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THE FLORA. 



Fruit a pod of 5 strong 

 elastic valves which break 

 and coil at the slightest 

 touch when ripe, scatter- 

 ing the seeds. Stem ten- 

 der, thickened at the 

 nodes. Leaves alternate. 



1 I. pal'lida. Pale Jewel-weed. 



Lvs. oblong-ovate. Fls. 

 pale yellow, sparingly 

 dotted, with a very short, 

 recurved spur. 



2 I. fulva. Tawny Jewel-weed. 



Leaves rhombic-ovate. 

 Flowers deep orange, 

 thickly spotted, with a long close-reflexed spur. 



3 I. Balsami'na. ' Balsamine. Leaves lanceolate. Flowers very large and showy, 



white, crimson, scarlet, Aesh-colored, &o. t ■ 



Fig- 428. Flower of the Pale Jewel-weed. Fig. 429. Its 

 parts displayed : *, «, «, y, the four sepals, the latter spur- 

 red ; jp, p^ the 2 petals, each double. 



Okder XL. ACERACE.^. The Maples. 



Trees or shrubs with opposite, nsnally simple palmate-veined leaves ; the 

 flowers often imperfect, with the 5 sepals imbricated in the bud, and the 

 petals 5, hypogynous, sometimes ; the stamens mostly 8, and the 

 fruit a double samara, with two opposite wings, 2-seeded. 



Analysis of the Oenera. 



Leaves simple, palmate-veined. 

 Leaves compound, odd-pinnate. 



Very common. 

 Leaflets 3-5, toothed. 



Maple. AoEB, 1 

 Box-Mder. NEonHDO. 



1. AOEE. Maple. 

 Calyx of 5 united sepals, 5-lobed. Petals. 5 or 0. 



6-8. Leaves simple, palmate-lobed. 



Styles 2. Stamens 

 Flowers mostly polygamous. 



§ Pedicels short, in side clust'ers, flowering before the leaves. Trees 1, 2 



§ Pedicels long, slender, drooping, flowering with the lvs. Large trees. . . .8, 4 

 § Pedicels in racemes, flowering after the leaves. . . .5-7 

 1 A. dasycar'pum. White M. Leaves deeply lobed, square at base, silver-white 

 beneath. Ovaries downy. Fruit very large. Petals 0. Tree 50f. 



