182 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. Fils. 
pale yellow, sparingly 
dotted, with a very short, : 
recurved spur. Fig, 428. Flower of the Pale Jewel-weed. Fig. 429. Its 
21, fulva. Zawny Jewel-weed. parts displayed: s, 8, 8, y, the four sepals, the latter spur- 
Leaves rhombic-ovate. red; p, p, the 2 petals, each double. 
Flowers deep orange, 
thickly spotted, with a long close-reflexed spur. 
8 I, Balsami’na. Balsamine. Leaves lanceolate. Flowers very large and showy, 
white, crimson, scarlet, flesh-colored, &c. + 
Orper XL. ACERACEA. The Maples. 
Trees or shrubs with opposite, usually simple palmate-veined leaves; the 
flowers often imperfect, with the 5 sepals imbricated in the bud, and the 
petals 5, hypogynous, sometimes 0 ; the stamens mostly 8, and the 
Jruit a double samara, with two opposite wings, 2-seeded, 
Analysis of the Genera. 
Leaves simple, palmate-veined. Very common. Maple. Acrr, 1 
Leaves compound, odd-pinnate. Leaflets 3-5, toothed. Box-Hder. Neeunvo. 
1. ACER. Maple. 
Calyx of 5 united sepals, 5-lobed. Petals 5 or 0. Styles 2. Stamens 
6-8. Leaves simple, palmate-lobed. Flowers mostly polygamous. 
§ Pedicels short, in side clusters, flowering before the leaves. Trees....1, 2 
§ Pedicels long, slender, drooping, flowering with the lvs. Large trees....3, 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. 
