XV. ZESCULA‘CEH. XVI. VITA‘CEE. 135 
Gen. Uhar., Sc. Calyx of 5 sepals. Petals 4, each with 2 scales at the base. 
Capsule 3-celled, inflated. Seeds ovate-globose, the seed-coat penetrating 
into the seed, and occupying in the place of an axis the centre of the em- 
bryo, which is spirally convoluted. (Dec. Prod.) 
Leaves impari-pinnate, of many pairs of leaflets, that are ovate and 
coarsely toothed. Fvewers yellow, in panicles. — A deciduous tree. 
“¥ 1. K. panicuta’ta Laxm. The panicled-flowering Kolreuteria. 
Identification. Laxm. Acad. Petr., 16. p. 561. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 616. ; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 672. 
Synonymes. Sapindus chinénsis Lin. jil. Supp. p. 221.; K. paullinidédes L’ Hérit. Sert.; Savonnier 
paniculé, Fr.; rispentragende Kdélreuterie, Ger. : 
Engravings. N. Du Ham., 1. t. 36.; Bot. Reg., t.320.; and the plate of the tree in Arb. Brit., 
Ist edit., vol. v. ; and our jig. 180. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves impari-pinnate, with ovate leaflets, coarsely toothed. 
Flowers polygamous. A deciduous tree of the middle size. North of 
China Height 20 ft. to 40ft. in the climate of London. Introduced in 
1763. Flowers yellow, in terminal, racemose, spreading panicles; July 
and August. Fruit a bladdery capsule, whitish brown; ripe in October. 
Decaying leaves deep yellow. Naked young wood brown. 
It is very hardy; the hermaphrodite plants not unfrequently ripening seeds 
in the neighbourhood of London. It has not only a very fine appearance 
180. (Kulreutéria paniculata. 
when in flower, but also in autumn, when the tree is covered with its large 
bladdery capsules, and the leaves change to a deep yellow, which they do 
before they fall off. It is of the easiest culture in any common soil, and is 
readily propagated either by seeds or cuttings of the root or branches. In the 
London nurseries it is generally propagated by seed. 
Orper XVI. VITA‘CEA. 
Orv. CHAR. Calyx small. Petals 4 or 5. “Stamens equal in number to the 
petals ; filaments distinct, or slightly cohering at the base. Anthers versa- 
tile. Ovarium 2-celled. Fruit a pulpy berry. Seeds 4 or 5, fewer by 
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