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139. ACER. 



whicli has regularly 5 petals and 7 anthers ; and 

 a prickly capsule, including 2 or 3 poUshed 

 chestnuts. The jEsciilusPavia, or Favia rubra, 

 with 4 petals and a smooth capsule, is also 

 emj)loyed, but more rarely. 



In this place we may also notice the 3Ielia 



Azederach, which is a favom-ite ornamental 

 tree in Italy. The calyx is small, quinquefid. 

 Petals 5. Stamens 10, united into a tube, 

 ending in 20 teeth. The fruit is a di-upe or 

 plum, containing a 5 -celled and 5-fmTOwed 

 nut. The L. are bipiunate. Lts. usually 5. 



XX. AMPELIDEJ^]. 



Calyx entire, or with 5 small teeth. Petals 4 or 5, valvular, inserted, as well as Stamens, ou 

 a glandular disc. Germen with 4 Ovules, becoming a Berry. Climbing shrubs. 



140. VITIS. 



1. vinifera. L. lobed, sinuato-dentate. S. 

 5 . Moist, s. Eur. The naturalized plant is 

 said to be dioecious. 



141. AMPELOPSIS. 



1. hederacea. L. temate or quinate. Lts. 

 stalked, acuminate, mucroriato-serrate. S. 7, 8. 

 Bushy. Natm-alized in s. Tyr. 



XXI. GEEANIACE^. 



Sepals 5, imbricate; in our species all similar. Petals 5. Stamens 5 or 10, monadelphous. 

 Cai-pels 5, ultimately 1-seeded, each ending in a long beak, attached at the top to a prolonged 

 axis, and, when the seeds are ripe, curling up with a spring. 



142. ERODIUM. 



A. All L. pinnate. Lower Lts. not opposite, 

 and not larger than the others. 



1. staphylinum. Hairy and glandular. 

 Lts. bipinnatilid ; the segments obtuse. Pet. 

 about as long as long as calyx. Cotyledons 

 pinuatifid. a. 4-6. Fields and sea-shore. — 

 Beet. 



2. cicutariuin. Stem branched, diffuse. 

 Lts. pinnatifid, incise. Base of EUaments ex- 

 panded, without hairs or teeth. Beak of Pr. 

 hairy. (Cotyledons 3-lobed, Bert.) a. 5-9. 



Cult. 



3. romanum. Stem ! Lts. ovate or ovato- 

 oblong, pinnatifid. Rachis without teeth. StaUvS 

 many-flowered. Bracts numerous, membranous, 

 jagged, often united at base. Pilaments lan- 

 ceolate, without hairs or teeth, a. 3-6. 

 Coasts. Mdt. 



4. Manescavi. " Stem 0. Lts. oblong or 

 ovato-oblong, pinnatifid. Rachis without teeth. 

 Stalks many-flowered. Bracts few, broad, her- 

 baceous, united. Pilaments without teeth, a. ? 

 Val d'Ossai andVal d'Aspi inPyr." — Cosson, 

 zoho relies, moreover, on a long mucro to the 

 sepals ; but this exists also iti E. romanmn. 



5. luoschatuiu. Stem branched, procum- 



bent. Lts. oblongo -ovate, incise. Filaments of 

 perfect Stamens smooth, expanded at base, 

 toothed. 3Iushj. a. 6, 7- Waste. 



S. L. pinnato-ternate ; the lower pair being 

 opposite, somewhat larger, and quite se- 

 parate ; each succeeding pair rising from 

 the preceding on a wedge-shaped base ; 

 all much divided. 



6. petrseum. No stem. Rhizoma woody. 

 Rachis of L. dentate. Pet. retuse. p. e. Pyr. 

 Languedoc. 



7. glandulosum. No stem. Rhizoma 

 woody. L. \vith glandulai- hairs. Rachis 

 toothed. Pet. acute, p. Sigh rocJcs. Pyr. 

 far. of petrfEum ? 



E. asplenioides is said to have been foimd 

 at Port Juvenal, but I apprehend has not been 

 naturalized. 



8. alpinum. Perennial, with an umbeUed 

 scape or branched stem. L. bipinnatifid. Seg- 

 ments and rachis sharply laciniate. Sepals 

 narrow, oblong, mucronate. Pet. broadly ovate, 

 two or three times as long as calyx, p. Iligh. 

 Abrazzi. Umbria. 



9. cicoumm. Annual, somewhat villous. 

 Stems ascending. Lts. sessile. Segments in- 

 cise, acute. Rachis toothed. Two of the Pet. 



