abr. Lower L. some- 

 times without dots. 



22. H>icheri. Sepals ovate, acute. Fi'ingc 

 of Bracts nearly as broad as membrane. Stem 

 herbaceous, terete, simple, erect. L. quite 

 sessile, ovate, with crowded black dots on 

 margin, but no pellucid dots. Seeds with wavy 

 stripes. Styles 3-5. p. 7, 8. Calc. mns. 

 Jura. Alps. Apen. 



c. Glands on stalks which are longer than 

 breadth of Sepals. 



23. barbatuHi. Sepals ovate, acute. Stem 

 erect. L. quite sessile, oblongo-lanceolate, 

 with scattered black dots and pellucid dots. 

 Margin somewhat rcvolute. Pet. minutely 

 fringed. Seeds with wavy stripes, p. 6, 7. 

 Thichets. Aus. Cal. 



D. 3 hypogi/n.ous Scales alternating with 

 the sets of Stamens. 



24. Klodes. Sepals smooth, with fringe 

 of glandular hairs. Stem rooting at base. L. 

 sessDe, hirsute, subrotundo-ovate. Pan. lax, 

 few-flowered, p. 7, 8. Bogs. Not in Sw. or It. 



25. tomentosu3aa. Sepals hairy all over, 

 but \vithout a distinct fringe. Stem round, 

 creeping. L. ovate, with black dots on mar- 

 gin. Pan. lax. p. 6, 7. Moist, mdt. P. 



XIX. ACEEINE^. 



Calyx imhricate. Petals and Stamens inserted round an hypogynous disc. Germen double. 

 Style 1. Fruit winged, separating into indehiscent 1-2-seeded nuts. Trees, with opposite L. 



139. ACER. 



A. Raceme somewhat cylindrical, compound 

 at the base. 



1. tataricum. Eac. erect. Wings of Pr. 

 parallel. L. cordate, subincise, unequally den- 

 tate. s.T. 5, 6. Austria. Not in Koch. 



2. Pseudoplatanus. Eac. peudidous. 

 Wings of Fr. diverging. L. palmato-5-lobed. 

 Lobes acuminate, unequally dentate. l.T. 5. 

 Woods. 



S. Corymb broad and short, the separate 

 Flower-stalks very long ; lower branched. 



3. campestre. Coiymb erect. Wings of 

 Fr. nearly in one line. L. paknato-5-lobed, 

 repando-dentate. s.T. 5, 6. Hedges and 

 thickets. 



4. Xiobelii. Corymb erect. Wings of Fr. 

 divaricate, almost horizontal. L. 7-nerved, 3- 

 or 5-lobed. Lobes acuminato-cuspidate. Mar- 

 gin somewhat undulate, entire. l.T. 4. Woods. 

 Mte. St. Angelo. 



5. platanoides. L. pabnate, 7-nerved. 

 Lobes 5, acuminate, inciso-dentate. Segments 

 acuminate. Corymb erect. Wings of Fr. di- 

 vaiicate. s.T. 4. Woody hills, s. F. Sw. 

 s. G. n. It. 



6. opulifolium. Corymb nearly sessile. 



nodding, bearing many capsules. Wings of 

 Fr. diverging. L. 5 -nerved, palmate, 3-lobed. 

 Lobes obtuse, repando-dentate. s.T. 3, 4, 

 Woody hills. Dan. Vail. It. 



7. obtusatum. Corymb pendulous, branched, 

 many-flowered. Fr. and stalks haii-y. Wings 

 nearly parallel. L. pahnate, 5-7-nerved, wdth 5 

 somewhat obtuse repando-dentate lobes, velvety 

 beneath. l.T. 3. Woods. Nap. Albano. 



8. Opulus. Fr.-staUis solitaiy, or in a 

 sessile, few-flowered corymb. Wings of Fr. 

 nearly parallel. L. pahnate, 5-nei-ved, 3-5- 

 lobed. The Lobes and their teeth obtuse. 

 s.T. It. Koch andj Bert, unite this and, the 

 two preceding. 



9. monspessulaimm. Corymb few- 

 flowered, erect. Wings of Fr. parallel, often 

 overlapping. L. 3-lobed. Lobes equal, diverg- 

 ing, nearly entii'e. s.T. 4. Stony hills, s. 

 F. n. It. 



^. commutatum. Ten. Corymbs pendulous. 

 Cassano in Calabria. 



In public waUis we sometimes meet with 

 the Negundo, differing fi-om Acer in having 

 no petals. The species is fraxinifolium. L. 

 pinnate. Lts. 3-5, the odd one often 3-lobed. 



Also the Mscidus, belonging to the Mippio- 

 castanece. The usual species is Hippocastanum, 



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