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IiHI'A'TIESrs, L. ToncH-ME-NOT. Jewel-weed. 



1 .. I. f ulva, Nutt. (Spotted Touch - me - not.) Flowers 

 orarige-coloured, spotted with reddish brotcn. Sao longer than 

 broad, conical, tapering into" a long recurved spur. — Cedar 

 swamps and along streams. 



2. I. pal'lida, Nutt. (Pale T.) Flowers pale yellow, spar- 

 ingly dotted with brovm. Sao dilated, broader than long, 

 ending in a short spur. — Wet places. 



Order XXIV. ?UTA'CE.ffi. (Rue Family.) 

 Shrubs, with compound transparently-dotted leaves, and 

 an acrid taste. Flowers (with us) dioecious or polygamouR, 

 appearing before the leaves. Stamens hjrpogynous, as 

 many as the petals: 



Synopsis of the GeiierO' 

 1. Xanthox'ylniii. Flowers dioecious. Ovaries separate, forming pods. 



Leaflets more than 8. 

 3. PtclVa. Flowers polygamous. Fruit a samara, winged all round. 



Leaflets 3. 



I. XAKTHOX'YMriH, L. Pkickly AsH. 

 X. America' num, Mill. (Northern Prickly Ash. 

 Toothache Tree.) A prickly shrub, with yellowish-green 

 flowers in den'se umbels in the axils. Sepals obsolete or 

 none. Petals 5. Stamens in the sterile flowers .5. Carpels 

 3-5, forming fleshy 1-2-seeded pods. Fruit very pungent 

 and aromatic. Leaves pinnate, 4-5 pairs, with an odd one 

 at the end. — Forming thickets in low grounds along streams. 



2. PTE'lEA, L. Shrubby Trefoil. Hop-tree. 

 P. trifolia'ta, L. A tall shrub with greenishrwhite 

 small polygamous flowers in compound terminal cymes. 

 Sepals 3-5. Stamens as many. Ovary 2-celled. Stigmas 2. 

 Fruit a 2-celled and 2-seeded samara, winged all round. 

 Leaves of 3 ovate pointed leaflets. — S. W. Ontario! 



Order XXV. ANACARDIA'CK.«;. (Cashew Family.) 

 Trees or shrubs, with a milky or resinous juice, and 

 alternate leaves without dots or sfipules. Sepals, petals and 



