4*6 A0EEACK-"E. 



a" LeavHs^ ik'ciiluous. thiuuish : uurlets riKln-u; Iraves 



Snuill, iibovate tu oblaucpolati'-ublon?;, cVHuatt' I. decidua. 



Lai:;i'. u\-atr to oblou^' and biiu'eolati'. sorrale I. nionticola. 



STAFF-TREE FAMILY. CELASTRACEJ-: Lixdl. 



Trees, sbnibs aiul .liuibiny \iia's cif alinui ihi'-.,' liiiiidrril bfiy species of troiiieal anri 



temperate rr^ions and ^roup-'d in forty yeiiera. Four uenera are repri'seiUed amoui;' the trees 



of (lie I'nited States, maiul.v southern. 



Lrar:s simple and with siiimies small and 'adueous or none. I'lair^rx reL;ular. u'.'nerally 

 pprlVct, in a.xillary (lusiors and mosil.N- with .ioiiilrd iu'dieols ; laly.x 4-."idoli.'d or parted, iadn'i- 

 eaiiMi in tie' lunl, i)ersistont : poi.als 4-~>. spicaditm', inibrieatrd in the bud; stami-ns 4-."). ins^rti^d 

 on the disk with 2-eelled inlnusi' antliors lonuitudimiUy didiis.errt : o\ary L'-.'i-cidled «itli 1 or 

 L' anatrojious ovules in eaeli edl (il sidehorizoni al in Cuiintia). Fniif a tb'shy l.'-4-eelled 

 dehisi'put capsule or diaipe; S'tcI fnriiisbi'd wdib a eohu'rd aril, coniaininL;- oopions albumen 

 and foliai^'otr^ •■i>^yled<ms, 



THE WAHOO OR BURNING BUSH. Gi;.\ls EL'OXY^IL'S L. 



Small ti'iN's ami shrubs of nhnut lifry speoii.'S mainly -if ihc norrlievn hnmispheiv and most 

 nuiiiHroiis in sontb^^ni Asia ami Japan. Four spi'cies of vhirh om- is arbon-scnt iwo natives 

 of tlu^ Unitrd Statrs. 



Liiiris opiiositr. prtiolato. laitirp ur serrate: slipnlcs railiiroiis. Fhnr' r.'< iii^nprally per- 

 fpft. in fi'w-lb.twern! rynips. fi'oiii Tln' axils of tbf lowi'V b'avi>s of rlip season, ii-i-rnish or 

 purple : calyx 4-r)-](ibr<i : petals nf saiih' number, spreading and ins-'rc^d beneath the thick 

 4-lohpd disk: stamens as many as th^' ])etals. alternate wiili rhrm and iusi-rted on the disk; 

 filaments wi'y sliort ; antlners with 2 i-eljs. spreading' below: loary 4-( riled with short style or 

 noni' and d^pvfssrd sli-nia: ovulrs usually '2 in c-.wh v>A]. l-^niii a ddnbnd and 4-celle(l capsule. 

 fleshy, smuoili i in the Aineri<'an spprics) or ^Yin;;v■ll ; lom^itndinally di-hisc^nt ; seeds 1 or l! 

 in each i/nll. ascendin.^' and surroumliMl by a red aril. 



The name is the classical (imek name of a Euro])ran species. 



For si,rrirs srr pp. JJ.?-,;j.f. 



MAPLE FAMILY. ACl^RACE.K St. IIil. 



Trees nnd a few shiadis wilh .^enorally watery and sarc'liarine sap and of wide distriburioi:. 



It consists of two gpuera. _4crr and Dipfi ri>iiia. tie' former larjiidy re]n'esented in America and 



the latti-T a uiMins of a sint;de sjn'cips in Ciiiua. 



T.rar(s fh'ridnous. npjiosifi', lou,i'-p''I iidati^. sim])Ii' and palmatidy lobed or leuualr, usna]'y 

 willemt stipules : wiutia'diuds s^aly. tl:i' inncrniosi scalrs ar.a-esriMi! . Flniri i-s i-renlar. i"dy- 

 .liamons m- d id'ciruis. in axillary or t<'rminai fast irh^s. i> nn's ,ir ra^-'mi's ; .aUx u-'iin ;iliy 

 -"i-jiarted. imbriratHii iii^thc bud; lu-tals td' sann' numbrr or mmc : disk thick, annular. lohrd : 

 stanipus 4-1l!. usuall,\' 7-S. hyi)oui'nous with anthns L!-<-idliMl. inrrorsc, the ((dN npiti'ii-i hMiiii- 

 tudinally : <>\-ary i'dnhrd. i!-cidb'd, roniiirrsscd. wiuLi-maruinod : srxlcs J. insfi'ifd l>riv\i'iai ih'* 

 hdifs and stiuniat(.>sr nn their iiinrr siirl'Mri's: livulrs 'J. in no-li cidl. aiialroniuis n\- Mmidii' I'opons. 

 attariird tn inner ani:lt'. Fniif a imir <A' lnnLi-winuiMl ;ind nsnally l-sred('d siaiMras iciui-il ;i r 

 li;isi' ; wiuLis iKiiicry. 1 hirkr-ncd nii ilic luiirr margin; si'im] usually solilary, r(eniir('ssir' 1. rsn-nd- 

 inu'. wilhoul albumen; rnlyli'di.uis thin, fiddcd. 



THE MAPLES, (n:\t-s .\ei:R L, 



'riie ;;onus rcuisists . d' about siMoli I y -b Vr S|ii'iies W'lhdy disi I'i bu I eil oNer the uorlhevn 

 hemisphi-ri', onlx' one spo.ii-s in Sumatra and .Ta\".i extt-uidin:.;- soulli of the eiiuatiu-. 



Abottt Ihirleou s|iories ari' represiaili'il in Xorlli .Vmrriea most of them li:i\iiig swi>el sap, 

 ffLMU ^^bieh su^ar e.ui bo made, ;ind soxcral luodurinu valuable biaibor, 



.li-rc is ibe (dassii'al naino of tbo l/./;./e-rr. . . 



KFY dTi 'rill', STKCn^S. 



a Tjea\'es siii'ple and inlmately \eiueil ;ind lobod : llo\\-ors ,i|ii)eaiauL:' 

 b Aftnr I bo loa\""s I'l'om loi'ndnat buds; fniil riiiouio^- in aulnnni 



C ^^■ilb(UII ]iot;lls, iu bum-poili-ollrd l:iss,d-liko eoi'yndis; loaxes tbhk 



I'alo bi'uoalb, i;labrous, m'arl,\ II, il ,anil lobos coarsidy nndu la te-dcai 1 ,i I e, 



A. Sacolianim. 

 (iicou lione:ilb: e(uiea\e anil pubes.'eni bolow; lobes nuilulale or entire, 



A. ni[^riiiu. 

 c- Wit It (ii'lals : llow ors in 



]''reot raoontcs : li';i\('s ro;ii'sd\ sorraie-donla te A. spicatniu. 



llroopin.u' raeemes; lea\os liu(d,\- and idden donlily serrate. A. Peiinsylvanicum. 



