78 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Derivation. From anér, andros, a man, and hatma, blood ; the capsules, when crushed between the 
fingers, giving out a blood-coloured juice. Tutsan isa corruption of toute saine, all beal; and 
it was applied to the plant formerly from its supposed vulnerary properties. 
Gen. Char. Capsaie baccate; usually 1-celled. Calyx 5-parted, with unequal 
lobes. Petals 5. Styles 3. Stamens numerous, disposed in 3 sets. (Don’s 
Mill.) 2 
Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, sub-evergreen. Flowers terminal. 
The whole plant closely resembling a Hypéricum. — Suffruticose. Indi- 
genous in Britain. 
at 1, A: oFFIcINA‘LE Allioni. The officinal Androseemum, or common Tulsan. 
Identification. All. Ped., No. 1440 ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 543.; Don’s 
Mill., 1. p. 601. 
Synonymes. Clymenor Italdrum 7,’ Obel; Hypéricum Androse*mum 
Lin., Willd., Smith, and Hooker ; Park Leaves (because it is fre- 
quently found wild in parks); Androséme officinale, F%. ; breit- 
blittriges (broad-leaved) Johanniskraut, Ger.; Ciciliana Jéad. . 
Engravings. Blackw., t.94.; Eng. Bot., t. 1225.; and our jig. 119. in 
flower, and jig. 120. showing the fruit. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Leaves ovate, and somewhat heart- 
shaped, sessile, widely spreading. A sub-evergreen, 
suffruticose shrub, forming a dense bush, with many : 
stems. Europe; and in England in moist shady woods. Height 2 ft. to 
3ft. Flowers yellow, lin. across ; July to September. Capsule brownish 
purple, and lastly, almost black ; ripe in g 
October. 
The fruit is an ovate capsule, assuming 
the appearance of a berry: it is at first 
yellowish green, then red or brownish 
purple; and, lastly, almost black when 
ripe. The juice of the capsules, and also 
that of the leaves, is claret-coloured. The 
latter, when bruised, have an aromatic 
scent, and were formerly applied to fresh 
wounds; and hence the French name of 
la toute saine. In gardening, the plant is 
valuable as growing under the drip of 
trees, and thriving and flowering freely 
in almost any soil or situation. It is 
readily propagated by division of the 
root, 
119. Androse‘mum officinale. 
120. Androsee‘mum officinale. 
Orper XIII. ACERA'CEA. 
Orb. CHAR. Flowers either unisexual or bisexual. Calyx and corolla equal 
in the number of their parts, with an imbricated estivation ; the corolla 
sometimes absent. Petals without appendages. Stamens inserted upon a 
disk, which arises from below the pistillum, not agreeing in number with 
the divisions of the calyx and corolla. Pistillum 2-lobed, each lobe having 
a wing at its back. Style 1. Stigmas 2. Fruit formed of two samare, or 
keys, each containing | cell and 1 erect seed. Embryo curved, with leafy 
shriveled cotyledons, and no albumen. (Lindl.)— Deciduous trees or shrubs, 
natives of the temperate climates of Europe, North America, and Asia. 
Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous, rarely evergreen ; variously 
lobed, rarely pinnate. — The species in British gardens are included in the 
genera A‘cer and Negindo, which are thus contradistinguished: — 
Acer L. Flowers polygamous. Leaves lobed. 
NxGu'’NDO Meench. Flowers dicecious. Leaves pinnate. 
